11 Apr, 2024 Linklaters ESG Newsletter - April 2024 By Sara Feijao Gilly Hutchinson Julia Voskoboinikova Welcome to the latest edition of the global Linklaters ESG Newsletter. Each issue covers key developments in the UK, EU, US, Asia and...
02 Apr, 2024 EU “Fit for 55”: The revamped Energy Performance of Buildings Directive – lion’s teeth or paper tiger? By Lothar Van Driessche Melissa Verplancke Rory Bennett Astrid Laga Corentin Burton +2 more... Show less Intro On 15 December 2021, the European Commission took a major step towards accomplishing its ambitious goal of making Europe the first...
05 Mar, 2024 Linklaters ESG Newsletter - March 2024 By Julia Voskoboinikova Sara Feijao Gilly Hutchinson Welcome to the latest edition of the global Linklaters ESG Newsletter. Each issue covers key developments in the UK, EU, US, Asia and...
12 Feb, 2024 EU co-legislators agree on Net-Zero Industry Act By Julia Voskoboinikova In March 2023, the European Commission proposed two main components of the Green Deal Industrial Plan, the Net-Zero Industry Act (NZIA)...
02 Feb, 2024 ESG Disputes Bulletin – January 2024 By Satindar Dogra Susana Cao Miranda Rebecca James David Thomas Tara Janus Matt Dodd Rebecca Burton +4 more... Show less Welcome to the quarterly Linklaters ESG Disputes Bulletin. In this edition, we cover some of the key developments in contentious ESG...
25 Jan, 2024 Germany: The big solar package that became a small wind package By Ruth Losch Thomas Schulz On 19 January 2024, the German legislator passed a significantly shortened spin-off of the so-called Solar Package I. It comes into force...
22 Jan, 2024 Re-Powering the CfD Regime: Proposed Amendments for Allocation Round 7 By Will Morton Background The seventh allocation round (“AR7”) for the UK’s contract for difference (“CfD”) auction is due to open for applications in...
12 Jan, 2024 District heating, heat pumps and hydrogen - how Germany plans to decarbonise its heating sector By Ruth Losch About a third of the energy consumed in Germany is used to produce heat and hot water for German buildings. At present, most of this...
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...
05 Dec, 2023 Linklaters ESG Newsletter - December 2023 By Sara Feijao Julia Voskoboinikova Gilly Hutchinson Welcome to the global Linklaters ESG Newsletter. Each issue covers key developments in the UK, EU, US, Asia, and globally on the full...
17 Nov, 2023 EU: Parliament and Council agree on Critical Raw Materials Act By Julia Voskoboinikova On 13 November 2023, the European Parliament and the Council reached a political agreement on a proposal for a Critical Raw Materials Act...
08 Nov, 2023 Linklaters ESG Newsletter - November 2023 By Sara Feijao Julia Voskoboinikova Gilly Hutchinson Welcome to the global Linklaters ESG Newsletter. Each issue covers key developments in the UK, EU, US, Asia, and globally on the full...
31 Oct, 2023 The new German Energy Efficiency Act: Implications for data centers and other companies By Ruth Losch German companies, and data centers in particular, will in future be under stricter obligation to monitor their energy consumption, avoid,...
26 Oct, 2023 Energy Act 2023 receives Royal Assent By Jessica Hargreaves Following a longer than anticipated passage through Parliament the Energy Act 2023 has now received Royal Assent. The Act is a...
12 Oct, 2023 European Renewable Energy Directive (RED III): updated ambitious targets to boost the renewable energy market By Alessandro Gemmo On 9 October 2023, the EU Council adopted the amended Renewable Energy Directive (“RED III”), part of the "Fit for 55" package (see press...
03 Oct, 2023 Linklaters ESG Newsletter - October 2023 By Julia Voskoboinikova Sara Feijao Gilly Hutchinson Welcome to the global Linklaters ESG Newsletter. Each issue covers key developments in the UK, EU, US, Asia, and globally on the full...