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For US-based multinationals, recent US and European developments have taken up most of the mental energy devoted to global ESG and CSR compliance. Among other compliance topics, these include California climate disclosure, EU...more
The withdrawal aligns with the SEC’s “back to basics” approach, but it does not preclude scrutiny of ESG in asset managers’ strategies, marketing, and fund documentation....more
Welcome to the latest edition of the Sustainability Spotlight, your place to keep up with all the ESG action – federal and state enforcement, shareholder proposals and litigation, and state attorney general actions. This...more
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
In June 2023, Mintz published an article entitled “A Quantitative Analysis of Comment Letters Issued by the SEC Concerning Climate Change Disclosures” (the June 2023 Article), which analyzed the comment letters related to...more
In a significant development for the investment management industry, a large adviser agreed to pay a hefty $17.5 million civil penalty to settle charges with the SEC over misleading statements about its Environmental, Social,...more
On November 8, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announced a settled enforcement action (the “SEC Order”) against Invesco Advisers, Inc. (“Invesco”), an investment advisory firm, for making misleading...more
Welcome to Horizon, DLA Piper’s regular 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
German companies must clarify the meaning of a "climate neutral" claim directly in advertisements. For the first time, the German Federal Court of Justice ("FCJ") has established a standard for the legitimacy of environmental...more
In this week’s edition, the European Commission contacted 20 airlines requiring them to address potentially misleading or inaccurate green claims. The International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) launched its digital...more
Australian Update - Australian Competition and Consumer Commission Enforcement Priorities for 2024-2025 - The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has announced its enforcement and compliance priorities for...more
In this week’s edition, we discuss the ever-increasing focus on greenwashing by way of enforcement action taken by regulatory authorities and incoming legislation aimed at enhancing consumer protection. The EU confirmed the...more
On June 7, 2023, the Swiss advertising regulator, Schweizerische Lauterkeitskommission (SLK), upheld complaints that the International Federation of Football Association (FIFA) made false statements about the 2022 FIFA World...more
On February 28, 2023, Australia’s securities regulator, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), announced that it had commenced “civil penalty proceedings” in federal court against Mercer Superannuation...more
The latest legal buzzword, ESG, represents the environmental, social and governance factors that many corporations are now required to consider and disclose alongside traditional financial information such as operating...more
As investors have piled into ESG-friendly mutual funds over the past several years, the SEC has begun ratcheting up scrutiny of the representations made by the advisers of those ESG investment funds. This week, the SEC...more