On 5 November 2025, the Council of the EU reached agreement on a new 2040 climate target (see press release and Council position). It...

What is COP30? COP stands for Conference of the Parties, referring to the countries that have signed up to the United Nations Framework...

ESG remains firmly on the agenda for the real estate sector—with investors and lenders worldwide navigating ever-evolving laws and...

On 18 August 2025, the Transition Finance Council (TFC) launched a consultation on draft Transition Finance Guidelines to support global...

On 7 July 2025, the European Commission launched the Roadmap towards Nature Credits (the “Roadmap”) which sets out, at a high level, the...

On 2 July 2025, the European Commission published a proposal to amend the existing European Climate Law so as to introduce a new climate...

The July edition of our Global ESG Newsletter is now available and can be accessed here.  Our July issue covers key developments on the...

On 17 June 2025, the European Commission adopted the Defence Readiness Omnibus. According to the Commission, this package aims to...

We have published our ESG Legal Outlook 2025 highlighting the key global themes set to shape the legal landscape for ESG in the coming...

We have published our ESG Legal Outlook 2025 highlighting the key global themes set to shape the legal landscape for ESG in the coming...

Nearly 200 countries and thousands of attendees gathered in Baku, Azerbaijan this year for COP29, the annual UN climate summit. The...

Welcome to the global Linklaters ESG Newsletter. Each issue covers key developments in the UK, EU, US, Asia and globally on the full...

On 31 October 2024, the UK Transition Plan Taskforce (TPT) officially concluded its work and published a final report providing an...

In this blog post and accompanying video, we explore the final recommendations of the Transition Finance Market Review and what it means...

The UK’s Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (ESOS) is an energy usage assessment scheme that requires in-scope organisations to audit...

This article was first published on The In-House Lawyer - see: What to expect from the new Labour government’s net zero and green agenda...