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Uneven Stop-the-Clock Provisions Throughout Europe on Sustainability Reporting

Jones Day on 6/13/2025

As discussed in a previous article, the European Union is seeking to "bring competitiveness and climate goals together," and therefore launched a reform package—the Omnibus package—regarding sustainability reporting and...more

California Bills to Require Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reporting From Companies Doing Business in the State

White & Case LLP on 9/27/2023

The California State Senate and State Assembly recently approved two bills, Senate Bill 253 and Senate Bill 261, that could require thousands of companies doing business in California to disclose greenhouse gas ("GHG")...more

CDP Introduces Plastics-Related Disclosure

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP on 5/12/2023

On April 19, 2023, CDP launched a request for 7,000 companies to disclose on the production and use of the most environmentally problematic plastics, i.e., plastic polymers, durable plastics, and plastic packaging, through...more

NYC Comptroller and Pension Funds Advocate for Banks to Establish Interim Absolute GhG Emissions Targets

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP on 1/31/2023

On January 2, the New York City (NYC) Comptroller, Brad Lander, the NYC Employees’ Retirement System, the NYC Teachers’ Retirement System, and the NYC Board of Education Retirement System, announced that they had submitted...more

Securities Enforcement Forum West 2022: SEC Affirms Aggressive Approach

Perkins Coie on 5/20/2022

On May 12, 2022, senior Division of Enforcement officials from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) shared the stage with SEC alumni, private practitioners, and other professionals in the field at the Securities...more

California Senate Passes the Climate Corporate Accountability Act

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 2/14/2022

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

Green Buildings: The Epicenter of Responsible Investing, ESG Disclosure Requirements and Financial Incentives

Jones Day on 2/28/2019

Energy-positive buildings are a hot topic in the next wave in Environmental, Social and Governance investing, in anticipation of the EU directive which will require that all new projects built are "nearly zero energy" as from...more

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