26 Nov, 2024 COP29: what was decided and what does it mean in practice for business? By Sara Feijao Nearly 200 countries and thousands of attendees gathered in Baku, Azerbaijan this year for COP29, the annual UN climate summit. The...
05 Nov, 2024 Linklaters ESG Newsletter - November 2024 By Sara Feijao Gilly Hutchinson Julia Voskoboinikova Welcome to the global Linklaters ESG Newsletter. Each issue covers key developments in the UK, EU, US, Asia and globally on the full...
04 Nov, 2024 UK: Transition Plan Taskforce concluded its work and published final report By Julia Voskoboinikova On 31 October 2024, the UK Transition Plan Taskforce (TPT) officially concluded its work and published a final report providing an...
18 Oct, 2024 Transition Finance Market Review provides blueprint for unlocking transition finance in the UK and globally By Sara Feijao In this blog post and accompanying video, we explore the final recommendations of the Transition Finance Market Review and what it means...
03 Oct, 2024 UK: Navigating ESOS Phase 3 By Claudia Harper The UK’s Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (ESOS) is an energy usage assessment scheme that requires in-scope organisations to audit...
28 Aug, 2024 What to expect from the new Labour government’s net zero and green agenda By Rachel Barrett Kim Rybarczyk Sara Feijao 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...
27 Aug, 2024 ESG corporate issues: M&A By Rachel Barrett Dearbhla Cantwell Vanessa Havard-Williams We are delighted to announce our contribution of a chapter titled ‘ESG Corporate Issues: M&A’ in the recently published ‘Global ESG...
17 Jul, 2024 UK: King’s Speech 2024: Bills most relevant to the green and net zero agenda By Sara Feijao On 17 July 2024, the new Labour government unveiled the list of Bills (primary legislation) it intends to introduce in Parliament, with...
11 Jul, 2024 New Labour government: is the UK back in the race to net zero? By Sara Feijao The national election on 4 July 2024 ushered in a new Labour government in a landslide vote after 14 years of a Conservative government. ...
29 May, 2024 ‘Nimble and pragmatic regime” needed to unlock transition finance By Vanessa Havard-Williams Sara Feijao This article first appeared in Responsible Investment - Comment: 'Nimble and pragmatic regime' needed to unlock transition finance...
09 Apr, 2024 UK TPT publishes final version of sector-specific guidance on climate transition plan disclosures, including for the financial sector By Sara Feijao The UK Transition Plan Taskforce (TPT) published its final recommendations on climate transition plan disclosures, along with...
22 Feb, 2024 EU CSRD reporting standards: where are we in February 2024? By Julia Voskoboinikova The Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) start to apply in relation...
14 Feb, 2024 Webinar recording: ESG Legal Outlook 2024: key global themes By Sara Feijao To help you navigate the year ahead, a panel of our ESG specialists - Rachel Barrett, Raza Naeem, Guillaume Croisant and Matt Dodd -...
18 Jan, 2024 ESG Legal Outlook 2024: key global trends By Rachel Barrett Sara Feijao The Linklaters annual ESG outlook has been published and you can download your copy here. Watch our global head of ESG, Rachel Barrett,...
19 Dec, 2023 COP28: what was decided and what does it mean in practice for business? By Sara Feijao Nearly 200 countries and over 80,0000 attendees gathered in Dubai this year for COP28, the annual UN climate summit. The two-week...
14 Dec, 2023 France is the first member state to transpose CSRD By Veronique Delaittre Ngoc-Hong Ma Eleonore Hannezo Emilie Rochat Benedicte de Moras +2 more... Show less Directive (EU) 2022/2464 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 December 2022 as regards corporate sustainability reporting...