Sep 20, 2024 ECB stresses the legal implication of nature-related risks for financial institutions and their supervisors By Guillaume Croisant Sacha Vanderveken Pierre-Noé Milcamps Mr Frank Elderson, a Member of the Executive Board and Vice-Chair of the Supervisory Board of the European Central Bank (ECB), delivered...
Aug 29, 2024 NGOs take the European Commission to court to step up the EU’s climate ambition By Guillaume Croisant Sacha Vanderveken Amid the global wave of climate change litigation against States and public institutions (including the European Central Bank, as we...
Jul 18, 2024 Insights from the "Global Trends in Climate Change Litigation: 2024 Snapshot" Report By Alexia Kaztaridou Annamieke Cook On 27 June 2024, the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment published its sixth annual ‘Global Trends in...
Jul 16, 2024 UK: Supreme Court decision rules that the grant of planning permission for oil wells in Surrey was unlawful for failing to assess scope 3 emissions By Tara Janus Matt Dodd On 20 June 2024, the Supreme Court handed down its long-awaited decision in R (Finch) v Surrey County Council [2024] UKSC 20. A majority...
Jul 02, 2024 Investor ESG Litigation: Investors sue UK fashion retailer for £100m for allegedly misleading ESG disclosure under FSMA By James Hennah Cressida Shaw On 17 May 2024, institutional investors in Boohoo Group Plc, a UK-based fashion retail company (“Boohoo”), filed a claim against the...
Jul 02, 2024 Linklaters ESG Newsletter - July 2024 By Julia Voskoboinikova Gilly Hutchinson Sara Feijao Welcome to the global Linklaters ESG Newsletter. Each issue covers key developments in the UK, EU, US, Asia and globally on the full...
Jun 27, 2024 EU: Council adopts negotiating position on the Green Claims Directive By Kathrin Bauwens Mirjam Erb Iyes Igiehon Alexia Kaztaridou +1 more... Show less 17 June 2024 marked a significant milestone in the EU’s fight against greenwashing, as the Council adopted its negotiating position (also...
Jun 26, 2024 France: two claims based on the duty of vigilance declared admissible By Jean-Charles Jaïs Claudia Cavicchioli Charlotte Peiffer Julie Esquenazi +1 more... Show less On 18 June 2024, for the first time, the Court of Appeal of Paris declared admissible two out of three claims based on the duty of...
Jun 21, 2024 Unlocking New Legal Avenues: Dutch Court paves the way for preliminary relief in climate enforcement litigation By Bas van Niekerk Gerard Meijer Thomas de Boer In the spring of 2024, Greenpeace initiated preliminary relief proceedings against the Dutch State regarding the Dutch State’s nitrogen...
Jun 13, 2024 Webinar recording: the EU perspective on greenwashing from the ESA's reports By Julia Grothaus Raza Naeem Victoria Hickman Clare Wiles Erin McKeown Premlata Fagan +3 more... Show less With the UK FCA’s anti-greenwashing rule in its early days, next up we took the opportunity to look at greenwashing from the EU...
Jun 07, 2024 Energy Charter Treaty: Council gives final approval for EU’s withdrawal By Oorvi Mehta On 30 May 2024, the Council of the EU formally adopted the decision for a coordinated withdrawal of the EU and Euratom from the...
Jun 04, 2024 Linklaters ESG Newsletter - June 2024 By Julia Voskoboinikova Gilly Hutchinson Sara Feijao Welcome to the latest edition of the global Linklaters ESG Newsletter. Each issue covers key developments in the UK, EU, US, Asia and...
May 29, 2024 UK: High Court rules approval of government’s Carbon Budget Delivery Plan was unlawful, in sequel to 2022 decision By Matt Dodd On 3 May 2024, the English High Court found, for a second time, that the process by which the government’s climate change plans were...
May 29, 2024 France: NGOs and individuals file a criminal complaint against major French energy company’s directors and main shareholders By Claudia Cavicchioli Charlotte Peiffer Julie Esquenazi On 21 May 2024, three NGOs and eight individuals filed a criminal complaint with the Paris public prosecution office, targeting the board...
May 23, 2024 New French anti-greenwashing guidelines: "dos and don’ts" to avoid misleading green advertising By Charlotte Peiffer Claudia Cavicchioli Julie Esquenazi In April 2024, the French Agency for Ecological Transition, ADEME, published an updated version of its Anti-Greenwashing Guide (initially...
May 09, 2024 ESG Disputes Bulletin – May 2024 By Satindar Dogra David Thomas Charlotte Cartwright Tara Janus +1 more... Show less Welcome to the quarterly Linklaters ESG Disputes Bulletin. In this edition, we cover some of the key developments in contentious ESG...