5/6/2025 6:16:40 PM EU: a quick read of "ESMA's Guidelines on enforcement [meaning "supervision" in this case!] of sustainability information" to help issuers get it right By Victoria Hickman Raza Naeem Enforcement = Supervision! The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has delivered final guidelines under the CSRD to ensure...
5/6/2025 5:44:49 PM Linklaters ESG Newsletter - May 2025 By Sara Feijao Gilly Hutchinson Julia Voskoboinikova The May edition of our Global ESG Newsletter is now available and can be accessed here. Our May issue covers key developments on the full...
5/6/2025 9:36:00 AM EU: ESG Ratings Regulation moves another step forward, now with draft RTS By Stephen Clipsham Victoria Hickman Elizabeth Webb The Council of the EU published the text of the proposed Regulation on the transparency and integrity of ESG rating activities, and...
5/2/2025 4:14:00 PM Global: FMSB finalises Statement of Good Practice to support more consistent governance of sustainability-linked products By Raza Naeem The Financial Markets Standards Board (FMSB) has published its final Statement of Good Practice on the governance of...
5/2/2025 4:01:15 PM EU: European Commission launches Call for Evidence to simplify SFDR By Raza Naeem Stephen Clipsham The European Commission has published a Call for Evidence today to help form an impact assessment on a revision of the Sustainable...
5/1/2025 1:42:40 PM UK PRA consultation on managing climate-related risks: not new rules but explicit enhancements and clarifications of expectations nonetheless By Rachel Barrett Raza Naeem Victoria Hickman What has been published? On 30 April 2025, the PRA published a Consultation Paper (CP10/25) proposing the replacement of its existing...
4/29/2025 4:36:00 PM UK: FCA delays the publication of the final rules on applying SDR to portfolio management By Stephen Clipsham [UPDATE 29/04/2025: The FCA has updated its website to confirm its view (following further consideration of feedback from CP24/8) that...
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...
4/9/2025 4:58:09 PM EU: ESMA makes recommendations to simplify ESG disclosure rules for benchmark administrators By Raza Naeem Stephen Clipsham The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published today its final report on the outcome of its Common Supervisory Action...
4/9/2025 10:02:55 AM ESMA consults on remaining RTS for external reviewers of European Green Bonds By Raza Naeem Erin McKeown Stephen Clipsham On 7 April 2025, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published a Consultation Paper on the remaining technical standards...
4/1/2025 3:58:13 PM Linklaters ESG Newsletter - April 2025 By Julia Voskoboinikova Sara Feijao Gilly Hutchinson The April edition of our Global ESG Newsletter is now available and can be accessed here. Our April issue covers key developments on the...
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...
3/6/2025 11:47:08 AM Webinar recording: what the EU's first Omnibus package means for financial services firms By Victoria Hickman On 26 February 2025, the European Commission published the much-anticipated first Omnibus package, with proposals to simplify the...
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...
3/4/2025 1:16:53 PM Webinar recording: European Commission publishes first Omnibus package – what we know so far By Sara Feijao On 26 February 2025, the European Commission published the much-anticipated first Omnibus package, with proposals to simplify the...
2/22/2025 3:33:00 AM Hong Kong Cross-Agency Steering Group announces 2025 key priorities for sustainable finance By Clara Hackney Gilly Hutchinson The Green and Sustainable Finance Cross-Agency Steering Group (the Steering Group) has set out three key priorities this year to enhance...