The 2024 CDP questionnaire has a significantly revised scope and structure, including an integrated questionnaire addressing climate, forests, water security, biodiversity and plastics. The 2024 CDP questionnaire will...more
The SEC has finalized its long-awaited climate-related disclosure rules. The final rules are consistent with what we believe institutional investors were looking for with respect to climate-related risk oversight and have...more
The SEC announced that it will consider whether to adopt its final rule for the Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors at an open meeting scheduled for March 6, 2024. While uncertainty...more
On October 7, 2023, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed the most comprehensive corporate climate disclosure laws in the United States to date. The three new laws—Senate Bill 253 (SB 253), Senate Bill 261 (SB 261), and...more
On Friday, October 7, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) reopened the public comment periods for eleven rulemaking proposals and one request for comment due to a technical error that prevented the SEC...more
ESG-related shareholder proposals featured prominently in the most recent proxy season, with nearly 40% of large-cap public companies facing a shareholder vote on ESG topics over the first half of 2022. As introduced in an...more
ESG-related shareholder proposals featured prominently in the most recent proxy season, with nearly 40% of large-cap public companies facing a shareholder vote on ESG topics in the last six months. We reviewed ESG-related...more
On March 21, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued long-awaited proposed rules (“Proposed Rules”) that would require specific new types of climate change disclosures. The purpose of the Proposed Rules is to...more