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The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) published two new topic standards—GRI 102: Climate Change (2025) and GRI 103: Energy (2025). These standards will replace GRI 305: Emissions (2016), GRI 302: Energy (2016), and Disclosure...more
Australian Update - ASIC's Key Issues Outlook for 2025 - On 24 January 2025, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) released its key issues outlook for 2025 which provides insights for Australian...more
Over the past few years, we have seen growing interest in Commercial Paper (CP) programmes with a sustainable focus. Traditionally used by corporations, financial institutions, sovereigns, and other issuers for...more
Australia has now officially passed laws that will introduce a mandatory climate-related financial disclosure regime from 1 January 2025. This is one of the most significant reforms to corporate financial reporting in...more
As environmental, social, and governance (ESG) considerations become increasingly central to investment strategies worldwide, the regulatory landscapes governing ESG investing are evolving rapidly across different regions....more
Welcome to the latest edition of our monthly ESG Insights providing you with a summary of the key developments from around the world. Global - IFRS Foundation releases jurisdictional adoption guide for ISSB Standards- On...more
In the quest for a sustainable future, the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) represent goalposts, albeit lofty ones, that countries can aim for. These 17 interconnected goals address pressing global...more
On March 6, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) finalized its long-awaited climate disclosure rules on a party-line 3-2 vote. The new rules have been significantly watered down from the SEC’s March 21, 2022...more
On October 7, 2023, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 1305 into law, also known as the “Voluntary Market Disclosures Business Regulation Act,” or AB 1305. This law marks the first of its kind in the...more
2023 was the hottest year on record. Not only the hottest since U.S. meteorological recordkeeping began in 1850, but according to Scientific American, 2023 was also “the hottest temperature that our planet has experienced in...more
The rules impose standardized disclosure requirements on public companies beginning as early as 2026 (for fiscal year ending 2025, depending on filer status). Climate-related disclosures, including in financial statement...more
The Securities & Exchange Commission ("SEC") issued its long-awaited final rule concerning climate disclosures, entitled “The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors” (“Climate Disclosure...more
As we enter 2024, we once again review the most significant legislation, policy changes and regulatory actions with respect to climate change taken by California in the past year. In contrast to 2022, which brought a revamp...more
Australian Update - Draft Reporting Standards for Australian Climate-Related Disclosures - As previously reported by K&L Gates, the Australian Accounting Standards Board released its exposure draft of the Australian...more
In an historic turn of events at the 27th annual conference of the parties (or COP) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) hosted by Egypt in November 2022, nations rallied to address the realities of...more
Waves of reform to sustainability reporting regimes are only beginning and will gather pace. Much has happened since the first two Sustainability Disclosure Standards were published by the International Sustainability...more
2022 marked a historic year for climate change action in the Executive Branch. The Biden-Harris administration continued to deploy a “whole-of-government” approach to combating climate change, securing over $300 billion in...more
On July 28, 2022, a group of environmental nonprofits filed a lawsuit in Washington D.C. Superior Court against a utility alleging that various marketing statements referring to natural gas as “clean,” “carbon...more
The United States Supreme Court recently issued its long-awaited opinion in West Virginia v. EPA, significantly restricting the Environmental Protection Agency’s (“EPA”) authority to combat climate change and regulate carbon...more
The National Waste & Recycling Association (“NWRA”) submitted comments to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) addressing its proposed rule titled: Enhancement and Standardization of...more
Key Takeaways - ..The SEC proposed amendments to require registrants to provide certain climate-related information in registration statements and periodic reports. ..The proposed rules would require a company to...more
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission issued proposed rule amendments requiring climate disclosures by public companies. The SEC’s new climate disclosure rule will require all companies to report Scope 1 and Scope 2...more
On March 21, the SEC proposed rules on the enhancement and standardization of climate-related disclosures in reporting companies’ registration statements and annual reports. The proposed rules build on guidance provided in...more
Continuing its leadership in the battle against climate change, California takes a big step forward by requiring transparency concerning the carbon footprints of the nation’s largest corporations doing business in the state. ...more
Climate change poses many risks. For companies, besides the physical impact of climate change itself, this risk is often embodied by regulatory pressure imposed by government agencies or other entities exercising oversight...more