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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 businesses approach the concept of corporate social responsibility more generally and define it as efforts to limit businesses' negative environmental and social impacts. less -

[Virtual Event] ESG and Compliance Conference - November 7th, 8:00 am - 5:00 pm CT

Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics... on 8/27/2024

Stay on top of ever-evolving ESG requirements and emerging trends - With the SEC’s newly issued rules surrounding ESG disclosures and the continued growth of regulations rolling out in the EU, Canada, Asia and elsewhere...more

Cadwalader Climate - March 2024

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP on 3/13/2024

EU Value Chain Due Diligence Directive Not Endorsed - Following four years of attempting to progress and approve the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), the European Council failed to give the...more

Crosscurrents—European Union Fails to Pass Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive & SEC Bails on Scope 3 Requirements

J.S. Held on 3/8/2024

Introduction - With the adoption by 196 parties of the Paris Agreement in December 2015, legally binding international climate change arrived. The Paris Agreement requires increasingly aggressive five-year cycles climate...more

Push-Pull: Discourse in the ESG Rulemaking Landscape

Holland & Knight LLP on 11/10/2022

Recent remarks from two SEC Commissioners illustrate the broader divide about environmental, social and governance (ESG)-related disclosures and the resulting compliance costs public companies and regulated entities could...more

[Virtual Event] ESG and Compliance Conference - April 26th, 7:55 am - 3:15 pm CDT

Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics... on 3/10/2022

Discover how to set and accomplish your ESG goals - Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG) is no longer an isolated function within a company, nor is it an issue only for publicly traded companies. It’s front and...more

[Event] ESG Think Tank - November 30th, National Harbor, MD

American Conference Institute (ACI) on 11/22/2021

Closed-Door, “Off the Record” Benchmarking on Critical ESG Issues! ACI’s inaugural ESG Think Tank is scheduled for November 30th in Washington, DC! This in-person “boardroom-style” forum will provide meaningful...more

Congress A Step Closer to Making Corporate ESG Disclosure Mandatory

Foley Hoag LLP - Environmental Law on 6/28/2021

On June 16, 2021, the U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation that would impose new ESG due diligence and disclosure requirements on publicly traded companies. H.R. 1187 – the ESG Disclosure Simplification Act of...more

Beyond Bunny Hugging: ESG, Investor Expectations and Reporting Trends

Foley & Lardner LLP on 12/10/2020

This paper attempts to provide a definition and context for the term, Environmental, Social and Governance (“ESG”), explain how and why it is used, demonstrate how investors are driving the proliferation of ESG reporting,...more

Private fund side letters: common terms, themes and practical considerations

Dechert LLP on 9/28/2018

Side letters are an (increasingly) common way of formalising negotiated arrangements between a private fund and an investor. Whilst used more widely in the closed-ended fund context (given the limited withdrawal rights...more

Five on Friday – Five Recent Developments that We’ve Been Watching Closely

Foley Hoag LLP - Global Business and Human... on 4/28/2017

It’s Friday and time for another overview of developments in the field of business and human rights that we’ve been monitoring. This week’s post includes: a jury verdict in the Quinteros v. DynCorp litigation; the latest...more

The SEC and the Conflict Minerals Rule: What You Need to Know about the Latest Developments

Foley Hoag LLP - Global Business and Human... on 4/20/2017

It is clear that Michael Piwowar, Acting Chairman of the Securities Exchange Commission (“SEC”) is not a fan of the conflict minerals rule. Earlier this month, the Acting Chairman and the Division of Corporation Finance...more

Five on Friday – Five Recent Developments that We’ve Been Watching Closely - February 2017

Foley Hoag LLP - Global Business and Human... on 2/10/2017

It’s Friday and time for another overview of developments in the field of business and human rights that we’ve been monitoring. This week’s post includes: a federal court decision holding that U.S.-based companies may be...more

Five on Friday – Five Recent Developments that We’ve Been Watching Closely

Foley Hoag LLP - Global Business and Human... on 12/2/2016

It’s Friday and time for another overview of developments in the field of business and human rights that we’ve been monitoring. This week’s post includes: new reports on the corporate responsibility to respect human...more

Human Rights Due Diligence – An Emerging Requirement in State and Federal Legislation

Foley Hoag LLP - Global Business and Human... on 10/22/2012

Two years ago, in October 2010, I published a post, Human Rights Due Diligence and the Corporate Lawyer, that addressed the need for corporate counsel to assess stakeholder expectations that companies should be accountable...more

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