4/17/2025 2:53:59 PM Issues for Boards 2025: Is ESG dead? Far from it By Bernice Dunsmuir Sara Feijao Each year we prepare a publication focussed on providing practical insights for Boards and GCs on emerging issues that we expect to be...
4/17/2025 11:54:47 AM UK: CEO of Advertising Standards Authority shares tips on avoiding greenwashing By Annamieke Cook The CEO of the UK’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), Guy Parker, spoke about common greenwashing pitfalls in recent years and...
4/17/2025 11:42:22 AM UK: ‘Context is key’ according to new greenwashing rulings from advertising regulator in respect of oil & gas companies and banks By Annamieke Cook On 9 April 2025, the UK’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) handed down several new rulings on adverts for low carbon investments by...
4/16/2025 3:13:38 PM UK: What’s on the ESG horizon for financial services? By Sara Feijao Stephen Clipsham The UK financial services regulators have updated their Regulatory Initiatives Grid for April 2025 setting out the UK regulatory pipeline...
4/15/2025 10:46:59 AM Super-batteries – a look at Ofgem’s new cap and floor regime By Maryam Adamji On 8 April 2025, Ofgem opened the first application window to long duration energy storage projects for the new cap and floor regime. 1....
4/9/2025 12:49:48 PM UK government publishes updated guidance on modern slavery reporting: what this means for businesses By James Marlow Jon Tan Charlotte Witney Key takeaways for businesses The UK government has updated the guidance accompanying the section 54 reporting requirement in the Modern...
3/18/2025 3:21:53 PM Spring is coming – what can businesses in the UK expect from the CMA on greenwashing amidst new consumer protection provisions coming into effect By Chris Chan Kim Rust The consumer protection provisions in the Digital Markets Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (DMCCA) will come into force on 6 April...
3/6/2025 12:00:29 PM 19 March "meet the regulators": Linklaters London conference on Sustainable Finance and other key 2025 topics in financial regulation By Victoria Hickman Come and join us for a half-day Spring Outlook conference (register here) on 19 March in our Linklaters London Office. One of four panel...
3/5/2025 12:58:00 PM UK reporting 2024/25 – recent developments and guidance for large unlisted companies and LLPs By Judy Pink Sara Feijao We have published our annual reporting guide for UK large unlisted companies and LLPs. The guide aims to help large unlisted UK...
3/4/2025 1:39:25 PM Linklaters ESG Newsletter - March 2025 By Gilly Hutchinson Sara Feijao Julia Voskoboinikova The March edition of our Global ESG Newsletter is now available and can be accessed here. Our March issue covers key developments on the...
2/18/2025 3:35:23 PM AGMs Update 2025: guide for UK-listed companies By Wilma Rix We have published a guide that summarises and comments on major developments relevant to UK-listed companies preparing for AGMs in 2025 -...
2/17/2025 5:36:06 PM UK: FCA delays the publication of the final rules on applying SDR to portfolio management By Stephen Clipsham The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced that it no longer intends to publish its policy statement on extending its...
2/17/2025 3:21:53 PM UK government responds to House of Lords Select Committee Report on Modern Slavery Act 2015 By James Marlow Jon Tan Fazila Naeem At the end of December 2024, the UK government published its response to the House of Lords Select Committee on the Modern Slavery Act...
2/11/2025 1:49:59 PM UK: FRC review of climate-related financial disclosures by AIM and large private companies By Sara Feijao Judy Pink The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) published a thematic review of climate-related financial disclosures (“CFD”) under the Companies...
2/3/2025 3:07:47 PM ESG Disputes Bulletin – February 2025 By Rebecca Burton Welcome to the latest edition of the quarterly Linklaters ESG Disputes Bulletin. This issue covers key developments in contentious ESG...
2/3/2025 2:51:34 PM UK FCA sets out climate change adaptation challenges faced by firms By Raza Naeem Peter Bevan Stephen Clipsham Victoria Hickman Premlata Fagan +2 more... Show less The FCA has published its 2025 Adaptation Report on climate change adaptation challenges faced by firms. The report focuses on risk...