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
/ Business Entities ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Governance ,
Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Member State ,
Multinationals ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Sustainability
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
/ Capital Investments ,
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 April 27, members from McDermott’s ESG, Impact & Sustainability Group, including Counsel David Cifrino and Partners Thomas Dawson, Carl Fleming and Jacob Hollinger, hosted a webinar on risks, opportunities and disclosures...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
/ Climate Change ,
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)