ESG Essentials: What You Need To Know Now - Episode 17 - The Evolution of ESG Enforcement Under the SEC
Navigating Clean Hydrogen Tax Credits: Insights and Implications - Energy Law Insights
COP16 en Colombia: El Futuro de la Biodiversidad
Navigating ESG: Preparing for Future Regulations (Part Two) — Regulatory Oversight Podcast
Podcast - Panorama del sector energético en Colombia
Business Better Podcast Episode: Sustainability Spotlight – A Conversation with Vicinity Energy
Video: Food for Thought and Thoughts on Food: Innovating USDA Science with Sanah Baig, Deputy Under Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics
State Low Carbon Fuel Standard Outlook
Renewable Fuel Standard Outlook
Climate Risk, the emerging risk
JONES DAY TALKS®: Court Grants Stay on SEC’s Climate Disclosure Rule, but Companies Should Continue Preparations
Business Better Podcast Episode: Sustainability Spotlight – A Conversation with Aramark
Wiley's 10 Key Trade Developments: U.S.-EU Global Arrangement
The Now and Next in International Trade: 5 Fast Facts About CFIUS – a National Security Agency You Should Know
The EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive
The Legal and Practical Challenges of California's Advanced Clean Fleets Regulation
Unpacking California's 2024 Zero Emission Fleet Mandate
Podcast - Cracking Down on Carbon Markets: CFTC and FTC Exercise Heightened Scrutiny
Regulated Markets, Generation Planning, and Carbon Reduction: The Ongoing North Carolina Case Study
Climate-Proofing Our Infrastructure: Building Climate Resilience with the Army Corps of Engineers
The new prohibition against greenwashing under the Competition Act took effect on June 20, 2024, while private actions for deceptive marketing practices will take effect next year. This prohibition merely codifies existing...more
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
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
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
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
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
The Canadian Federal Government's Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act, now entering its fifth year since enactment, presents unique challenges and opportunities for farmers, greenhouse operators, and fishermen. As key...more
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
The Canadian Council for Sustainable Aviation Fuels (C-SAF) recently launched a Roadmap for the country's aviation sector to remain competitive as it transitions to a net-zero future by 2050. C-SAF also published yesterday an...more
There are a variety of environmental, social and governance (“ESG”)-related regulations applicable to federally and provincially incorporated companies; however, the focus of this chapter will be on public companies that...more
Key Highlights - - Proposed 30 percent refundable Clean Technology Investment Tax Credit. - Proposed refundable Clean Hydrogen Investment Tax Credit. - Further details and consultations are forthcoming. -...more
The Energy Disruptors: Unite 2022 (EDU) conference took place in Calgary recently, bringing together trailblazing "disruptors", ranging from industry leaders to institutional investors to award winning journalists and...more
The Government of Canada adopted the Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act in 2021 that sets an aggressive emissions reduction target of 40 to 45 percent below 2005 levels and net-zero by 2050, followed by the...more
In recent years, there has been a distinct increase in climate-related shareholder activism with shareholder proposals and other initiatives on climate-related topics becoming prominent world-wide. On May 12, 2022,...more
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
In our previous post, we highlighted a number of global goals and campaigns aimed at addressing climate change. In this post, we examine climate change-oriented policies and initiatives that are being adopted by many...more
In recent weeks, there has been a lot written about the COP26 United Nations Annual Climate Change Conference, which was held in Glasgow, Scotland between October 31 and November 13, 2021. The central goal of the COP26...more
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
Sustainability-linked loans are loan products designed to reward a borrower with improved pricing for achieving predefined sustainability performance targets related to environmental, social and/or governance-related...more
Across Canada, companies are facing a host of environmental challenges, including sustainability, regulatory obligations and other issues. In episode 12 of our Continuity podcast, Tony Crossman, Terri-Lee Oleniuk and Grace...more
The Equator Principles (EPs) is a set of ten voluntary principles or guidelines established to assist financial institutions with identifying, assessing and managing environmental and social risk in international and domestic...more