Lucas Torres

Lucas Torres

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

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Corp Fin’s Climate Disclosure Review is Here – What to Expect and How to Prepare

Last week, the Division of Corporation Finance (Corp Fin) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published an illustrative letter that provides samples of comments, which the SEC may issue to companies regarding...more

10/4/2021  /  Climate Change , Corp Fin , Corporate Governance , Corporate Social Responsibility , Disclosure Requirements , Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) , Form 10-K , MD&A Statements , Regulation S-K , Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

SEC’s Disclosure Rules to Touch Climate, Human Capital and More

According to media reports, during last week’s annual Conference on Financial Market Regulation—hosted jointly by the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Division of Economic and Risk Analysis, Lehigh University and...more

5/20/2021  /  Climate Change , Corporate Governance , Corporate Social Responsibility , Disclosure Requirements , Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) , SEC Examination Priorities , Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Ready or Not, Here They Come: Climate Disclosure Requirements for All Public Companies Move a Step Closer to Becoming Law

Democratic members of both houses of Congress reintroduced last month the Climate Risk Disclosure Act (“Act”), H.R. 2570, a bill that would require every public company to issue climate-related financial disclosures. This...more

5/17/2021  /  Climate Change , Corporate Governance , Corporate Social Responsibility , Disclosure Requirements , Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) , Greenhouse Gas Emissions , Publicly-Traded Companies , Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

There’s a New ESG Sheriff in Town at the SEC

Yesterday, we wrote about the potential impact of the nomination of so-called “Money Cop” Gary Gensler to chair the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Well, now it appears that Gensler will have a new sheriff on...more

2/3/2021  /  Biden Administration , Climate Change , Corporate Governance , Corporate Social Responsibility , Disclosure Requirements , Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) , Greenhouse Gas Emissions , Publicly-Traded Companies , Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Top 10 Topics for Directors in 2020: Environmental, Social and Governance

Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) issues have been a growing focus for regulators, investors and consumers for the past several years. There has been a trend toward greater efforts to address such issues from a...more

3/16/2020  /  Best Practices , Board of Directors , Corporate Governance , Corporate Social Responsibility , Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) , EU , Private Sector , Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
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