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FSB update on progress under 2021 roadmap on climate-related risks

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The Financial Stability Board (FSB) has published its 2025 progress report on the implementation of its 2021 Climate Roadmap. The report provides a factual overview of progress made across four key areas: disclosures, data,...more

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Staying competitive – How can businesses integrate sustainability into their practices?

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There is a whispered concern in boardrooms around the world about the cost of management time involved in complying with ever evolving sustainability requirements across multiple jurisdictions. The voices of those who shout...more

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Canaries and coal mines, US insurers and climate change

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Canaries are the most familiar of “sentinel species” – animals (and plants) that can alert us to threats to human health and the environment. Those who know their mining history also know that canaries were first used in...more

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Five Takeaways from CARB’s July 9 FAQs on California’s New Corporate Climate Disclosure Requirements

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The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has published seven pages of FAQs on California’s corporate greenhouse gas reporting and climate-related financial risk disclosure programs. These disclosure requirements are...more

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ESAs launch joint consultation on draft guidelines for ESG stress testing

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The European Supervisory Authorities (the European Banking Authority, European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority and the European Securities and Markets Authority) have launched a joint consultation on their joint...more

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ESMA’s 2023-2024 Common Supervisory Action on Sustainability Risks and Disclosures: Key Findings

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On 30 June 2025, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published its Final Report on the 2023-2024 Common Supervisory Action (CSA) concerning the integration of sustainability risks and disclosures within the...more

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Data Center Projects in Asia - Recent Trends, Key Risks, and Mitigation Strategies

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GROWING DEMAND FOR DATA CENTERS - As many involved in Asian infrastructure today will testify, Asia’s digital transformation is fueling an unprecedented demand for data centers....more

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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

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United States: The Great SEC Spring Clean Up–14 Proposals Wiped Away

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Spring is a time of renewal, and the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)–under its new chairman, Paul Atkins–has shown that. On 12 June 2025, the SEC withdrew 14 proposed rules impacting funds and asset managers,...more

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SEC Withdraws 14 Pending Rule Proposals

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On June 12, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) formally withdrew 14 proposed rules for investment advisers, broker-dealers and public companies, many of which had been pending for several years. Should the SEC...more

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Country Classification, Updated FAQ and Guidance, Draft Delegated Regulation: EUDR Compliance Made Easier?

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On 22 May 2025, the European Commission (“Commission”) made public risk classification of countries under the EU Deforestation Regulation (“EUDR”)1 which assigned a low level of risk to 140 countries and high level of risk to...more

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EBA releases ESG dashboard with key indicators on climate risk in the EU/EEA banking sector

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The European Banking Authority (EBA) has released an ESG dashboard, accompanied by a press release, establishing a comprehensive framework to improve the monitoring of climate-related risks within the EU/EEA banking sector...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Understanding Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery: A Business Imperative with Clint Palermo

Innovation comes in many areas, and compliance professionals must be ready for and embrace it. Join Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance, as he visits with top innovative minds, thinkers, and creators in the award-winning...more

Proskauer - The Capital Commitment

Top Ten Regulatory and Litigation Risks for Private Funds in 2025

Confession: writing this in May 2025, we cannot predict with confidence what the rest of 2025 will bring. The year has already seen four months of change and upheaval – political, regulatory, and economic. The new US...more

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Pensions: What’s new this week? April 14, 2025

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Welcome to your weekly update from the A&O Shearman Pensions team, covering all the latest legal and regulatory developments in the world of workplace pensions. TPR Climate change report - The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has...more

Mitratech Holdings, Inc

The Vendor Onboarding Process: Keys to Success

What Is Vendor Onboarding? Vendor onboarding is the process of establishing a company as an approved provider of technology, goods, or services to your organization. It’s also an essential early step in the vendor risk...more

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HKEx’s Enhanced Corporate Governance Code and Related Listing Rules

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HKEx published conclusions in December 2024 to its consultation on Review of the Corporate Governance Code (“CG Code”) and related Listing Rules. The latest changes to the CG Code and related Listing Rules include (i)...more

Environmental General Counsel PC

A European Perspective on Sustainability, CSRD, and the Omnibus Package: An Interview with Ferruccio Bongiorni of Studio Bongiorni

Environmental General Counsel (“EGC”) Founder and Principal Catherine W. Johnson recently interviewed Ferruccio Bongiorni, Founder and Managing Director of Studio Bongiorni located in Milan, Italy, about sustainability issues...more

Hogan Lovells

ESG Investigations in Europe Part I – Enforcement trends and particularities

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Recent years have seen an ever increasing density of ESG regulation on the national, European and global level. With significant regulations already or about to enter into force, enforcement actions on different levels,...more

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The ICVCM and REDD+ Standards: Implications for Voluntary Carbon Markets

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REDD+ stands for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation, with the "+" representing the additional focus on conservation, sustainable management, and forest carbon stock enhancement. Originally formalized...more

Clark Hill PLC

Clark Hill 2025 Commercial Real Estate Outlook: ESG & Sustainability

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In 2025, the commercial real estate (CRE) industry will continue to navigate a new landscape influenced by ever-evolving ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) and sustainability trends. In particular, with regulatory...more

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Brainwaves: 100 Days and Beyond | Presidential Policy Shifts Impacting Automotive

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Share on Twitter Print Share by Email Share Back to top In a recent Brainwaves event hosted by the Society of Automotive Analysts and Foley & Lardner LLP, titled “100 Days and Beyond: Presidential Policy Shifts Impacting...more

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Sustainability Recalibration: What Insurers and Policyholders Should Know About ESG Under Trump 2.0 Part 2

Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria or standards or sustainability issues have impacted all sectors of society, including corporate and professional policyholders and their risk managers, insurance...more

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2025 J.S. Held Global Risk Report: Artificial Intelligence, Data & Digital Regulations

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been touted as the answer to a multitude of business challenges. However, AI – along with machine learning and large language models (LLMs) – is still fraught with technical and regulatory...more

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Important update for the banking, payments and lending sectors: the Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) highlights its key risks and...

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The Central Bank of Ireland’s (CBI) Regulatory and Supervisory Outlook 2025 outlines key risk topics which it deems to be most material from a supervisory perspective across the Banking and Payments Sector. Under section four...more

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