13 Nov, 2024 UK: FRC consults on investor stewardship and long-term sustainable value By Wilma Rix On 11 November 2024, the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) launched a consultation on its proposed updates to the UK Stewardship Code. ...
02 Jul, 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...
13 May, 2024 Issues for Boards and Financial Sponsors 2024: ESG aspects By Wilma Rix Sara Feijao Each year we prepare a publication focussed on providing practical insights for Boards and GCs, and also for Financial Sponsors and their...
21 Feb, 2024 Overview of key governance issues for UK companies: winter 2023 By Wilma Rix Sara Feijao The Winter edition of the Linklaters “At a glance: governance & risk”, which covers the last quarter of 2023 and early 2024, is now...
30 Jan, 2024 Preparing for 2024 AGM season: a guide for UK-listed companies By Lucy Fergusson Wilma Rix Sara Feijao We have published AGMs Update - A guide for UK-listed companies in 2024, which focuses on on issues for UK listed companies to consider...
07 Dec, 2023 One small benchmark for modern slavery reporting, one larger lesson for sustainability reporting By James Marlow Adrian Cheng At the end of November 2023, the CCLA, an investment manager whose stated purpose is to help its clients maximise their impact on society...
26 Jul, 2023 Will “say on climate” votes soon be mandatory in France? By Pierre Tourres Benoit Martin Before suspending its work for the summer recess, the French parliament has debated the introduction of a mandatory “say on climate”...
06 Apr, 2023 Issues for Boards 2023 By Sara Feijao Boards face many challenges as they steer their companies through times of economic, geopolitical and technological change. Each year,...
08 Mar, 2023 Regional ESG Legal Outlooks 2023 By Amrita Ahluwalia Sara Feijao Gilly Hutchinson Deepika Sriram Julia Voskoboinikova +2 more... Show less As part of our ESG Legal Outlook series, our ESG experts have produced dedicated regional outlooks, which set out the key ESG themes for...
28 Feb, 2023 UK: Investment Association sets out asset managers’ expectations for listed companies By Wilma Rix The Investment Association has published an updated and expanded statement of shareholder priorities, which sets out asset managers’...
02 Feb, 2023 ESG Legal Outlook 2023: key global themes By Sara Feijao Julia Voskoboinikova Gilly Hutchinson The Linklaters annual ESG outlook been published, and you can download your copy here: ESG Legal Outlook 2023. To help you navigate the...
02 Feb, 2023 Linklaters ESG Newsletter - February 2023 By Sara Feijao Julia Voskoboinikova Gilly Hutchinson Welcome to the Linklaters ESG Newsletter. Each issue covers key developments in the UK, EU and globally on the full range of ESG topics....
31 Jan, 2023 Preparing for the 2023 AGM season in the UK By Wilma Rix Our AGMs Update 2023 covers key developments and market practice relevant for UK-listed companies in 2023, including climate change and...
05 Jul, 2022 UK: FCA consultation on Sustainability Disclosure Requirements - delayed until autumn 2022 By Raza Naeem Vanessa Havard-Williams Benjamin Maconick Victoria Hickman Sara Feijao +2 more... Show less The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has updated its webpage relating to its discussion paper on sustainability disclosure requirements...
18 May, 2022 Japan: First institutional investor group-led climate shareholder proposals received by J-Power By Gilly Hutchinson Sarah Martin It is becoming increasingly common in certain markets – notably the UK, Europe, US and Australia - for shareholders to put climate...
31 Mar, 2022 Legislation on male-female ratio on boards and in management of Dutch companies By Gijs Smit Jill Reijnen Husagic As part of the ESG acronym, the “S” does not always receive the fullest attention. Whether this is the right approach can be debated at...