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Mayer Brown

Out With a Whimper: BCBS Publishes Climate Disclosure Framework

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On June 13, 2025, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (“BCBS”) published its framework for the disclosure of climate-related financial risks. The framework is entirely voluntary and has several notable changes from...more

Jones Day

Major UK Bank Penalized by the ASA for Greenwashing

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On December 18, 2024, the Advertising Standards Authority ("ASA"), the UK's regulator of advertising, issued a ruling against Lloyds Bank plc ("Lloyds") following a complaint by Adfree Cities, a network challenging corporate...more

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Outcome of Basel Committee on Banking Supervision November 2024 Meeting

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The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has set out the outcomes from its meeting on November 19-20, 2024. Key takeaways include: - implementation of Basel III—committee members unanimously reaffirmed their expectation...more

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CRD VI Requires Banks to Focus Even More on ESG Risk Management

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Against the backdrop of the comprehensive recast of European Union ("EU") banking legislation, the EU legislator is increasingly focused on Environmental, Social, and Governance ("ESG") risks. In this context, ad hoc...more

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2024 Pre-Election Analysis: Financial Services

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Financial services encompass a wide range of services offered by the nation’s financial institutions, including banking, mortgage, investment, and credit services. The next administration and Congress’s financial services...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Florida’s Fair Access to Banking Expansion Takes Effect July 1: Are You Ready?

On July 1, 2024, banks and other financial institutions doing business in Florida will be required to comply with new rules designed to ensure fair access to banking and prevent politically or ideologically motivated denial...more

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Sustainability Coordinators: A Transatlantic Comparison

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On April 24, 2024, the Loan Market Association (the “LMA”) published its Sustainability Coordinator Letter (the “LMA Letter”). According to the LMA, the LMA Letter is “intended to provide a starting point for a sustainability...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Cadwalader Climate - April 2024 #5

In this edition we discuss several updates aimed at the financial sector, including transition planning reports published by the Network for Greening the Financial System, prudential guidance from the Bank of England on how...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Commercial Litigation Outlook - 2024

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By any measure, the world has changed vastly since we issued our first Commercial Litigation Outlook in 2020. We are now on our fourth installment of providing insights and flagging trends for what to expect in the coming...more

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All Washed Up - What Are the Risks for Firms That Won’t Show Greenwashing the Red Card?

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In recent years, there has been a noticeable increase in green products and the promotion of sustainable objectives across the financial services industry. For example, we have seen much discussion of green loans, green...more

Carlton Fields

Impact Investing: Keys to a Responsible Exit

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Impact investing has been gaining new prominence recently to respond to the environmental and social challenges that the traditional frameworks of philanthropy alone could not address. Impact investors generally seek to...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

UK Financial Insights from Katten | Issue 6

UK Financial Insights from Katten is a monthly newsletter highlighting key noteworthy developments potentially affecting financial markets and funds in the UK and Europe....more

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UAE looks to sustainable finance to boost transition

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There is a growing awareness and demand in the UAE for sustainable investment opportunities. To meet this demand, Jodi Norman and Will Tunstall-Prince explain how recent reforms are now putting sustainable finance at the...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Bank to pay $25 million to settle alleged misleading ESG claims

On September 25, the SEC announced two enforcement actions against a subsidiary (respondent) of a German multinational investment bank and financial services company, in which the respondent agreed to pay a total of $25...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Basel Committee Issues Guidance on Core Principles for Effective Banking Supervision

In April 2022, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (the Basel Committee) began a review of “the core principles for effective banking supervision” (Core Principles or CP). Last month, the Basel Committee published...more

Hogan Lovells

UK/EU ESG Regulation Monthly Round-Up – March-June 2023

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As we reach the midway point of 2023, the Hogan Lovells Sustainable Finance and Investment practice thought it would be useful to provide a review of recent key ESG developments from March-June 2023 to assist with navigating...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

ESG Initiatives Come Under Increasing Antitrust Scrutiny

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Summary - Companies across all sectors of the economy—car manufacturers, apparel brands, banks, utilities, insurers, and asset managers—are increasingly working within their respective industries’ sustainability...more

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New ESG Requirements for Banks that Hold Public Funds May Raise Challenging Compliance Issues

Much ink has been spilled about ESG laws and regulations targeted at the investment of public funds, and rightfully so.  Yet, there has been little discussion of novel requirements imposed on banks that simply hold state or...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

UN-Initiated and Bank-Led Working Group Formed to Encourage Banks to Achieve Biodiversity Targets

On May 4, 2023, the United Nations announced the formation of a 35-member bank-led working group to promote nature- and biodiversity-related target setting that is aligned with the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Florida’s Response to ESG Investing

Governor DeSantis has signed a law prohibiting reliance on environmental, social and governance (ESG) for Florida’s funds. Banks and financial institutions could face administrative sanctions if found to discriminate...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

ESG Initiatives Face Increased Pressure From Potential Antitrust Challenges

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A recent letter from 21 state Attorneys General to various asset managers demonstrates a focus on using antitrust and unfair competition laws to oppose ESG efforts. Key Points: ..ESG investing initiatives are not...more

McDermott Will & Emery

[Hybrid Event] Deal Academy 2023 – Photovoltaik - April 19th, Frankfurt/Main, Germany

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Wir laden Sie wieder herzlich zu unserer McDermott Deal Academy ein – persönlich in Frankfurt und gleichzeitig virtuell per Live-Stream. Dieses Mal zum Thema Photovoltaik. Unsere Real Estate-, Fonds- und Steuer-Experten...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Canada Releases New Climate-Focused Guideline for Banks and Insurers

On March 7, 2023, the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (“OSFI”), the Canadian government agency responsible for supervising federally-regulated financial institutions (“FRFI”) and insurance companies,...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Green Banks Express Frustration After Net-Zero Banking Alliance Declines to Impose Restrictions on Fossil-Fuel Financing

The Net-Zero Banking Alliance (“NZBA”), the UN-led coalition of global banks “committed to aligning their lending investment portfolios with net-zero emissions by 2050,” is facing backlash from certain sustainability-focused...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Yellen Calls on World Bank to Take Decisive Action on Climate Change

On February 9, 2023, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen spoke at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, urging the World Bank to “evolve” and be “bolder and more imaginative” in its operational approach to tackling...more

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