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2 weeks ago | 
sustainablefutures.linklaters.com | Sara Feijao |Kathrin Bauwens |James Marlow |Julia Voskoboinikova
On 21 May 2025, the European Commission published a Single Market Strategy with a series of actions focusing on removing the 10 most harmful barriers to intra-EU trade and investments (see press release, Q&A and factsheet).
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1 month ago | 
sustainablefutures.linklaters.com | Sara Feijao |Julia Voskoboinikova |Rachel Barrett |Raza Naeem
The “Stop-the-Clock” Directive was published in the Official Journal of the EU on 16 April 2025 - see here. Member States must transpose the Stop-the-Clock Directive into national law by 31 December 2025.
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Feb 26, 2025 | 
sustainablefutures.linklaters.com | Sara Feijao |James Marlow |Rachel Barrett |Raza Naeem
On 26 February 2025, the European Commission published the much-anticipated first Omnibus package, with proposals to simplify the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (“CSRD”) and the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (“CSDDD”) – see press release, Q&A and proposals.
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Feb 26, 2025 | 
sustainablefutures.linklaters.com | Sara Feijao |Rachel Barrett |Raza Naeem |Julia Grothaus
On 26 February 2025, the European Commission published the much-anticipated first Omnibus package, with proposals to simplify the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD / CS3D), the Taxonomy, and the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM). After many weeks of speculation and rumour, we now know what changes the Commission wants to make – with the aim of simplifying and reducing regulatory burdens on business.
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Jan 29, 2025 | 
sustainablefutures.linklaters.com | Sara Feijao |Rachel Barrett |Raza Naeem |Julia Grothaus
The European Commission published its Competitiveness Compass on 29 January 2025 (see press release). The Compass is intended to guide the work of the new Commission in the coming five years and lists priority actions to boost the EU’s competitiveness. It also provides a roadmap to how the Commission intends to take forward the recommendations in the Draghi report on the future of EU competitiveness (see our previous blog post).
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
sustainablefutures.linklaters.com | Gilly Hutchinson |Sara Feijao |Julia Voskoboinikova |Ying Fu
We have published our ESG Legal Outlook 2025highlighting the key global themes set to shape the legal landscape for ESG in the coming year. We anticipate that 2025 will be a year focused on implementation, reflection, and recalibration. The last couple of years have seen ESG policy and regulation across the globe develop at a frenetic pace.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
sustainablefutures.linklaters.com | Julia Voskoboinikova |Sara Feijao |Gilly Hutchinson
The February edition of our Global ESG Newsletter is now available and can be accessed here.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
sustainablefutures.linklaters.com | Rebecca Burton |Satindar Dogra |David Thomas |Julia Grothaus
Welcome to the latest edition of the quarterly Linklaters ESG Disputes Bulletin. This issue covers key developments in contentious ESG matters since our September 2024 edition. Click here to read our February 2025 edition.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
sustainablefutures.linklaters.com | Sara Feijao |Julia Voskoboinikova |Gilly Hutchinson |Rachel Barrett
We have published our ESG Legal Outlook 2025 highlighting the key global themes set to shape the legal landscape for ESG in the coming year. We anticipate that 2025 will be a year focused on implementation, reflection, and recalibration. The last couple of years have seen ESG policy and regulation across the globe develop at a frenetic pace.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
sustainablefutures.linklaters.com | Julia Voskoboinikova |Sara Feijao |Rachel Barrett |Raza Naeem
On 8 January 2025, the Platform on Sustainable Finance (PSF) published a draft report on preliminary recommendations for the review of the Climate Delegated Act and the addition of activities to the EU Taxonomy, with a related call for feedback. The PSF advises the European Commission on the implementation and usability of the EU Taxonomy and the broader sustainable finance framework.