6/26/2025 8:44:35 AM UK sustainability disclosure regimes: Focus on climate transition plans By Rachel Barrett Kim Rybarczyk Iyes Igiehon Wahdana Bilal +1 more... Show less This article first appeared in the July 2025 issue of PLC Magazine. The article below focuses on existing and forthcoming requirements...
6/26/2025 7:30:12 AM EU Council sets fight against environmental crime as key priority for coming years By Guillaume Croisant Pierre-Noé Milcamps Environmental crime is taking centre stage in the EU’s fight against organised crime, with the 2026-2029 EMPACT cycle prioritising...
6/25/2025 4:27:26 PM EU: sustainable finance and environmental elements of the Defence Readiness Omnibus By Julia Voskoboinikova Sara Feijao On 17 June 2025, the European Commission adopted the Defence Readiness Omnibus. According to the Commission, this package aims to...
6/25/2025 12:07:00 PM Webinar recording: Transition plans in focus By Sara Feijao As part of London Climate Action Week, we ran a webinar discussing transition plans and what the evolving regulatory landscape looks...
6/20/2025 4:07:11 PM EU: EFRAG delivers progress report to the Commission on simplification of ESRS By Julia Voskoboinikova On 20 June 2025, EFRAG published its Progress Report to the European Commission on the simplification of the European Sustainability...
6/19/2025 1:22:38 PM EU: Political agreement reached on CBAM simplification By Julia Voskoboinikova On 18 June 2025, the European Parliament and the Council reached a political agreement on amendments to simplify the Carbon Border...
6/5/2025 12:02:04 PM EU Green Bond Regulation - Commission adoption of voluntary pre and post-issuance disclosure templates By Erin McKeown On 16 April 2025, the Commission adopted (i) its Communication establishing non-binding guidelines for pre-issuance disclosures (and...
6/3/2025 4:42:48 PM Linklaters ESG Newsletter - June 2025 By Gilly Hutchinson Sara Feijao Julia Voskoboinikova The June edition of our Global ESG Newsletter is now available and can be accessed here. Our June issue covers key developments on the...
6/2/2025 10:29:55 AM UK sustainability disclosure regimes in a state of flux By Rachel Barrett Aileen Buchanan Iyes Igiehon Claudia Harper +1 more... Show less This article first appeared in the June 2025 issue of PLC Magazine. In this article, we explore: what the current rules are on climate...
5/28/2025 12:54:34 PM EU Omnibus Tracker: simplification of sustainability rules By Sara Feijao Julia Voskoboinikova Welcome to the Linklaters EU Omnibus Tracker where we track key developments in the EU's efforts to simplify existing sustainability...
5/23/2025 1:07:35 PM EU Deforestation Regulation: country risk classification adopted by the Commission By Guillaume Croisant Pierre-Noé Milcamps James Marlow On 22 May 2025, the European Commission adopted an Implementing Regulation classifying countries under the EU Deforestation Regulation...
5/22/2025 12:28:30 PM EU: sustainability elements of the Omnibus IV proposal By Julia Voskoboinikova On 21 May 2025, the European Commission published the Omnibus IV simplification package aimed at simplifying EU rules and reducing...
5/21/2025 3:20:23 PM EU Single Market Strategy: dealing with fragmented rules on packaging, labelling and waste By Sara Feijao On 21 May 2025, the European Commission published a Single Market Strategy with a series of actions focusing on removing the 10 most...
5/20/2025 5:00:09 PM UK-EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) linkage: a new era for carbon markets By Jessica Hargreaves The renewed agenda for EU-UK cooperation common understanding published on 19 May 2025 may prove to be the start of a new era for EU and...
5/15/2025 12:05:00 PM Webinar recording: Another step forward for the EU’s ESG Ratings Regulation By Raza Naeem Victoria Hickman Getting ready for the application the ESG Ratings Regulation from the middle of 2026, the EU regulators are now filling in the detail....
5/13/2025 1:23:36 PM EU Stop-the-Clock Directive transposition tracker By Victoria Hickman Julia Grothaus Raza Naeem Rachel Barrett David Ballegeer Ngoc-Hong Ma Tom Cobbaert Xu Wang Stephen Clipsham Benoit Martin Emilie Rochat +8 more... Show less As part of the EU Commission’s so-called “Omnibus package”, the “Stop-the-Clock” Directive was published in the Official Journal of the...