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Resilience Planning Is Key to Corporate Sustainability

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This year, the environmental agenda has focused on “deregulation” to promote industrial competitiveness, as well as a sharpened focus on energy generation and transmission to support economic growth. While deregulation may...more

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Catching Up On Simplified EU Sustainability Disclosure Rules

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On July 4, the European Commission adopted a new delegated regulation aimed at streamlining the implementation of the EU Taxonomy Regulation. The Taxonomy Regulation is a classification system that defines which economic...more

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Texas Hold ‘Em: New Law Requires Proxy Advisors to Show Their Cards if “Nonpecuniary” Factors Guide Voting Recommendations -...

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On June 20, 2025, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed Senate Bill 2337 (“SB 2337”), a novel regulation that will require significant disclosure obligations for proxy advisors, such as ISS and Glass Lewis, for their voting...more

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Both Convergence and Divergence Seen in Emerging State Climate Disclosure Bills

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Although the federal Securities and Exchange Commission has stayed its 2024 climate-related disclosure rule, certain U.S. states continue to advance their own climate-related disclosure legislation. California's landmark...more

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Federal Court Halts Enforcement of Texas SB 2337 Regarding Proxy Advisor Disclosure of ESG or Other “Nonfinancial” Considerations

Enacted earlier this year and scheduled to take effect September 1, SB 2337 would impose new disclosure obligations on proxy advisory firms issuing recommendations regarding Texas-based public companies, including a...more

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CARB Hosts Public Workshop on California Climate Laws - Updated 9.3.25

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The California Air Resources Board (“CARB”) hosted a public workshop on August 21, 2025 to provide information on Senate Bills 253, 261 and 219 (the “California climate laws”) and solicit feedback from consumers and...more

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Federal Court Blocks Enforcement of Texas Proxy Advisor Disclosure Law

Following up on our recent post analyzing Texas’s new proxy advisor disclosure statute, S.B. 2337, we note a significant development: On August 29, 2025, Judge Alan Albright of the United States District Court for the Western...more

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New Sustainability Reporting Obligations in Mexico

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To facilitate capital flow toward investments that foster economic development by promoting environmental and social sustainability, transparency, and long-term strategies in financial and economic activity, early this year...more

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California Air Resources Board Publishes Draft SB 261 Guidance

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Last night, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) released draft guidance on the Climate‐Related Financial Risk Act (Health & Safety Code Section 38533/Senate Bill 261). This disclosure mandate will require subject...more

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Sustainable Energy & Infrastructure Litigation Updates — September 2025

On August 1, 2025, a federal district court judge rejected the attempt by three major asset managers to dismiss an antitrust complaint filed by a coalition of 11 Republican state attorneys general (and subsequently receiving...more

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Europe: UK FCA Plans to Streamline UK Sustainability Reporting

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Following a multi-firm review of sustainability reporting, the FCA has announced that it is considering how to streamline and enhance the UK’s sustainability reporting framework by simplifying disclosures, easing unnecessary...more

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Transition Finance Update: Creating a Global Framework for Entity-level Transition Finance

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The UK Transition Finance Council (TFC) is consulting until September 19, 2025 on Guidelines on providing entity-level transition finance (Guidelines) to high-emitting and hard to abate sectors....more

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ESG and Defence in the UK and EU – navigating the politics and legal requirements to include defence projects in sustainable...

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Increasing global security concerns (coupled with changes on the global political scene) have led governments to increase their budgets for defence spending. In this briefing we consider how compatible defence sector...more

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Public Companies Quarterly Update (Q2 2025)

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Welcome to Saul Ewing's Public Companies Quarterly Update series. Our intent is to, on a quarterly basis, highlight important legal developments of which we think public companies should be aware....more

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Horizon - ESG Regulatory News and Trends - August 2025

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Welcome to Horizon, DLA Piper’s monthly bulletin reporting on late-breaking legislative and policy developments in ESG. Our aim is to scan the litigation, enforcement, and regulatory horizon to help inform business decisions....more

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Federal Court Declines to Enjoin CA Climate Disclosure Laws

On August 13, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California declined to block enforcement of California’s two major climate disclosure bills, the Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act (SB 253) and...more

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California accelerates towards GHG Disclosures in advance of 2026 Deadlines with Regulatory Timeline and Litigation Win (SB 253...

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The California Air Resources Board (CARB) is forging ahead in implementing what the Agency now refers to as “the 200s”—the Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act (SB 253) and the Climate Related Financial Risk Act (SB...more

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Transition Finance Council Consults on Entity-level Guidelines

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The Transition Finance Council, co-launched by the City of London Corporation and HM Government, has issued a consultation on draft entity-level Transition Finance Guidelines. The aim of the Guidelines is to establish a...more

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Texas’s New Proxy Advisor Disclosure Law: Key Details for Shareholders and Companies Ahead of September 2025

Texas has enacted S.B. 2337, a statute set to reshape proxy advisory practices for publicly traded companies that are either organized in Texas, have their principal place of business in the state or have proposed becoming a...more

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Injunction To Block California Environmental Disclosure Laws Denied

On August 13, 2025, the District Court for the Central District of California denied a motion for a preliminary injunction filed by several business groups challenging California Senate Bills 253 (Climate Corporate Data...more

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California Climate Disclosure Laws: CARB Refines Applicability, Deadlines, and Scope

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On August 21, 2025, the California Air Resources Board (“CARB”) held a public workshop providing updates on SB 253 (the Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act) and SB 261 (the Climate-related Financial Risk Act)....more

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Prospectus Regime Changes in the EU and UK—A Debt Capital Markets Update

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The EU and UK prospectus regimes govern disclosure requirements for securities offered to the public and/or admitted to trading on a regulated market. Recent and forthcoming changes to these regimes have implications for...more

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US-based Multinationals (and Others) Get More Time Before Singapore Climate Reporting Requirements Kick In

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Over the last few years, we have kept our US multinational company readers current on the progress and timing of Singapore corporate climate reporting. Singapore’s climate reporting requirements capture many larger US-based...more

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Companies Join the Fray in the Battle of the Proxy Advisors v. Texas

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On June 20, 2025, Texas passed SB 2337, a first-of-its-kind regulation of proxy advisors such as ISS and Glass Lewis. SB 2337 requires proxy advisors to, among other things, disclose when their recommendations are based, in...more

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Dancing Away From ESG Disclosures: A Pivot Back to Materiality

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On June 5, 2025, SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce delivered a major address at the International Center for Insurance Regulation Digital Insurance Forum. In a pointed critique of what has been an accelerating march of...more

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