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Corporate Social Responsibility refers to a business model that incorporates self-regulation mechanisms and aims to ensure better corporate compliance with ethical standards and international norms. Some... more +
Corporate Social Responsibility refers to a business model that incorporates self-regulation mechanisms and aims to ensure better corporate compliance with ethical standards and international norms. Some businesses approach the concept of corporate social responsibility more generally and define it as efforts to limit businesses' negative environmental and social impacts.  less -
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Horizon - ESG Regulatory News and Trends

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Welcome to Horizon, DLA Piper’s regular bulletin reporting on late-breaking legislative and policy developments in ESG. Our aim is to scan the litigation, enforcement, and regulatory horizon to help inform business decisions....more

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Public Companies Quarterly Update (Q2 2024)

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Welcome to Saul Ewing’s Public Companies Quarterly Update series. Our intent is to, on a quarterly basis, highlight important legal developments of which we think public companies should be aware. This edition is related to...more

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The Road to Net Zero: Core Principles to Prevent Greenwashing

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“Net zero” is a topic as hot as the climate these days. With so much regulatory attention being placed on it, companies that do not communicate their net zero efforts appropriately or, worse, intentionally make false and...more

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Global ESG Insights - May 2024

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Welcome to the latest edition of our monthly ESG Insights providing you with a summary of the key developments from around the world. Global - IFRS Foundation releases jurisdictional adoption guide for ISSB Standards- On...more

Alston & Bird

Sustainability Spotlight – Q1 2024

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Welcome to the inaugural edition of the Sustainability Spotlight, your place to keep up with all the ESG action – federal and state enforcement, shareholder proposals and litigation, and state attorney general actions. ...more

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Every Business Should Pay Attention to Climate-Related Disclosure Rules: Here’s Why

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On March 6, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released final rules regarding the Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors (the Final Rules). We provided an overview of the...more

Alston & Bird

An Update to Climate Risk Disclosures Among the SEC, CA, and the EU: Navigating Next Steps

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The Securities and Exchange Commission’s final rules on disclosing climate-related risks to investors are on hold, but California and EU rules are in effect. Our Securities and Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) teams...more

Hicks Johnson

With the SEC’s New Climate Disclosure Rules on Pause, What Should Registrants Expect?

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On March 6, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted 3-2 to adopt final rules requiring registrants to disclose climate-related information in their registration statements and period reports (the Rules), two...more

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SEC Adopts Climate-Related Disclosure Rules

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On March 6, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) finalized and adopted rules on climate-related disclosures for public companies, including foreign private issuers, that are less onerous than the...more

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Global ESG Insights - March 2024

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Welcome to the latest edition of our monthly ESG Insights providing you with a summary of the key developments from around the world....more

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The SEC Stays Its Own Climate Rule—What’s Next?

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On March 6, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) finalized a historic set of climate disclosure rules, which stand to be the most significant disclosure regime change since the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. The rule...more

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SEC Pauses Climate Disclosure Rules

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On April 4, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) voluntarily issued an order staying its recently adopted climate disclosure rules  (the “Final Rules”), pending the completion of judicial review of...more

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SEC Stays Its Climate Disclosure Rules

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On April 4, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published an Order Issuing Stay of rules promulgated on March 6, 2024 requiring registrants to provide certain climate-related information in future...more

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Cadwalader Climate - April 2024

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SEC Faces Lawsuits From Across Political Spectrum - Following the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) adoption of a scaled back set of climate disclosure rules on March 6, 2024, several states have filed...more

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Hot Topics: AI and ESG

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The US Government Is Using AI To Detect Potential Wrongdoing, and Companies Should Too With agencies such as the SEC and DOJ using AI and other data analytics tools extensively to detect wrongdoing, companies need to adopt...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

A Guide to the SEC's New Climate Disclosure Rules

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On March 6, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted climate disclosure rules which will require registrants to disclose detailed new climate-related disclosures in annual reports and registration...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

The SEC’s Final Climate Disclosure Rules: Requirements, Practicalities, and Next Steps

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The long-awaited rules, already at the center of political debate and litigation, represent another global regulatory effort to integrate climate considerations into financial reporting. On March 6, 2024, nearly two years...more

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US Appeals Court Temporarily Halts SEC's Climate Change Disclosure Rules

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On March 15, 2024, the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit granted an administrative stay of the climate-related disclosure rules recently adopted by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). The SEC rules...more

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The SEC’s Final Climate Disclosure Rules

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On March 6, 2024, almost two years after its originally proposed rules, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted final rules relating to the enhancement and standardization of climate-related disclosures. While...more

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Fifth Circuit Presses Pause on SEC’s Final Climate Regulation

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The court’s decision is the latest development in the litigation over the SEC’s final rules, which have faced numerous legal challenges since their adoption. On March 15, 2024, the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit...more

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JONES DAY TALKS®: Court Grants Stay on SEC’s Climate Disclosure Rule, but Companies Should Continue Preparations

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On Friday, March 15, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit granted an administrative stay of the SEC’s final Climate Disclosure Rules, adopted just over a week earlier. All of the challenges to the Rules filed in...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Update on SEC Climate Change Rules

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In a never ending saga to the climate disclosure rules, on March 15, the Fifth Circuit temporarily stayed the recently adopted climate change disclosure rules....more

Fenwick & West LLP

The SEC Adopts Final Climate-Related Disclosure Rules

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On March 6, 2024, the SEC adopted final rules (Final Rules) requiring extensive climate-related disclosures in companies’ annual reports and registration statements. The new rules are set forth in Release No. 33-11275. The...more

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Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Stays the SEC's New Climate-Related Disclosure Rules

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On March 6, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted final enhanced and standardized climate-related disclosure rules (the Final Rules). As noted in our client alert addressing the Final Rules, there...more

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SEC Adopts Landmark Climate-Related Disclosure Rules

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On March 6, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted final rules to enhance and standardize climate-related disclosures by reporting companies (the “Final Rules”). The Final Rules, arriving almost...more

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