6/15/2026 10:06:00 AM Webinar recording: Green claims under scrutiny: What the EU’s Directive on “Empowering Consumers for the Green Transition” means for businesses By Sara Feijao We held a webinar on 9 June 2026 on the EU’s Directive on Empowering Consumers for the Green Transition (EmpCo / ECGT), which...
6/4/2026 10:41:47 AM ESG Disputes Bulletin – June 2026 By Rebecca Burton Welcome to the latest edition of the Linklaters ESG Disputes Bulletin. This bulletin covers key developments in ESG disputes from January...
6/2/2026 10:16:41 AM ESG Newsletter – June 2026 By Gilly Hutchinson Sara Feijao Julia Voskoboinikova Welcome to the latest edition of the Linklaters global ESG Newsletter. This issue covers key developments from May 2026 - in the UK, EU,...
5/27/2026 4:05:11 PM PFAS in France: NGOs and residents sue the State over alleged regulatory failures By Claudia Cavicchioli On 20 May 2026, three NGOs and six individuals filed a legal claim before the Paris Administrative Court, seeking to hold the French...
5/4/2026 1:56:21 PM German Government plans to tighten environmental criminal law By Markus Appel Julia Grothaus Kerstin Wilhelm Mirjam Erb +1 more... Show less The German Government has approved a draft act significantly overhauling the country's environmental criminal law. The Government Bill...
4/27/2026 4:52:58 PM Landmark French ruling finds cosmetics company liable for failing in its duty of vigilance By Iyes Igiehon Claudia Cavicchioli The Paris Judicial Court has delivered a landmark judgment against the Yves Rocher Group ("YRG"), a French cosmetics company, finding it...
4/9/2026 6:13:14 AM Germany's Federal Court of Justice draws the line on corporate climate change liability By Julia Grothaus Markus Appel Kathrin Bauwens Mirjam Erb Sebastian Meyn +2 more... Show less Germany's Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof – BGH) dismissed two high-profile climate lawsuits brought against BMW and...
2/3/2026 11:21:30 AM ESG Newsletter – February 2026 By Gilly Hutchinson Sara Feijao Julia Voskoboinikova Welcome to the latest edition of the Linklaters global ESG Newsletter. This issue covers key developments from December 2025 and January...
1/14/2026 12:09:15 PM ESG Legal Outlook 2026 By Sara Feijao Here are the top five global themes we expect will shape the ESG regulatory and policy landscape in 2026. Please do get in touch with us...
12/12/2025 10:04:56 AM Linklaters ESG Newsletter - December 2025 By Gilly Hutchinson Sara Feijao Julia Voskoboinikova The December edition of our Global ESG Newsletter is now available and can be accessed here. Our December issue covers key developments...
11/27/2025 4:17:58 PM English court finds BHP liable for Brazilian dam collapse By Francesca Scott Heloisa Bettiol Ben Ball On 14 November 2025 the English High Court handed down judgment in Município de Mariana v BHP. The court ruled in favour of the claimants...
11/14/2025 4:30:48 PM English High Court rules in claimants’ favour in Brazilian dam liability judgment By Ben Ball On 14 November 2025, Mrs Justice O’Farrell in the High Court of England and Wales handed down judgment (available here) in favour of over...
11/4/2025 2:01:12 PM European Court of Human Rights rules on climate procedural obligations in petroleum gas licensing By Bruno Garcia da Silva Pierre-Noé Milcamps On 28 October 2025, the European Court of Human Rights (“ECtHR”) delivered its judgment in Greenpeace Nordic and Others v. Norway...
10/30/2025 3:54:33 PM France: Paris Judicial Court rules on greenwashing allegations against oil major By Eleonore Hannezo Hélène Georgelin Eléonore Champierre de Villeneuve On 23 October 2025, the Paris Judicial Court (Tribunal judiciaire de Paris) issued a long-awaited judgment in a greenwashing case brought...
10/7/2025 2:54:43 PM Linklaters ESG Newsletter - October 2025 By Sara Feijao Julia Voskoboinikova Gilly Hutchinson The October edition of our Global ESG Newsletter is now available and can be accessed here. Our October issue covers key developments on...
10/2/2025 6:08:43 PM ESG Disputes Bulletin – October 2025 By Matt Dodd Welcome to the latest edition of the quarterly Linklaters ESG Disputes Bulletin. This issue covers key developments in contentious ESG...