The 2024 US election results are likely to reshape the regulatory landscape for environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues. Shifts in administrative priorities, coupled with ongoing litigation and regulatory...more
In a historical rulemaking, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on March 6 adopted rules that require public companies to disclose certain climate-related information in registration statements and annual reports....more
In preparing for both the 2024 proxy season and publication of inaugural or refreshed corporate social responsibility or sustainability reports, as well as in anticipation of final climate disclosure rules from the SEC as of...more
Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) matters are now the subject of significantly greater regulatory scrutiny and are becoming a more prominent part of public companies’ mandatory filings, shareholder proposals, and...more
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced on August 25, 2022, that it has adopted new rules to require enhanced pay for performance disclosure that will apply to 2023 proxies for calendar year-end issuers....more
In a historical proposed rulemaking, the US Securities and Exchange Commission marked the first time it has indicated that climate-related disclosure is material information that all public companies must provide regardless...more
The environmental, social, and governance (ESG) landscape is being shaped by the establishment of various ESG standards and frameworks (summarized and compared herein), many of which have been adopted on a voluntary basis by...more
In the US Securities and Exchange Commission staff’s most recent guidance addressing environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing, the staff of the Division of Examinations released an April 9 Risk Alert noting...more
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