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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 -
International Lawyers Network

Sustainability in Professional Legal Organizations

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As things get literally hotter this summer, one of the “hot” topics on many people’s minds is sustainability. Also, ice cream, but I digress. At the ILN, we’ve been thinking about sustainability for a while now. As the...more

Epiq

Why Sustainability and Why Now?

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Sustainability is not a new concept. Environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) was created as a term back in 2004 in a report called “Who Cares Wins,” which was an initiative created by the United Nations. The ESG...more

Paul Hastings LLP

PH ESG Comparative Analysis of the SEC Climate Rule and EU CSRD & ESRS

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Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Cadwalader Climate - March 2024

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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

J.S. Held

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

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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

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

2024 Insights: ESG

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The Supreme Court’s Affirmative Action Opinion Continues To Spawn Challenges to DEI Programs - Businesses can expect continued challenges to DEI programs, as emboldened opponents to these programs seek to expand the reach...more

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Non-EU Companies Face Challenges Preparing for Europe’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive

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Key Points - - Detailed rules governing some of the upcoming requirements for sustainability disclosures will help companies prepare to comply, but many requirements have still not been specified. - The rules for...more

K&L Gates LLP

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

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

ESG and Corporate Purpose: Their Current Status and How They Relate

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ESG is an acronym and importantly a movement with a viewpoint. It is also an evolving concept which uses the first letters of three words as its name. Those words are Environmental, Social and Governance. ESG is a concept...more

Whitman Legal Solutions, LLC

Environmental Sustainability in Real Estate

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ESG requires a holistic evaluation of the business to determine how it serves its stakeholders inside and outside of the company and the environment where it has influence. The relative focus on environment, social, and...more

J.S. Held

Crosscurrents: Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) & ESG Reporting in Europe

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In mid-November 2022, the European Parliament adopted the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), a major expansion of the 2014 Non-Financial Reporting Directive (NFRD). The new rules will quadruple the number of...more

Allen Matkins

Commissioner Uyeda Urges Questioning Of ESG Trend Sustainability

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In recent remarks to the 2022 Cato Summit on Financial Regulation, Securities and Exchange Commissioner Mark Uyeda noted the uncertainty of both costs and benefits of ESG investing.  With respect to costs, Commissioner Uyeda...more

Goodwin

The Sustainability Disclosure Requirements and Investment Labels Rules: Tougher ESG Standards for UK Private Fund Managers

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​​​​​​​In our previous client alert, FCA ESG Rules: The Next Deadline for UK Private Fund Managers, we noted the likely expansion of the Environmental, Social, and Governance Sourcebook (ESG Rules) of the UK Financial Conduct...more

Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co.

Guide to the ESGI

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The ESG Index (ESGI) represents the three key spheres that encompass responsible investments (or “green investments”)—Environmental, Social, and Governance. The responsible investments market has been rapidly gaining momentum...more

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SEC's Proposed Rule Changes Seek to Curb Greenwashing

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We have previously written about the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) considering additional regulations on statements and disclosures made by public companies and investment funds relating to their credentials on...more

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“Sustainable” Companies Face Increased Pressure to Justify the Sustainability Label Amid Investor Challenges and Demands for...

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The recent IPO for Rivian Automotive Inc., the electric pick-up truck manufacturer whose shares increased 29% on the day following the offering, resulting in an enterprise valuation of more than $86 billion – more than the...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Greenwashing: A survey of recent litigation

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As climate change jurisprudence continues to evolve, an offshoot of “greenwashing” claims has generated a series of headline-grabbing lawsuits. The definitions vary but most references to greenwashing include claims...more

White & Case LLP

Q&A: The case for a market-wide approach to sustainable business practices

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Frederick Alexander, Chief Executive Officer and founder of the Shareholder Commons—a nonprofit organization focused on issues and structures for a sustainable, just economy— discusses how systemic changes can help companies...more

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SEC Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) Disclosure Rule Could Help AgTech Attract Investors

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AgTech companies promoting sustainability and positive social impacts may benefit from improving impact investors’ ability to assess and compare entities on these issues. On March 4, 2021, the US Securities and Exchange...more

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SEC Official Speaks to Sustainability Disclosure

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William Hinman, Director, SEC Division of Corporation Finance, recently gave his views on sustainability disclosures by public companies, among other topics....more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Sustainability Reporting After the Paris Climate Accord

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It’s fair to say that President Trump’s June 1 announcement that the U.S. will withdraw from the Paris climate accord has been widely reported. It’s also fair to say that the announcement triggered a host of passionate...more

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Sustainability Reporting Gains Momentum

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A couple of years ago I suggested that companies should consider adding new, or enhancing their existing, sustainability disclosures. The trend toward sustainability (frequently known as “ESG” for environmental, social and...more

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A Spotlight On Benefit Corporations

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Benefit Corporations and other impact-driven corporate entities, such as Delaware Public Benefit Corporations and California Social Purpose Corporations, are proliferating at a healthy pace. More than 30 states have enacted...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Proxy Access In The 2015 Season

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Rhonda Brauer is a senior managing director of corporate governance at Georgeson Inc. where she helps companies enhance their shareholder communications and analyze their governance practices. She recently joined Latham &...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

The Legal Risks Associated with Corporate Sustainability Reporting

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Investors, consumers and other stakeholder groups are driving a growing demand for companies to disclose more information about their environmental, social and governance (ESG) and sustainability practices. Many companies are...more

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