On July 31, 2024, nine Democratic lawmakers from the House and Senate wrote a letter to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (“CFTC”) Chairman in support of the proposed guidance regarding the listing of voluntary...more
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3/21/2024
/ Climate Change ,
Corporate Governance ,
Corporate Social Responsibility ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
Form 10-K ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Popular ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Sustainability ,
Sustainable Business Practices
In an open meeting on Wednesday, March 6, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) approved in a 3-2 vote a Final Rule on climate disclosures that will “require registrants to provide certain climate-related...more
3/7/2024
/ Corporate Governance ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Emerging Growth Companies ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
Final Rules ,
Form 10-K ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Renewable Energy ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Exchange Act ,
Smaller Reporting Companies ,
Sustainability ,
Tax Credits
On October 7, 2023, Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 253 into law, which imposes climate-related disclosure requirements for companies with revenues over $1 billion annually that do business in California. On the same...more
While California’s Climate Accountability Package has received much recent attention, another California climate disclosure bill targeting corporate greenwashing was also signed into law on October 7, 2023, and its...more
The voluntary carbon market is rapidly growing to match the increasing focus by corporate leaders on ESG efforts and net-zero goals. In 2021, the voluntary carbon market reached $2 billion, and by some estimates may be worth...more
The public comment period for the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) proposed rules on climate-related disclosures (the “Proposal”) closed on June 17, 2022. The Proposal, which was released on March 21, 2022, would...more
We are delighted to bring this edition of Spotlight Magazine to you after the disruption of the past two years and the COVID-19 pandemic. There has been a sea of regulatory change that has evolved during this time, masked by...more
6/13/2022
/ Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) ,
Anti-Money Laundering ,
Blacklist ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Corporate Governance ,
Credit Funds ,
Debt ,
Depository Institutions ,
ELTIF ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
Fee Disclosure ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Statements ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Investment Funds ,
Lenders ,
Liquidity Management ,
Private Equity ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)