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Corporate Social Responsibility Financial Services Industry Investment

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 -
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Cadwalader Climate - September 2024 #4

In this week’s edition, we discuss the investor expectations set out by the Finance Sector Deforestation Action for banks to address the financial risks of deforestation; the Voluntary Carbon Markets Integrity initiative’s...more

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UK Sustainability Disclosure Framework FCA Publishes Final Rules On Sustainability Disclosure Requirements And Investment Labels

On 28 November 2023, the UK's Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") published its "Sustainability Disclosure Requirements ("SDR") and investment labels" policy statement (PS23/16) (the "Policy Statement"). The Policy Statement...more

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Global Survey of ESG Regulations for Asset Managers - ESG and the Sustainable Economy Handbook

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Investment advisers offering funds in more than one country are accustomed to adapting to different regulatory requirements. However, the challenges presented by the global regulation of environmental, social, and governance...more

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Investors Pressure European Banks to End Financing for New Oil and Gas Fields

On February 7, a group of 30 investors, representing over $1.5 trillion of assets under management, wrote to the CEOs and board chairs of five major European banks “urging them to stop directly financing new oil and gas...more

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ECB Board Member Proposes Intensification of Climate-Related Action

On January 10, Isabel Schnabel, a member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank (ECB), gave a speech at an international symposium on central bank independence on monetary policy tightening and the green...more

Dechert LLP

SEC Issues Rule Proposal Related to Certain Investment Advisers’ and Funds’ Disclosures About ESG Investment Practices

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Overview - The Securities and Exchange Commission, by a vote of three-to-one, proposed for public comment on May 25, 2022, a long-anticipated framework requiring certain registered funds and certain investment advisers to...more

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Banking Groups Protest Against Expected ESG Regulations

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We’ve provided insights previously about increased regulatory and litigation activity related to Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) disclosures by companies to current and prospective investors. For those not yet...more

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SEC Proposes Amendments to Fund “Names Rule” and Proposes Amendments Concerning Fund ESG Investment Practices

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On May 25, 2022, the SEC proposed amendments to Rule 35d-1, the fund “Names Rule,” (Names Rule Amendments) and, separately, proposed amendments to several rules and forms that would require additional disclosure for funds and...more

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Joint Impact Indicators for Impact Investors

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As the impact investing market has grown and continues to grow, so has the need for a unified set of standards for measuring the social, economic and environmental impacts of investments in the market. In an effort to address...more

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