ESG Essentials: What You Need To Know Now - Episode 17 - The Evolution of ESG Enforcement Under the SEC
Navigating ESG: Preparing for Future Regulations (Part Two) — Regulatory Oversight Podcast
Regulatory Uncertainty: Benefits-Related Legal Challenges in a Post-Chevron World — Troutman Pepper Podcast
Navigating ESG: The Growing Importance and Compliance Challenges (Part One) — Regulatory Oversight Podcast
AGG Talks: Cross-Border Business Podcast - Episode 16: The Political and Legal Maze of ESG in the U.S. and Abroad
Episode 326 -- Dottie Schindlinger on Diligent's Report on Board Oversight of Cybersecurity Risks and Performance
Why ESG Matters?
JONES DAY TALKS®: ESG Reporting Rules: The SEC, CSRD, and California– Who's on the Hook?
ESG Masterclass — Legal Risks Hiding in Your DEIB Programming
Leaning in on AI in Compliance Programs
ESG Masterclass — ESG and Impact Investing
ESG Masterclass — Empowering Women and Girls in Sparking Lasting Change
JONES DAY TALKS®: Court Grants Stay on SEC’s Climate Disclosure Rule, but Companies Should Continue Preparations
Business Better Podcast Episode: Sustainability Spotlight – A Conversation with Aramark
ESG Masterclass — ESG and Politics
The Rise in Greenwashing Claims - Energy Law Insights
Using AI in Compliance Programs
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion - ESG Investing by Retirement Plans
JONES DAY TALKS®: Corporate Compliance in Asia: Managing Rapid Regulatory Change and Ambiguity
The EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive
The U.K. Climate Financial Risk Forum (CFRF) has published three guides to help the financial sector develop its approach to climate-related financial risks and opportunities...more
The Chair and Commissioners of the Securities and Exchange Commission testified before the US House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services on September 24, 2024. The SEC’s testimony provided updates on market...more
The European Union is a hotbed of regulatory activity, with new laws and directives constantly reshaping the business landscape. These changes can seem overwhelming, but understanding them is vital for any company operating...more
This is another in a series of blogs we will be posting breaking down the SEC’s new climate disclosure rules. We’re near the end of Regulation S-K Item 1502, Strategy. For the full text, see pages 852 through 855 of the...more
Artificial intelligence (AI) has become an indispensable tool, but with the rapid advancement in the technology has come a rise in electricity demand, drawing regulatory attention on the natural resources that AI requires....more
“Net zero” is a topic as hot as the climate these days. With so much regulatory attention being placed on it, companies that do not communicate their net zero efforts appropriately or, worse, intentionally make false and...more
The Standards provide a framework for all Chinese companies’ sustainability disclosures and the applicability extends beyond listed companies. On May 27, 2024, China’s Ministry of Finance published the new Corporate...more
On March 6, 2024, the SEC adopted new rules mandating climate-related disclosures in public companies’ annual reports and registration statements. As anticipated, the rules are facing multiple legal challenges, which have...more
This article, updated quarterly, looks ahead to the areas expected to be prioritized by financial services regulators across the globe; we look at the key regulatory trends emerging from the past year which inform our...more
On March 6, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted new final rules requiring issuers to include extensive disclosure in registration statements and periodic reports regarding material...more
Carbon Quarterly is a newsletter covering developments in carbon policy, law, and innovation. No matter your views on climate change policy, there is no avoiding an increasing focus on carbon regulation, resiliency planning,...more
As we’ve noted here before, numerous environmental, social, and governance aspects have very clear compliance ramifications, whether in the form of laws and regulations or stakeholder expectations that can result in serious...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s climate-related disclosure rules pose a host of issues for companies. Below are answers from Skadden’s SEC Reporting and Compliance and Environmental Groups to some of the questions...more
The US Government Is Using AI To Detect Potential Wrongdoing, and Companies Should Too With agencies such as the SEC and DOJ using AI and other data analytics tools extensively to detect wrongdoing, companies need to adopt...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted rules expanding climate-related disclosure requirements in annual reports and registration statements for U.S. public companies and foreign private issuers. The final...more
In Part I of this series on weather and climate risk management, I reviewed the context within which organizations seek to manage climate and weather-related risks. With extreme weather events becoming more common, there are...more
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has adopted much anticipated climate-related disclosure rules....more
2023 was the hottest year on record. Not only the hottest since U.S. meteorological recordkeeping began in 1850, but according to Scientific American, 2023 was also “the hottest temperature that our planet has experienced in...more
On March 6, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted its highly anticipated climate-related disclosure rules. The rules faced public scrutiny since their proposal two years ago, with the SEC receiving more than...more
On March 6, 2024, the SEC announced its long-awaited adoption of final rules regarding climate-related disclosures by public companies and in public offerings (the “Climate Rules”). The SEC dialed back the more prescriptive...more
On March 6, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved new rules requiring public companies to disclose extensive climate-related information in their registration statements and periodic reports. The SEC has...more
On 6 March 2023, by a 3-2 vote of the Commissioners split along party lines, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted “The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors” final...more
On March 6, 2024, two years after the issuance of a proposing release and following more than 24,000 comment letters and 4,500 unique letters submitted in response, by a vote of 3-2, the U.S. Securities and Exchange...more
On Wednesday, the SEC approved final rules for standardized climate-disclosure. A tabular summary of the final rules is available here. With two significant exceptions, the final rules are largely consistent with the proposed...more
Our Securities and Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) teams examine the Securities and Exchange Commission’s final rules on what kinds of climate-related risks companies need to disclose to investors....more