Lucas Torres

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

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Ready or Not, Here They Come: Climate Disclosure Requirements for All Public Companies Move a Step Closer to Becoming Law

Democratic members of both houses of Congress reintroduced last month the Climate Risk Disclosure Act (“Act”), H.R. 2570, a bill that would require every public company to issue climate-related financial disclosures. This...more

5/17/2021 / Climate Change , Corporate Governance , Corporate Social Responsibility , Disclosure Requirements , Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) , Greenhouse Gas Emissions , Publicly-Traded Companies , Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

BlackRock and State Street Proxy Voting Guidelines Update

Key Pointss - Large asset managers like BlackRock and State Street have recently published updates to their proxy voting guidelines primarily focusing on diversity and inclusion and climate risk disclosures. -...more

2/23/2021 / BlackRock , Corporate Governance , Executive Compensation , Greenhouse Gas Emissions , Private Equity , Proxy Advisory Firms , Proxy Voting Guidelines , Publicly-Traded Companies , Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

There’s a New ESG Sheriff in Town at the SEC

Yesterday, we wrote about the potential impact of the nomination of so-called “Money Cop” Gary Gensler to chair the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Well, now it appears that Gensler will have a new sheriff on...more

2/3/2021 / Biden Administration , Climate Change , Corporate Governance , Corporate Social Responsibility , Disclosure Requirements , Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) , Greenhouse Gas Emissions , Publicly-Traded Companies , Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

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