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Embracing ESG (Carefully)

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I really don’t want to talk about ESG.  (Actually, I do but pretend I don’t to bolster my well-earned reputation for balance…Hah!).  ESG is so politically fraught…one person’s lodestar is another shibboleth.  Tribal totem of...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

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC

ESG and SEC: Impact of the Judicial Review on the Final Rules for Climate-Related Disclosures

As part of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s ongoing and evolving mission to enhance disclosures for investors, the SEC published final rules relating to climate-related disclosures for investors (final rules). When...more

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The Heat Is On SEC’s Climate-Related Disclosure Rules

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On March 6, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted new final rules requiring issuers to include extensive disclosure in registration statements and periodic reports regarding material...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

SEC Adopts Climate-Related Disclosure Rules

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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SEC Climate Rules Create Unique Challenges For CRE

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On March 6, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission adopted long-awaited final rules detailing climate-related disclosures required of public companies in their annual reports and registration statements. Originally...more

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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

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SEC Issues an Administrative Stay of its Climate Disclosure Rules

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On March 6, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or the Commission) finalized its long-awaited climate disclosure rules on a party-line 3-2 vote. We previously provided a summary of the content of that final...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

The Case Against SEC Final Climate Rules Begins in Earnest

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The Eighth Circuit is poised to determine the fate of the SEC’s final climate regulation, potentially by the end of the year. On March 21, 2024, the US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit was selected as the court that...more

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP

SEC Pauses Climate Disclosure Rules

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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Client Alert: SEC Adopts Final Rules for Climate-Related Disclosures as Controversy and Challenges Loom

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On March 6, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) issued an adopting release (Release Nos. 33-11275 and 34-99678), entitled The Enhancement and Standardization of ClimateRelated Disclosures for Investors (the...more

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SEC Adopts Final Rules for Climate-Related Disclosures

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Nearly two years after the SEC released proposed rules regarding the standardization of climate-related disclosures, and after more than 24,000 public comments, the SEC adopted the Final Rules by a 3-2 vote on March 6. The...more

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Rising Tide of SEC Disclosure Obligations Threatens to Inundate Registrants with New Reporting Costs

Overview On March 6, 2024, in a 3-2 vote along party lines, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a controversial 886-page final climate-related disclosure rule (Final Rules) that will require companies to...more

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SEC Adopts Rules to Enhance and Standardize Climate-Related Disclosure

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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted rules expanding climate-related disclosure requirements in annual reports and registration statements for U.S. public companies and foreign private issuers. The final...more

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SEC Adopts Final Rule for Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures

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On March 6, 2024, almost two years after the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) proposed amendments “to enhance and standardize climate-related disclosures for investors,” the SEC adopted a final rule on...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Energy & Climate Counsel

Federal Court of Appeals Stays SEC Climate Rule

On Friday, March 15, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued an administrative stay on the application of the SEC’s new rules regarding climate-related disclosures for investors, which we covered...more

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The SEC’s Climate Disclosure Rule Has Arrived: Scope 3 Is Out—But What Is In?

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After nearly two years of public comments and deliberation, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted a Final Rule on Mandatory Climate Disclosures (Final Rule). While less sweeping than initially proposed,...more

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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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SEC Adopts Landmark Climate-Related Disclosure Rules

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

Vinson & Elkins LLP

Narrowing the Scope: The SEC Finalized its Climate-Related Disclosures Rule - UPDATED March 15 2024

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Following a nearly two-year wait, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or “Commission”) released its Final Rule—The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors—on March 6, 2024. The...more

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SEC Adopts Rules to Enhance and Standardize Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors

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On March 6, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted, by a 3-2 vote, final rules (the “Final Rules”) to enhance and standardize climate-related disclosures by public entities and public offerings. The...more

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UK FCA Publishes Sustainability Disclosure Requirements and Investment Labels

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On November 28, 2023, the UK's Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") published its long-awaited final rules and guidance on Sustainability Disclosure Requirements ("SDR") and investment labels. According to the FCA, it intends...more

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Threading the Needle: The US Securities and Exchange Commission's Final Climate-Related Disclosure Rules

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On 6 March 2023, by a 3-2 vote of the Commissioners split along party lines, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted “The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors” final...more

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The Coming Storm: Preparing for The SEC's Final Climate-Related Disclosure Rules

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On March 6, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted final rules that will require expansive new climate-related disclosures in Form 10-K and Form 20-F annual reports and most registration statements....more

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