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Investors and Regulators Demand Climate Disclosures, but Companies Should Beware of Greenwashing Claims

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Pressure from consumers, investors, and regulators to provide climate, environmental, and sustainability disclosures is increasing, but it is important for companies to ensure such disclosures are accurate, verifiable, and...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

California Combats Greenwashing with New Voluntary Carbon Offset and Carbon-Neutral and Low-Carbon Product Disclosure Law

California’s unprecedented AB 1305 law purports to target “greenwashing” by mandating public disclosures about virtually any claim of “significant” carbon reductions, but its broad wording and uncertain effective date raise...more

Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto LLP

Using Whistleblower Laws to Hold Polluters Accountable

Global political and business leaders have purported ambitious climate-focused goals for the decades ahead, such as eliminating landfill waste by 2030, transitioning to 100% renewable energy use by 2035, and achieving...more

King & Spalding

Field Guide to Clean Hydrogen

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Hydrogen is a key ingredient in any country’s future energy plans. In the United States, the hydrogen sector is on the launch pad, ready for lift-off. However, its trajectory hinges on a critical question: what criteria...more

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Mitigating risks of greenwashing litigation

​​​​​​​On July 28, 2022, a group of environmental nonprofits filed a lawsuit in Washington D.C. Superior Court against a utility alleging that various marketing statements referring to natural gas as “clean,” “carbon...more

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