David Colvin at Fox Rothschild LLP

ESG Essentials: What You Need To Know Now - Episode 18 - The Reshaping of ESG & DEI [Audio]

From executive orders to state laws, elements of ESG are being transformed. Podcast hosts David Colvin and Karen Davis, who also co-chair the firm’s ESG Practice Group, explore the impact of the New York Climate Change...more

3/17/2025 / Climate Change , Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) , Environmental Policies , Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) , Federal Contractors , Superfund , Trump Administration

New York’s Climate Change Superfund Act: What You Need to Know

On December 26, 2024, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law S02129B, also known as the New York Climate Change Superfund Act (Act). This law is modeled after the federal Comprehensive Environmental Response,...more

2/5/2025 / CERCLA , Climate Change , Environmental Litigation , Environmental Policies , Fossil Fuel , Greenhouse Gas Emissions , Infrastructure , Liability , New York , Oil & Gas , Responsible Party , Superfund

Trio of Trump Executive Orders Take Aim at DEI and Gender Policies

The Trump Administration has issued three executive orders (EOs) aimed at eliminating from the federal government certain diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) and gender ideology policies and programs that the administration...more

1/28/2025 / Affirmative Action , Anti-Discrimination Policies , Civil Rights Act , Department of Justice (DOJ) , Department of Labor (DOL) , Diversity , Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) , Employment Discrimination , Executive Orders , False Claims Act (FCA) , Federal Contractors , OFCCP , Subcontractors , Trump Administration

ESG Essentials: What You Need To Know Now - Episode 17 - The Evolution of ESG Enforcement Under the SEC [Audio]

In March 2021, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced with great fanfare the creation of its Climate and ESG Task Force to proactively identify ESG-related misconduct. Three years later, the SEC quietly shuttered...more

10/10/2024 / Climate Change , Corporate Social Responsibility , Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) , Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) , Securities Regulation

SEC Stays Climate Disclosure Rules, Vows to Defend Rules in Court

On April 4, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) pressed the pause button on the implementation of its recently approved climate disclosure rules for public companies until several legal challenges can be...more

4/8/2024 / Carbon Emissions , Climate Change , Disclosure Requirements , Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) , Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) , Stays

SEC Issues Final Climate Risk Disclosure Rules

The Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted final climate risk disclosure rules on March 6, 2024, nearly two years after the controversial proposed rules generated intense interest and debate. The Enhancement and...more

3/8/2024 / Corporate Governance , Disclosure Requirements , Emerging Growth Companies , Final Rules , Financial Statements , Investors , Petition for Review , Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) , Smaller Reporting Companies

California’s Climate Accountability Package: What You Need To Know

California Governor Gavin Newsom recently signed into law two core bills of the state's “Climate Accountability Package, Senate Bill 253 (SB 253) and Senate Bill 261 (SB 261). As they currently stand, these laws impose...more

10/24/2023 / California , CARB , Disclosure Requirements , Governance Standards , Governor Newsom , Greenhouse Gas Emissions , New Legislation , Reporting Requirements , Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) , Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD)

Get Ready for SEC Final Rule on Climate Disclosures

More than a year and a half after the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released its controversial and groundbreaking Proposed Rule for the disclosure of climate-related risks, its much-anticipated release of the Final...more

10/6/2023 / Climate Change , Corporate Governance , Disclosure Requirements , Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) , Greenhouse Gas Emissions , Proposed Rules , Publicly-Traded Companies , Risk Management , Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) , Smaller Reporting Companies

ESG Essentials: What You Need To Know Now - Episode 16 - ESG Backlash [Audio]

Media reporting on the ESG "backlash" has grown as lawmakers in some states pursue legislation to prevent government entities from doing business with investment firms and other businesses that consider environmental, social...more

9/26/2023 / Corporate Governance , Department of Labor (DOL) , Disclosure Requirements , Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) , EU , Pensions , Publicly-Traded Companies , Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) , Securities Regulation