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CARB to Host Public Workshop on Implementation of California Climate Disclosure Laws

On August 7, 2025, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) announced that it will hold a virtual public workshop on Thursday, August 21, 2025, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Pacific Time “to support the development of...more

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EU Commission Adopts Simplification Measures for the EU Taxonomy

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On July 4, 2025, the Commission adopted a set of measures to simplify the application of the EU taxonomy, in the form of a Delegated Act amending the Taxonomy Disclosures, Climate and Environmental Delegated Acts....more

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Key Takeaways and Lingering Questions from the Public Workshop on California’s Climate Disclosure Rules

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Status Update - On May 29, 2025, the California Air Resources Board (“CARB”) held a virtual public workshop on California’s climate reporting laws, Senate Bill 253 (The Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act) and...more

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Initial Concepts Provided on California Climate Disclosure Laws Implementation

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The regulations for the California Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act (SB253), which applies to entities with annual revenue in excess of $1 billion, have been delayed until the end of 2025. The California Air...more

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SEC withdraws defense of US Climate Disclosure Rules

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Yesterday, March 27, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) notified the US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit that the SEC wishes to withdraw its defense of its landmark Climate Disclosure Rules (Climate...more

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Environmental Groups Drop Challenge to SEC Climate Disclosure Rule

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When the SEC announced its mandatory climate disclosure rule on March 6, 2024, this regulation was immediately challenged by parties on both ends of the political spectrum. A number of states, fossil fuel companies, and...more

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2024 J.S. Held Global Risk Report: Weather and Natural Disasters

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The growing frequency and ferocity of major weather events and natural disasters have pushed the climate change discussion to the forefront of governments and businesses. Droughts, floods, wildfires, earthquakes, and volcanic...more

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What UK readers could not get enough of in 2023 the top five blog posts revealed

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2023 saw a raft of UK law reforms concerning economic crime and continued scrutiny of business risk concerning human rights and greenwashing. This is reflected in the blogs our subscribers were most interested in reading in...more

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New Regulations and Standards Look to Clean Up the Voluntary Carbon Market and Fight Greenwashing

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As businesses across the globe strive to fulfill carbon-neutral and net-zero promises over the coming decades, the voluntary carbon market has emerged as a necessary resource to help businesses bridge the gap to...more

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ACRA and SGX RegCo Consult on Climate-Related Disclosure

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ACRA and SGX RegCo are consulting on recommendations for climate-related disclosure reporting for Singapore companies. The recommendations cover both listed and large non-listed companies. The requirement will be rolled out...more

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ISSB Announces First Two Sustainability Disclosure Standards to Come Into Force from January 2024

Following strong demand from investors for a timeline, the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) has confirmed that draft IFRS S1 (General Requirements for Disclosure of Sustainability-Related Financial...more

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ESG and Securities Litigation

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Recent Trends Show Increased Focus on Allegations of "Greenwashing" Over the past few years, regulators, businesses, and the market in general have become increasingly focused on environmental, social, and governance (“ESG”)...more

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Energy & Sustainability Litigation Updates — November 2022

Regulatory Developments. During the past month, there have been two notable developments in connection with the SEC’s proposed climate disclosures rule — “The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for...more

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Republican SEC Commissioner Peirce Questions Proposed SEC Rule Concerning ESG "Greenwashing"

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In remarks delivered today to the SEC Investor Advisory Committee, SEC Commissioner Pierce--one of the Republican appointees to the Commission--offered a critique of the proposed SEC rule re: "greenwashing," which is the...more

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French Regulator Calls For Regulation of Providers of ESG Ratings and Other Services

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The AMF, the stock market regulator in France, recently reiterated its call for stricter regulation on a Europe-wide basis of the entities providing ESG ratings and other services. Specifically, the AMF stated that the...more

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SEC Commissioner Lee Highlights Role of Prior Efforts in Develop SEC Climate Disclosure Regulations

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On October 20th, SEC Commissioner Lee delivered a speech focused on the regulations concerning climate disclosures that the SEC is expected to issue soon. (Indeed, Commissioner Lee emphasized that these regulations are...more

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Climate Change Regulation for US Insurers: September 2021 Update and Overview

There are less than two months before world leaders meet in Glasgow for the UN-sponsored Climate Change summit known as the Conference of the Parties (COP 26). This summer, we have been inundated with dire reports about...more

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ESG Regulation Watch: EU Developments

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The Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) - The SFDR is part of a package of measures introduced to implement the EU action plan on sustainable finance which aims to push more capital towards sustainable...more

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ESG And The Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation

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As part of the EU’s strategy on climate change following the Paris Agreement of 2015, a number of EU regulations have been enacted in the past 12 months. From the fund management industry’s point of view, the two most...more

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FCA Proposes New Rules on Climate-Related Disclosures by Listed Issuers

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The FCA is moving towards formalising issuers’ compliance with the TCFD recommendations. Key Points: ..The FCA is proposing that premium listed commercial companies will need to disclose how they have implemented the...more

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Energy and carbon – are you getting ready to report?

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UK organisations have grappled in recent years with CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme (“CRC”) and with the Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (“ESOS” - now in its second phase). Now it is time to get to grips with Strategic Energy...more

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