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Sustainability and the Journey towards Net Zero

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With the pressure to address corporate responsibility increasing, it is easy for organizations to feel overwhelmed with the steps they can take to create a sustainability program that has a tangible impact on their journey...more

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2024 Financial Institutions Outlook & Trends

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This article, updated quarterly, looks ahead to the areas expected to be prioritized by financial services regulators across the globe; we look at the key regulatory trends emerging from the past year which inform our...more

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FCA Business Plan: Firms Should Expect Assertive Supervision, Enforcement on Financial Crime as 2022-2025 Strategy Enters Final...

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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is entering the final year of its 2022-2025 strategy, which features a commitment to be more innovative, assertive and adaptable. Its 2024/25 Business Plan outlines how the regulator...more

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How GCs Will Choose Law Firms in 2024

It’s not your imagination: Legal business development in 2024 is harder. In a January survey by BTI Consulting, 53 percent of lawyers and law firm leaders said business development would get harder this year. And it’s...more

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ESG Insights: 10 Things That Should Be Top of Mind 2024

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Amid new regulations, increased enforcement and litigation, and higher stakeholder scrutiny, companies will need to adopt an integrated and nuanced approach to ESG. In some ways, 2023 was a challenging year for ESG. This...more

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Investors Should Seize the Renewables Opportunity in Real Estate

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Investors that pursue operational real estate strategies focused on renewables can capture higher margins while contributing to the global shift away from fossil fuels. Real estate, which accounts for about 39% of global...more

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Five Strategies for Startups to Effectively Tackle ESG

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As more public — and even private — companies will need to address ESG expectations, some simple strategies can help companies chart a course from the beginning. As the global focus on environmental, social, and...more

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Sustainability-Linked Bond Issuers Miss Sustainability Targets: 10 Takeaways

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Issuers should consider the ambitiousness of their sustainability targets, any challenges in achieving the targets on schedule, and how they will prove their progress. The global market for sustainability-linked bonds ...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Ready for the Metaverse? 10 Questions to Consider About Your Metaverse Strategy 2023

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The metaverse refers to the newest layer of the internet. It is made accessible by using special hardware. In one variation, this hardware (typically lenses and/or headsets) creates a 360-degree immersive experience (virtual...more

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Owners and Contractors Beware – Vendor Risks Can Hurt Your Projects

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Vendor risk has the power to impact an organization’s reputation, ESG (environmental, social, governance) initiatives, and information security. Similarly, vendors can affect a project’s performance due to their financial and...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Compliance Today - December 2022. Intersection of ESG, health equity, and 501(r) compliance

Compliance Today - December 2022 - We are at a critical moment of change when it comes to truly addressing health inequities in this country. With the intersection of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) reporting and...more

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ESG in M&A Transactions - Present and Future

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The ESG sector has grown at a phenomenal rate over the last 5 years. It has doubled in size over that period and now a quarter of all investible assets globally are being managed with some type of environmental, social or...more

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Five Questions for Avoiding Greenwashing

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Allegations of greenwashing are all over the news. In many ways, this development was arguably inevitable. Many of the ESG and sustainability disclosures born over the past decade grew up in organizations’ marketing, public...more

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There’s Light at the End of the Tunnel: What’s Next for the Legal World?

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Through the heroic efforts of many people in the medical and pharmaceutical worlds, the United States and other countries are on the brink of emerging from the long Covid nightmare.  With it, the legal industry is waking up...more

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ESG for Energy: 3 Things Companies Should Be Doing – Part 1

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In the first installment of a two-part series, Director Tony Jones discusses how energy companies, both large and small, should be formalizing their plans and initiatives in the face of growing ESG investment strategies and...more

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ESG for Energy: 3 Things Companies Should Be Doing – Part 2

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In the final installment of a two-part series, Director Tony Jones discusses what energy companies, both large and small, can do to prepare for expanding ESG requirements. ...more

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Adding Value to ESG & Renewable Energy

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Investors and stakeholders are increasingly demanding that companies address Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) issues and demonstrate how their Boards oversee strategic and operational decisions related to ESG and...more

K2 Integrity

Preparing the Board for Activist Investors

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Regardless of a company’s success or confidence in its strategy, management, and board, there are few situations public companies face that are more daunting than an unsolicited approach by an activist investor. And with...more

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IOSCO Speaks to ESG Disclosures

The International Organization of Securities Commissions, or IOSCO, published a statement setting out the importance for issuers of considering the inclusion of environmental, social and governance, or ESG, matters when...more

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