Innovation in Compliance: Gaurav Kapoor on Risk Management and the Role of AI in GRC
FCPA Compliance Report: Accountability in Times of Crisis: A Conversation with Tom Fox and Sam Silverstein
Sunday Book Review: August 17, 2025, The More Books from the Ethicsverse Library Edition
Compliance Tip of the Day: How a CFO Views Compliance and Risk
Data Driven Compliance – James Tillen on the Importance of Cross-Functional Collaboration in Complying with the FTPF Offense
2 Gurus Talk Compliance: Episode 57 — The Tom on His Highhorse Edition
AI Today in 5: August 15, 2025, The AI as Boss Episode
What to Do When Leadership Doesn’t Take Compliance Seriously
Daily Compliance News: August 14, 2025 The End of Dial Up Edition
Compliance Tip of the Day: Finance Models for Compliance
Compliance Tip of the Day - Extending Compliance Value Across Your Organization
Daily Compliance News: August 11, 2025, The Boss Doesn’t Work Edition
Adventures in Compliance: The Novels - The Valley of Fear, Sherlock Holmes’ Investigative Techniques for Today’s Challenges
FCPA Compliance Report - Episode 770 - Integrating ESG in Global Outsourcing: Insights from Inge Zwick
Sunday Book Review: August 10, 2025, The More Books from The Ethicsverse Library Edition
10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For the Week Ending August 9, 2025
AI Today in 5: August 8, 2025, The Don’t Wait Episode
Data Driven Compliance: Understanding the ECCTA and Its Impact with Jonathan Armstrong
Innovation in Compliance: Operationalizing Trust at Scale: A Conversation with Amanda Carty on Compliance and AI
Hill Country Authors – Exploring the Challenges of a Green Transition with Tom Ortiz
A new extended timetable is now in play for the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (“EFRAG”) following a letter sent by the EU Commissioner Albuquerque on 1 July 2025. EFRAG is tasked with the responsibility to...more
The package of consultations covers UK Sustainability Reporting Standards, transition plans, and assurance of sustainability-related disclosures....more
The withdrawal aligns with the SEC’s “back to basics” approach, but it does not preclude scrutiny of ESG in asset managers’ strategies, marketing, and fund documentation....more
ESMA releases proposed rules for regulation of ESG ratings providers On May 2, ESG Today reported that the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published draft Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) under the...more
In a significant but not unsurprising policy shift, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced the withdrawal of proposed rules aimed at enhancing ESG disclosures and modifying shareholder proposal...more
The European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) has launched a public call for input (Call for Input) on 9 April 2025, seeking feedback from stakeholders and, in particular, from the first wave of preparers who...more
On 31 March 2025, the House Committee on Financial Services (Committee), in a letter to Acting Chairman of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Mark Uyeda, identified a series of proposed and adopted rules that...more
In early 2023, the FCA released a discussion paper seeking to encourage industry-wide dialogue on financial services firms’ sustainability-related governance, incentives, and competence. This was part of the FCA's broad...more
As we previously posted, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit vacated the SEC’s approval of Nasdaq’s board diversity disclosure rules last month, after which Nasdaq indicated that it did not intend to seek further...more
After a two-and-half-year legislative journey, the EU's Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive ("CSDDD"), has been formally adopted, and was published in the EU Official Journal on 5 July 2024.1 It will come into...more
Today, the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) voluntarily stayed its recently issued Climate Disclosure Rules. The SEC hopes the voluntary stay will facilitate the resolution of the current Eighth Circuit challenge...more
As artificial intelligence (AI) expands into virtually every industry, companies should consider AI’s potential impacts on corporate governance and internal controls. Companies should integrate AI thoughtfully to ensure...more
More than a year and a half after the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released its controversial and groundbreaking Proposed Rule for the disclosure of climate-related risks, its much-anticipated release of the Final...more
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board’s proposed auditing standards feature major implications for ESG that could upend corporate audits. On June 6, 2023, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB), the...more
As more advisory services, investment companies, and public companies have publicized their Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) goals, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has proposed a set of new rules...more
Key Points As public interest and scrutiny into environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues continue to rise, companies face an ever-evolving landscape relating to their ESG disclosures. The Securities and Exchange...more
We discuss the status of two pending federal regulations that would require the disclosure of information concerning greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and climate-related risks: one proposed by several agencies that would apply...more
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) had a busy 2022, adopting a number of new rules and proposing additional rules, many of which are likely to be finalized over the next several months. In November, Glass Lewis...more
Recent developments in the Court of Chancery concerning a corporate board’s duty to monitor and provide oversight over a corporation’s operations, so-called Caremark claims, are likely to intersect with the Securities and...more
Companies are beginning to look ahead to the upcoming 2023 proxy and annual reporting season, and there are a number of key issues to consider as preparations commence. This alert provides an overview of these issues and...more
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a release on Oct. 7, 2022 (Release No. 33-11117, the “Release”) indicating that it was reopening comment periods for 11 proposed rules and a request for comment....more
Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance (“ESG”) data collecting and reporting are among the fastest changing, most highly watched, and most complicated corporate obligations today. Interestingly, in the United States,...more
A wide array of developments have significantly increased the focus by public companies on board and board committee oversight of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues in recent years. These developments have...more
As discussed in Jones Day's March 2022 Alert, the SEC has proposed climate-related disclosure rules. If adopted as proposed, the Proposed Rules would depart from the SEC's historical regulation of SEC-reporting FPIs, which...more
Increasing focus on ESG related progress is both commendable and imperative. The scrutiny extends beyond renewables, alternative energy, industrials and carbon impact, to all facets of global business including banks and...more