Although political sentiment against mandatory sustainability reporting by business entities has grown in Europe (similar to the anti-ESG backlash in the United States), the European Commission (EC) has not backed down. On...more
12/12/2024
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Compliance ,
Corporate Governance ,
Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
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Multinationals ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Sustainability
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted new climate-related risk disclosure rules on March 6, 2024, two years after the SEC proposed new climate-related disclosure rules and three years after the SEC first...more
3/12/2024
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Climate Change ,
Corporate Governance ,
Corporate Social Responsibility ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Final Rules ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Popular ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Regulation S-K ,
Regulation S-X ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
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Securities Regulation
ESG is understood to be an acronym for “environmental, social and governance,” but the term can be challenging because it’s used to describe similar but distinct communities of practice, including corporate social...more
5/24/2023
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Corporate Governance ,
Corporate Social Responsibility ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Investment Funds ,
Investment Management ,
Investors ,
New Regulations ,
Popular ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Sustainability ,
United Nations
On August 6, 2021, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved the listing rules proposed by The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (Nasdaq) to advance board diversity and enhance the transparency of diversity statistics...more
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed new climate change disclosure rules on March 21, 2022. The proposed rules (Release Nos. 33-11042; 34-99478) draw heavily on the “four pillar” disclosure framework...more
3/23/2022
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Corporate Governance ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Domestic Corporations ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Foreign Corporations ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Proposed Rules ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Sustainability ,
Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD)
On August 6, 2021, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved a Nasdaq rule change that requires its listed companies to have diverse boards or explain why they do not. Subject to certain issuer exemptions and...more
8/11/2021
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Corporate Counsel ,
Corporate Governance ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
LGBTQ ,
Minorities ,
Nasdaq ,
Proposed Rules ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Woman Board Members
As we roll into a new year and a new public company reporting season, public companies should be aware of a number of rule changes and rulemakings, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) staff guidance, disclosure trends...more
2/1/2016
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Cybersecurity ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Executive Compensation ,
Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act ,
Proxy Access ,
Proxy Season ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Shareholder Proposals ,
Young Lawyers