2/21/2022 1:38:52 PM ESG Outlook 2022: key global themes and what these mean for business By Sara Feijao David Ballegeer Brad Caswell Gilly Hutchinson +1 more... Show less On 8 February, we hosted a webinar with some of our ESG experts - David Ballegeer, Brad Caswell, Benjamin Maconick and Gilly Hutchinson -...
1/21/2022 11:48:05 AM ESG Outlook 2022: our top predictions By Sara Feijao Vanessa Havard-Williams Rachel Barrett Elaine Choo +1 more... Show less The Linklaters ESG Outlook 2022 has landed, with our top predictions for key ESG themes globally, as well as in the EU, UK, US, Asia and...
6/18/2021 4:16:49 PM Belgian federal and regional governments condemned by the Brussels Court of First Instance for negligent climate policy By Charlotte Peiffer Xavier Taton Lieve Swartenbroux Guillaume Croisant +1 more... Show less In April 2015, the NGO Climate Case (the “NGO”) lodged a lawsuit against the Belgian federal government as well as the governments of the...
6/17/2021 9:23:14 AM Polish citizens take government to court over failure to ensure climate security By Linklaters ESG Team Five Polish citizens, supported by ClientEarth, have filed individual climate change lawsuits against the Polish government for its...
6/15/2021 12:53:19 PM “The Last Judgment”: Italian government’s climate policy challenged in the courts By Alessandro Villani Manuela Caccialanza Paolo Bertolini More than 200 plaintiffs (including both individuals and associations committed to environmental justice and human rights protection)...
4/30/2021 8:42:18 AM Constitutional complaints against the German Climate Change Act partially successful By Tosca Hohm Mirjam Erb In a landmark decision, the Federal Constitutional Court ruled that the provisions of the German Climate Change Act of 12 December 2019...
2/16/2021 12:00:00 AM France held responsible for failing to take sufficient action to fight climate change By Charlotte Peiffer Jean-Charles Jaïs David Thomas Rebecca James Xavier Taton +2 more... Show less On 3 February 2021, the Administrative Court of Paris ruled in what has been called the “case of the century” (L’Affaire du siècle) and...