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The EU Deforestation Regulation: What Do Companies Need To Do To Prepare?

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 10/22/2024

On 29 June 2023, the EU’s new Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 restricting sale in the EU of products that may cause deforestation or the degradation of forests (EUDR) entered into force. The EUDR is expected to have global...more

Navigating the New Cybersecurity Landscape: Key Implications of the EU’s NIS 2 Directive

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 10/14/2024

The deadline for EU countries to transpose the expanded cybersecurity directive, NIS 2, into national law is 17 October 2024, but the implementation status varies significantly from country to country. Some of the member...more

New York Climate Week: TFMR event explores perspectives on accelerating decarbonization

A&O Shearman on 10/14/2024

We were delighted to host the U.K. Transition Finance Market Review’s (TFMR) flagship event at New York Climate Week, in partnership with the City of London Corporation who host the TFMR secretariat. The session offered a...more

Foreign Institutional Investors Await Italian Government Action on Corporate Governance Reforms

Moore & Van Allen PLLC on 9/18/2024

On March 27, 2024, the Italian legislature enacted reforms to attract new investors to the Italian capital markets and improve corporate governance following guidelines issued by former Prime Minister Mario Draghi’s...more

Conyers Coverage Issue 11 – Summer 2024

Conyers on 8/29/2024

A warm welcome to the Summer edition of Conyers Coverage. The whirlwind that is the Cayman Islands (re)insurance industry continues to blow with gusto! To keep you updated on recent developments, we include various items from...more

EU Court Upholds Commission’s Power To Demand Data Held by Foreign Companies

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 8/26/2024

In Nuctech Warsaw (T-284/24), the EU Court of Justice held that EU subsidiaries can lawfully be required to provide access to email accounts and data held by their overseas parent company. The ruling involved the following...more

UK / EU / International ESG Regulation monthly round-up – July 2024

Hogan Lovells on 8/9/2024

The UK General Election on 4 July 2024 resulted in a change of government in the UK. This has meant that the usual summer slowdown has been replaced with a flurry of activity as new ministers pick up portfolios and start to...more

A New Sustainable Investment Framework for the EU? ESMA’s Latest Opinion

Goodwin on 7/26/2024

Those who have had to navigate and consider the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) have faced its challenges and noted its deficiencies. Specifically, these have included data gaps, the SFDR’s use as a...more

The Road to Net Zero: Core Principles to Prevent Greenwashing

American Conference Institute (ACI) on 7/18/2024

“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

Time to get to know your supply chain: EU adopts Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive

White & Case LLP on 7/5/2024

After a two-and-half-year legislative journey, the EU's Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive ("CSDDD"), has been formally adopted, and was published in the EU Official Journal on 5 July 2024.1 It will come into...more

Global ESG Insights - May 2024

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP on 7/5/2024

Welcome to the latest edition of our monthly ESG Insights providing you with a summary of the key developments from around the world. Global - IFRS Foundation releases jurisdictional adoption guide for ISSB Standards- On...more

EU adopts first of its kind Nature Restoration Law

Hogan Lovells on 6/20/2024

In a surprising turn of events, the Council of EU Environment Ministers formally adopted on 17 June 2024, the much-contested EU Nature Restoration Law. The new Law sets specific, legally binding, targets and obligations for...more

Regulatory & Risk Advisory Review: Cayman Islands – January to March 2024

Conyers on 5/1/2024

Welcome to the first instalment of 2024 of our Cayman Islands Regulatory & Risk Advisory Review. As we cover in this issue, there have been a number of updates in the first quarter of the year. Perhaps most notably is the...more

The Global AI Regulatory Maze: Impacts on Tech Transactions & Governance

Mayer Brown on 4/18/2024

In this episode, we explore the ever-evolving realm of AI regulation and how it's reshaping technology transactions and internal governance worldwide. Join host Julian Dibbell and guests Ana Bruder, Arsen Kourinian, and...more

Climate in context: Geopolitics, business, and the board

KPMG Board Leadership Center (BLC) on 4/16/2024

In this collaboration between the KPMG Board Leadership Center (BLC) and Eurasia Group, our aim is to help widen the boardroom aperture on the global climate challenge—where it stands, and what’s at stake—and to help boards...more

Global ESG Insights - March 2024

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP on 4/12/2024

Welcome to the latest edition of our monthly ESG Insights providing you with a summary of the key developments from around the world....more

PH ESG Comparative Analysis of the SEC Climate Rule and EU CSRD & ESRS

Paul Hastings LLP on 3/21/2024

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ESG in APAC: 3 Trends to Watch in 2024

White & Case LLP on 3/7/2024

Faced with increased scrutiny by consumers, regulators, shareholders and boards, Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) considerations have been at the forefront for multinational companies globally. Multinational...more

2024 J.S. Held Global Risk Report: New Laws Addressing the Risks and Rewards of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

J.S. Held on 2/15/2024

The race to develop AI and calls to regulate it are heating up around the world. In November 2023, 28 countries, including the United States, United Kingdom, China, and the European Union, met and pledged to work together to...more

Climate Change and Its Undeniable Impact on Insurance: How To Respond?

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 12/20/2023

Models that have historically been used by insurers to hedge risk were not designed to predict uncertain events such as natural disasters that may be exacerbated by climate change. This now leaves insurers overexposed to...more

Directors' Liabilities in Europe: a multi-jurisdiction survey on current set of rules and best practices

A&O Shearman on 12/6/2023

Directors’ duties and liabilities have always been at the forefront of corporate governance. It has become a hot topic in the wake of new regulations in the field of sustainability, which directly impact directors’...more

Euronext Launches New Sustainable Investment Tools and ESG Initiatives

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP on 10/12/2023

In September 2023, pan-European stock exchange and market infrastructure provider Euronext announced the imminent launch of a range of ESG tools and initiatives focused on sustainable finance, including its intention to...more

Sustainability and ESG Advisory Practice Update, September 2023

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 9/29/2023

California Legislature Passes Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act - Earlier this month, the California legislature approved SB 253, the Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act (SB 253). Starting in 2026, “reporting...more

ESG in the Consumer & Retail Industry – Key Legal Issues and Risks

White & Case LLP on 9/5/2023

The importance of environmental, social, governance ("ESG"), in particular from the perspective of consumers, stakeholders and regulators, is growing across all industries, and the consumer & retail industry is no exception....more

EU Adopts Long-Awaited Mandatory ESG Reporting Standards

Cooley LLP on 8/14/2023

In January 2023, the European Union adopted the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), which requires EU and non-EU companies with activities in the EU to file annual sustainability reports alongside their...more

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