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Climate Change Canada Disclosure Requirements

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Pas de pause estivale pour les ACVM – Développements en droit des valeurs mobilières

Les Autorités canadiennes en valeurs mobilières (les « ACVM ») ont récemment fait le point sur diverses initiatives en cours concernant les obligations d’information continue et les dépôts de prospectus des émetteurs...more

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No Summer Break for the CSA – Selected Securities Law Developments

The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) recently provided updates on various outstanding initiatives concerning continuous disclosure obligations and prospectus filings in respect of non-investment fund reporting...more

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Quebec’s Financial Sector Regulator Publishes its Climate Risk Management Guideline

On July 4, 2024, Quebec’s financial sector regulator, the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF), published its Climate Risk Management Guideline (Guideline). The Guideline aims to build the resilience of the financial sector...more

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Davies Comments on First Proposed Canadian Sustainability Disclosure Standards

Davies recently submitted a comment letter in response to public consultations initiated by the Canadian Sustainability Standards Board (CSSB) regarding their draft sustainability and climate disclosure standards, which aim...more

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Normes d’information sur la durabilité : Nouveaux développements

Le 13 mars 2024, le Conseil canadien des normes d’information sur la durabilité (le « CCNID ») a lancé un processus de consultation au sujet de ses premières Normes canadiennes d’information sur la durabilité (« NCID »). Le...more

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CSSB Releases Proposed Canadian Sustainability Disclosure Standards

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On March 13, 2024, the Canadian Sustainability Standards Board (“CSSB”) released proposed Canadian sustainability disclosure standards (the “CSSB Standards”) that are modelled after the sustainability disclosure standards...more

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New Developments in the Sustainability Disclosure Landscape

On March 13, 2024, the Canadian Sustainability Standards Board (CSSB) initiated a consultation process on its first Canadian Sustainability Disclosure Standards (CSDS). The CSSB has developed for comment two exposure drafts...more

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SEC Approves Climate-Related Disclosure Requirements

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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

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US Securities and Exchange Commission Releases Long-Anticipated Climate-Related Disclosure Rules

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On March 6, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released its widely anticipated climate-related disclosure rules (the Final Rules). The Final Rules require registrants to disclose certain climate-related...more

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Environmental, Social & Governance Law 2024 Canada

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1 Setting the Scene – Sources and Overview - 1.1 What are the main substantive ESG-related regulations? There are a variety of environmental, social and governance (“ESG”)-related regulations applicable to federally...more

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AMF Publishes Draft Climate Risk Management Guideline

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On November 30, 2023, the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF), the organization that oversees Québec’s financial industry, published a draft Climate Risk Management Guideline (the Guideline) which will apply to licensed...more

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CSA Welcome Release by ISSB of Global Sustainability Disclosure Standards

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On June 26, 2023, the International Sustainability Standards Board (“ISSB”) released its first two sustainability disclosure standards (the “ISSB Standards”), IFRS S1 General Requirements for Disclosure of...more

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ACVM : mise à jour des obligations d’information liée au changement climatique

CONTEXTE - Comme nous l’avons mentionné dans notre Bulletin Blakes d’octobre 2021 intitulé Les ACVM lancent une consultation sur les obligations d’information liée au changement climatique, le 18 octobre 2021, les...more

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CSA Provides Update on Proposed Climate-Related Disclosure Rules

BACKGROUND - As we reported in our October 2021 Blakes Bulletin: CSA Seeks Comments on Climate-Related Disclosure Rules, on October 18, 2021, the Canadian Securities Administrators (the CSA) issued a notice and request for...more

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CSA Provide Disclosure Guidance to Investment Funds Engaged in ESG Investing

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On January 19, 2022, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) published CSA Staff Notice 81-334 (the “Staff Notice”) to provide guidance to investment funds (funds) relating to environmental, social and governance (ESG)...more

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Canada Announces Plan for Mandatory Climate Financial Disclosures

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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recently announced a plan to compel companies to issue climate-related financial disclosures. Specifically, Prime Minister Trudeau sent mandate letters to Deputy Prime Minister and...more

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ISS 2022 Benchmark Voting Policies: New Diversity and ESG Requirements

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Introduction - Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) recently published its 2022 updates to its benchmark proxy voting policies. The policies will govern ISS’ voting recommendations for shareholder meetings held on or...more

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Les ACVM lancent une consultation sur les obligations d’information liée au changement climatique

Récemment, les Autorités canadiennes en valeurs mobilières (les « ACVM ») ont publié un avis de consultation à l’égard du projet de Règlement 51-107 sur l’information liée aux questions climatiques (le « projet de règlement...more

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Proposed New Climate-Related Disclosure Requirements

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On October 17, 2021, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) published proposed National Instrument 51-107: Disclosure of Climate-related Matters (NI 51-107) for comment. The proposed rules would expand on the CSA's...more

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CSA Seeks Comments on Climate-Related Disclosure Rules

The Canadian Securities Administrators (the CSA) recently issued a notice and request for comment on proposed National Instrument 51-107 – Disclosure of Climate-related Matters (the Proposed Instrument) and its companion...more

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CSA Staff Notice Provides Guidance on Climate Change-Related Risk Disclosure

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On August 1, 2019, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) issued CSA Staff Notice 51-358: Reporting of Climate Change-related Risks (the "Notice") that provides guidance on risk identification and disclosure by...more

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Summary of Actions Against Exxon Mobil for Securities Fraud

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Since 2013, investors in Exxon Mobil Corporation ("Exxon") stock have consistently shown an interest in understanding how the effects of climate change will impact their investment. Over the years, in response to these...more

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Litigating Securities Fraud in the Climate-Change Era

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Climate change disclosure is receiving greater attention from Canadian public companies and their investors. As various legal claims begin to shape the world of climate change litigation, both in and outside of Canada,...more

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Highlights from CSA’s Report on Climate Change-Related Disclosure Project

The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) recently released Staff Notice 51-354 – Report on Climate change-related Disclosure Project (Report), providing the results of their review of climate change-related disclosure...more

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