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SEC’s Final Climate-Related Disclosure Rules

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After much anticipation, on March 6, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or the “Commission”) released its Final Rule—The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors—mandating...more

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SEC Adopts Climate Change Disclosure Rules Applicable To Public Companies And Offerings

The Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) has adopted new rules that require public companies to disclose substantial information about the material impacts of climate-related risks on their business, financial...more

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Preparing for the 2023 Proxy and Annual Reporting Season: Key Issues and Considerations

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Companies are beginning to look ahead to the upcoming 2023 proxy and annual reporting season, and there are a number of key issues to consider as preparations commence. This alert provides an overview of these issues and...more

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[Webinar] Navigating the 2023 Annual Meeting and Reporting Season - November 17th, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm CT

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In this program, we will focus on SEC developments affecting, and practical aspects of preparing for, public companies’ annual meetings and annual reports, including compensation, shareholder proposals and corporate...more

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Highlights of the SEC’s Proposed “Rules of the Road” for Climate-Related Disclosures

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On March 21, 2022, the SEC announced proposed new rules that would require public companies to disclose certain climate-related information in registration statements and periodic reports. Under the rules, a company would be...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Made for TV: The SEC’s Regulatory Posture on Climate Risk

Climate change-related risks to the U.S. financial system are attracting increasing public attention in recent years and are raising questions about how U.S. financial regulators, including the U.S. Securities and Exchange...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

Analysis of the Decade-Long Climate Change Disclosure Endeavor

In its recent white paper, “Climate Change Disclosure Report: From Omission to Commission,” Intelligize revisits the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) climate change-related disclosure guidance. The report notes that...more

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SEC Reporting Update

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Amendments to Regulation S-K Items 300. In 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) adopted amendments to Items 301 (Selected Financial Data), Item 302 (Supplementary Financial Information), and Item 303...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Matters To Consider for the 2022 Annual Meeting and Reporting Season

Companies have important decisions to make as they prepare for the 2022 annual meeting and reporting season. We have compiled this overview of key issues — including SEC disclosure requirements, recent SEC guidance,...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

SEC Sample Letter to Companies Regarding Climate Change Disclosures - Capital Markets Compass | Issue 1

Recently, Katten public company clients, like many other public companies, have been receiving comment letters relating to climate change disclosure. Such comment letters are along the lines of an illustrative comment letter...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Corp Fin’s Climate Disclosure Review is Here – What to Expect and How to Prepare

Last week, the Division of Corporation Finance (Corp Fin) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published an illustrative letter that provides samples of comments, which the SEC may issue to companies regarding...more

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SEC staff issues sample comments regarding climate change disclosure

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On September 22 the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance published on its website a “Sample Letter to Companies Regarding Climate Change Disclosures,” which it characterizes as an “illustrative letter” presenting “sample...more

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Preliminary Planning for the 2022 Proxy Season

Our preliminary list of important planning considerations for the 2022 proxy season is set forth below. - Directors’ and Officers’ Questionnaires; Committee Charters - We have identified only a few possible changes...more

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Existing SEC Interpretation on Climate Change Disclosures

In 2010 the SEC issued an interpretive release on registrant’s disclosures related to climate change. Public pronouncements indicate the SEC s in the process of formulating updated rules. ...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Commissioner Peirce Implores the SEC to Rethink ESG Metrics

In the wake of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC or “Commission”) recent request for comment on climate change disclosures and actions related to environmental, social and governance (ESG) matters, Commissioner...more

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SEC to Review Climate-Related Disclosure: The Start of Things to Come

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On February 24, 2021, Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") Acting Chair Allison Herren Lee issued a Statement on the Review of Climate-Related Disclosure in which she directed the SEC's Division of Corporation Finance...more

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Climate Change - Will the SEC Revamp Its Disclosure Requirements?

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Climate change, global warming and similar subjects are the daily grist of the news. The Washington Post reported recently, for example, that huge quantities of ice are melting at an alarming rate....more

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In Case You Missed It - Interesting Items for Corporate Counsel - February 2020

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The SEC proposed updates to Regulation S-K to modernize, simplify and enhance financial disclosures, here. The SEC’s press release, here, summarizes the changes as well as any law firm memo (but see here and here if you don’t...more

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January 2020 SEC Updates: New Guidance on Use of Financial Metrics, Significant Proposed Changes to MD&A and More

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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has issued guidance on the use of financial metrics and has proposed significant amendments pertaining to Regulation S-K’s financial disclosure provisions?. In addition, SEC...more

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