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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

ESG Guidepost | Issue 17

Katten ESG Guidepost is a monthly publication highlighting the latest news, legal and regulatory developments involving environmental, social and governance matters....more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

The Road to Net Zero: Core Principles to Prevent Greenwashing

“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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Does the EU’s Taxonomy Regulation Really Apply to Third-country Issuers? Presenting the Case for a Narrower Interpretation -...

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The first edition of this paper was published on 22 August 2023. Since that date, the European Commission has finalized its guidance indicating that Article 8 of the Taxonomy Regulation and the Disclosures Delegated Act apply...more

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Does the EU’s Taxonomy Regulation Really Apply to Third-Country Issuers? Presenting the Case for a Narrower Interpretation

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The EU’s Taxonomy Regulation entered into force on 12 July 2020. It created a framework relating to the reporting of environmental sustainability of economic activities and investments. It does this by defining various...more

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Decarbonisation disputes: the evolving frontier of climate-related risk

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The Net Zero transition will not be smooth. The scale of the investment required and the appetite and ability of countries to implement new policy – both now and in the years to come – will cause unprecedented disruption and...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Ceres 2022 Progress Report

In its second report assessing how, and to what extent, S&P 100 companies have implemented climate-related policies into their own business initiatives, Ceres, through its Accelerator for Sustainable Capital Markets, found...more

Walkers

The rise of ESG and Sustainable Fund Finance in Europe

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Challenges create opportunities and the environmental and social challenges we currently face are no exception. In this paper we consider the opportunities provided by sustainable finance, and more specifically impact...more

White & Case LLP

European legal acts on sustainable financing: Review, Outlook, Perspective

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"It can‘t go on like this!" This statement is not only made by the young people who pass by the windows of our office every Friday morning. In fact, this statement was already made binding by the Paris Climate Change...more

King & Spalding

Nachhaltige Finanzierungen (Sustainable Finance) in der Kreditwirtschaft

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Das Thema nachhaltige Finanzierung (Sustainable Finance) nimmt weiter an Fahrt auf und steht Anfang 2021 erneut im Fokus: diesseits des Atlantiks ist zum 10. März 2021 die EU-Offenlegungsverordnung in Kraft getreten, nach der...more

King & Spalding

Pflichten registrierter AIFM nach der Offenlegungsverordnung – Wie transparent müssen kleine AIF-Kapitalverwaltungsgesellschaften...

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Die Regelungen der Verordnung (EU) 2019/2088 des europäischen Parlaments und des Rates vom 27. November 2019 über nachhaltigkeitsbezogene Offenlegungspflichten im Finanzdienstleistungssektor („OffenlegungsVO“) sind im...more

King & Spalding

Artikel 8 Produkt: Greenwashing oder Green Light im Immobilienfondsbereich

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Um die in der von der UN verabschiedeten Agenda 2030 und dem Pariser Klimaschutzabkommen festgelegten Ziele, insbesondere den Übergang zu einer CO2-armen, nachhaltigeren, ressourceneffizienten Kreislaufwirtschaft mit dem Ziel...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

ESG Disclosures Under the EU Taxonomy Regulation and CRR: Latest Developments

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ESMA and the EBA advise on KPIs for transparency on institutions’ environmentally sustainable activities, and the EBA consults on prudential disclosures of ESG risks under the CRR. On 26 February 2021, both the European...more

King & Spalding

SEC Kicks Off 2021 Agenda With Intense Focus on ESG Disclosures

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The global COVID-19 pandemic, severe weather events, and the social unrest unleashed in the United States over the past year have amplified the role of Environmental, Social and Governance (“ESG”) as a driving factor in...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR): What To Expect

As recently confirmed, the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), becomes effective on 10 March 2021. The SFDR imposes sustainability-related disclosure requirements on financial services institutions such as...more

Bracewell LLP

COVID, Climate Change and ESG – The Future of Disclosures, SEC Enforcement, and Securities Litigation

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There can be no doubt 2021 is already shaping up to be a watershed year, including on the SEC enforcement and securities litigation fronts. Pressure from all directions has been coalescing to drive change in the way...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Corporate Failings On Climate Change Reporting Revealed

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Over the past four years in the United States, there has been an increasing disconnect between public and private action on climate. The current administration de-prioritized (and many believe sabotaged) any efforts to...more

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What a Biden Administration Will Mean for US Climate Change Policy

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Over the weekend, major news outlets announced that former Vice President Joe Biden will be the next president of the United States. Biden and his running mate, Vice Predident-elect Kamala Harris, pledged throughout the...more

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