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The SEC’s Climate Rules: Item 1502(e)’s Transition Plan Disclosure (Including Annual Progress)

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This is another in a series of blogs we will be posting breaking down the SEC’s new climate disclosure rules. We’re near the end of Regulation S-K Item 1502, Strategy. For the full text, see pages 852 through 855 of the...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Global ESG Insights - May 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

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Global ESG Insights - March 2024

Welcome to the latest edition of our monthly ESG Insights providing you with a summary of the key developments from around the world....more

Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL

SEC Adopts New Rules for Climate-Related Disclosures; Lawsuits Challenge New Rules

On March 6, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted its highly anticipated climate-related disclosure rules. The rules faced public scrutiny since their proposal two years ago, with the SEC receiving more than...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

SEC Adopts New Rules for Climate-Related Disclosures

On March 6, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted 3-2 to adopt new rules mandating climate-related disclosures in public companies’ annual reports and registration statements. While the final rules are...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

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

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

KPMG Research Shows Significant Proportion of Companies Not Ready for ESG Data Assurance Requirements

According to a survey conducted by KPMG, 75% of companies are not in a position to obtain third-party assurance on their published ESG data. This is despite the fact that two-thirds of companies must disclose such data, or...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Study Finds Companies Increasingly Disclosing ESG Information Voluntarily

A recent academic study covering the period 2010-2021 has found that many companies in the S&P500 currently are providing disclosure on ESG issues, and in the absence of mandated disclosure rules, do so on a voluntary basis....more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Only 5% of FTSE 100 Have “Credible” Net Zero Plans, Says Report

A new report by professional services firm EY has found that only 5% of FTSE 100 companies have disclosed “credible” and sufficiently detailed transition plans to become net zero by 2050....more

Hogan Lovells

ESG Market Alert – February 2023

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In this alert, we provide a round-up of the latest developments in ESG for UK corporates. In this month’s ESG Market Alert, we cover: Forestry investments – a top priority for UK pension schemes; The French Duty of...more

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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

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

H1 2022 – ESG Trends and Expectations

Environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations continued to play a key role in the first six months of 2022, with geopolitical circumstances resulting in a reexamination of a number of ESG beliefs. In our 11...more

Perkins Coie

So, What Is Sustainable Investing Anyway?

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Sustainable investing is a big and growing business. It is also widely misunderstood. Many of the predominant investment tools used to assess public company environmental, social and governance (ESG) practices have been...more

Jones Day

Eliminating Significant Gotchas: Sustainability Report Edition

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For many companies, summer is the time when they prepare and publish Sustainability Reports, which report on efforts with respect to environmental, social, and governance initiatives. Other companies may have already...more

Maron Marvel

The Evolution of ESG in 2022

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For several years, there has been a growing expectation that all types of business organizations must pursue sustainability, address environmental risks such as climate change, and commit to diversity, inclusion, and equity....more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Disclosing Climate-Related Risks and Metrics Under the SEC’s Proposed Rule

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What the proposed rule would mean for registrants and their filings with the SEC. The US Securities and Exchange Commission’s proposed climate disclosure rule, approved by a 3–1 vote on March 21, 2022, is the agency’s...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

In Depth: New Climate-Related Disclosure Rules from the SEC? Here’s What You Need to Watch Out For

The SEC announced that it will consider whether to propose rules to enhance and standardize climate-related disclosures for investors at an open meeting  on March 21, 2022. The Commission’s deliberations were webcast at 11:00...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

SEC Releases Climate Disclosure Proposal

On March 21, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted along party lines to propose its long-awaited climate disclosure framework for public companies. The proposed rule borrows concepts and definitions from the Task...more

Jenner & Block

SEC’s Upcoming Proposed Rule for Climate Disclosures: Will It Be as “Decision-Useful” as the Ingredients Label for “Fat-Free...

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The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) is meeting this Monday, March 21, to determine whether to propose amendments to existing law to “enhance and standardize registrants’ climate-related disclosures.” The SEC’s...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Made for TV: The SEC’s Regulatory Posture on Climate Risk

Climate change-related risks to the U.S. financial system are attracting increasing public attention in recent years and are raising questions about how U.S. financial regulators, including the U.S. Securities and Exchange...more

Proskauer - The Capital Commitment

ESG: Practical Points For Where Market Practice and Legal Trends Collide

If 2021 was the year in which regulators and investors enthusiastically embraced environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) considerations, by creating new legal and regulatory frameworks, then 2022 will be the year for...more

Mayer Brown Free Writings + Perspectives

Market Trends 2021: Disclosure Related to Climate Change

This practice note discusses market trends in 2021 relating to disclosures of climate change risks and mitigation by public companies, which are intertwined with environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues. It also...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Accelerate ESG - December 2021

2021: ESG On Center Stage - As we approach the end of a watershed year, we are struck by the rapid evolution and intensification of all things ESG (environmental, social and governance). Virtually every segment of the...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

From obligations to opportunities: Achieving the “E” in your ESG initiatives

The impetuses driving companies’ focus on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues are plentiful, with oncoming regulatory requirements, demands from investors, lenders and shareholders, and other stakeholders, and...more

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Investor Focus on Climate Change Continues to Rise

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Climate change has long been an area of focus for investors. Over the past several months, companies have come under greater scrutiny and have begun to face increased pressure from investors, regulators, activists, and the...more

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