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SEC Testifies Before Congress & Updates from the Division of Corporation Finance

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

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Multinationals Face Challenges as They Prepare To Comply With the EU’s Sustainability Reporting Law

As the deadlines approach for multinationals to make their first disclosures under the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), the EU’s new sustainability reporting law, they are confronting the significant time...more

Perkins Coie

The SEC’s Climate Rules: Item 1502(e)’s Transition Plan Disclosure (Including Annual Progress)

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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

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Public Companies Quarterly Update (Q2 2024)

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Welcome to Saul Ewing’s Public Companies Quarterly Update series. Our intent is to, on a quarterly basis, highlight important legal developments of which we think public companies should be aware. This edition is related to...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

The Road to Net Zero: Core Principles to Prevent Greenwashing

“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

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Preparing Now for the SEC’s New Climate Rules

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

DarrowEverett LLP

The Heat Is On SEC’s Climate-Related Disclosure Rules

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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

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Special Report: Primarily Non-Financial Corporate Reporting: Climate Change

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Version 2.0 following publication of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) Climate-Related Disclosure Rules - A wave of new legislation and regulation in the U.S. and Europe has the potential to...more

McDermott Will & Emery

US Insurers: Climate Change Disclosure Litigation and Data Calls Await

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The climate change landscape for insurers has changed dramatically this past month. There are multiple developments insurers should keep in mind – and not just the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) recent adoption...more

Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL

SEC Adopts New Rules for Climate-Related Disclosures; Lawsuits Challenge New Rules

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

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SEC Issues Final Climate Disclosure Rules, Paring Down Its 2022 Proposal, With Implications for Greenwashing Claims

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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued its long-awaited climate reporting requirements, making it mandatory for the largest publicly traded companies in the U.S. to annually disclose both greenhouse gas...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

SEC Adopts New Rules for Climate-Related Disclosures

On March 6, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted 3-2 to adopt new rules mandating climate-related disclosures in public companies’ annual reports and registration statements. While the final rules are...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

The SEC Finally Adopts Climate Change Disclosure Rules: Making Sense of 800+ Pages

After almost two years following its proposed rules, on March 6, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted final rules to require public companies to disclose certain climate-related information in...more

J.S. Held

Crosscurrents—European Union Fails to Pass Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive & SEC Bails on Scope 3 Requirements

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Introduction - With the adoption by 196 parties of the Paris Agreement in December 2015, legally binding international climate change arrived. The Paris Agreement requires increasingly aggressive five-year cycles climate...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Energy & Climate Counsel

SEC Adopts Final Rules Regarding Climate-Related Disclosures

On March 6, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted, by a 3-2 vote, final rules regarding the enhancement and standardization of climate-related disclosures... The final rules are the culmination of...more

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SEC Enforcement Director Emphasizes Current Tools Exist for Combatting Inaccurate Environmental Disclosures

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While there are news reports that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") is on the verge of issuing new climate related disclosure rules for public companies, the SEC's Director of the Division of Enforcement...more

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2024 Insights: ESG

The Supreme Court’s Affirmative Action Opinion Continues To Spawn Challenges to DEI Programs - Businesses can expect continued challenges to DEI programs, as emboldened opponents to these programs seek to expand the reach...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Non-EU Companies Face Challenges Preparing for Europe’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive

Key Points - - Detailed rules governing some of the upcoming requirements for sustainability disclosures will help companies prepare to comply, but many requirements have still not been specified. - The rules for...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Matters To Consider for the 2024 Annual Meeting and Reporting Season

Companies have important decisions to make as they prepare for the 2024 annual meeting and reporting season. We have compiled this overview of the latest key issues — including SEC disclosure requirements, SEC guidance,...more

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What is AI Washing? The SEC’s Latest Target

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Is AI the new green? Recent comments by Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler suggest the regulator is primed to begin turning its enforcement efforts against so-called “AI washing,” presenting a new area of...more

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SEC Publishes Fall 2023 Regulatory Agenda

On December 6, 2023, SEC Chair Gary Gensler announced the release of the SEC’s Fall 2023 Regulatory Agenda (Regulatory Agenda), which outlines the SEC’s planned regulatory actions over the next 12 months. This latest...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

The EU’s New ESG Disclosure Rules Could Spark Securities Litigation in the US

Corporate environmental, social and governance (ESG) initiatives and disclosures continue to be a focus for investors, other stakeholders and securities regulators in both the United States and Europe, but the disclosure...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Survey: Companies Preparing to Comply with SEC’s Proposed Climate Disclosure Rule Even Though Not Final

According to a new survey, most large companies are preparing to comply with the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) proposed climate disclosure rule even though it is not final, but many business leaders are concerned...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Analysis of SEC’s and California Legislature’s Proposed Corporate Greenhouse Gas Reporting Mandates

“[C]limate-related risks have present financial consequences that investors in public companies consider in making investment and voting decisions.” The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has proposed a sweeping new...more

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Disclosing Climate-Related Risks and Metrics Under the SEC’s Proposed Rule

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What the proposed rule would mean for registrants and their filings with the SEC. The US Securities and Exchange Commission’s proposed climate disclosure rule, approved by a 3–1 vote on March 21, 2022, is the agency’s...more

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