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California amends climate disclosure reporting laws

Hogan Lovells on 10/11/2024

On September 27, 2024, California’s Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Senate Bill 219, thereby amending SB 253 (Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act) and SB 261 (Climate-Related Financial Risk Act). The key...more

UK/EU/International ESG Regulation Monthly Round-Up – August 2024

Hogan Lovells on 9/11/2024

Although we might have expected a complete lull over the Summer, there has still been activity in the ESG regulatory world. In the UK, we have seen a continuation of the work on the sustainable disclosure requirements regime...more

Horizon - ESG Regulatory News and Trends

DLA Piper on 8/30/2024

Welcome to Horizon, DLA Piper’s regular bulletin reporting on late-breaking legislative and policy developments in ESG. Our aim is to scan the litigation, enforcement, and regulatory horizon to help inform business decisions....more

The Road to Net Zero: Core Principles to Prevent Greenwashing

American Conference Institute (ACI) on 7/18/2024

“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

Understanding the “G” in ESG: The critical role of compliance

Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics... on 7/16/2024

Octavia Butler, a pioneering American writer, once wrote: “There is nothing new under the sun, but there are new suns.” Can this analogy also be applied to the concept of environmental, social, and governance (ESG)? While...more

Oversight of climate disclosures: SEC stay doesn’t mean stop

KPMG Board Leadership Center (BLC) on 7/9/2024

Despite the sense of relief that many companies initially felt with the SEC’s stay of its climate disclosure rules, the pause is unlikely to temper the forces demanding climate disclosures by other means. In the latest paper...more

Global ESG Insights - May 2024

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP on 7/5/2024

Welcome to the latest edition of our monthly ESG Insights providing you with a summary of the key developments from around the world. Global - IFRS Foundation releases jurisdictional adoption guide for ISSB Standards- On...more

UK Corporate Briefing - June 2024

BCLP on 6/3/2024

Welcome to the Corporate Briefing, where we review the latest developments in UK corporate law that you need to know about....more

2024 Financial Institutions Outlook & Trends

White & Case LLP on 5/14/2024

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

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

DarrowEverett LLP on 5/7/2024

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

Hot Topics: AI and ESG

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 4/1/2024

The US Government Is Using AI To Detect Potential Wrongdoing, and Companies Should Too With agencies such as the SEC and DOJ using AI and other data analytics tools extensively to detect wrongdoing, companies need to adopt...more

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

Paul Hastings LLP on 3/21/2024

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US Insurers: Climate Change Disclosure Litigation and Data Calls Await

McDermott Will & Emery on 3/18/2024

The climate change landscape for insurers has changed dramatically this past month. There are multiple developments insurers should keep in mind – and not just the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) recent adoption...more

California’s New Climate Disclosure and GHG-Related Claims Laws

Quarles & Brady LLP on 3/15/2024

On October 7, 2023, Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law a trio of climate-related bills that will impact what companies doing business in California must (or can) say about their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and the...more

Australian Government Releases Draft Climate Disclosure Laws

Jones Day on 2/2/2024

The Situation: The Australian government has released its widely anticipated exposure draft legislation for the introduction of Australia's national mandatory climate-related financial disclosures regime....more

Corporate Communicator - 2024 Annual Meeting Season

Snell & Wilmer on 1/2/2024

Clawback Rules. As previously discussed in last Winter’s Corporate Communicator, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC") adopted final rules in October 2022 directing the NYSE and Nasdaq to adopt listing standards that...more

SEC Rulemaking 2023 - An Overview

Harris Beach PLLC on 12/20/2023

In 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) continued its trend of recent years of robust and significant rulemaking that affects the range of players in the securities industry — public companies, broker-dealers,...more

Using Whistleblower Laws to Hold Polluters Accountable

Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto LLP on 11/16/2023

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

California – First State to Enact Climate Reporting Legislation

Proskauer Rose LLP on 10/16/2023

On October 7, 2023, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law two expansive climate disclosure bills (SB 253 and SB 261), making California the first state in the U.S. to impose requirements on greenhouse gas (“GHG”)...more

Hong Kong Regulatory Update - August 2023

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 8/24/2023

查看中文 This update provides an overview of key regulatory developments in the second quarter relevant to companies listed, or planning to list, on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (HKEx) and their advisers. It covers...more

EU Adopts Long-Awaited Mandatory ESG Reporting Standards

Cooley LLP on 8/14/2023

In January 2023, the European Union adopted the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), which requires EU and non-EU companies with activities in the EU to file annual sustainability reports alongside their...more

California’s Senate Passes Ambitious Climate Disclosure Mandate—Will it Survive the State Assembly?

Foley Hoag LLP - Energy & Climate Counsel on 6/14/2023

While the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) has been working on its climate disclosure rulemaking for the past 15 months, the California legislature may end up beating it to the punch. The SEC first announced...more

ESG and Securities Litigation

King & Spalding on 2/3/2023

Recent Trends Show Increased Focus on Allegations of "Greenwashing" Over the past few years, regulators, businesses, and the market in general have become increasingly focused on environmental, social, and governance (“ESG”)...more

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

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) on 12/8/2022

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

ESG Disclosure Trends in SEC Filings - Annual Survey 2022

White & Case LLP on 6/23/2022

The regulatory landscape for ESG disclosure by U.S. public companies faces potentially dramatic changes, with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") proposing rules that would mandate comprehensive climate change...more

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