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The UK consults on its draft Sustainability Reporting Standards

A&O Shearman on 7/30/2025

What do businesses need to know, and how can they prepare? Introduction - On June 25, 2025, the UK government initiated a consultation (the Consultation) on the exposure draft of the UK Sustainability Reporting Standards...more

The Future of ESG: Navigating a Fragmented Landscape 

NAVEX on 2/27/2025

In today’s polarized and politically charged climate, few topics spark as much debate as ESG. Once a niche concern limited to green investors and idealistic board members, ESG has evolved into a mainstream business priority....more

ESG Trends to Watch in 2025

Fenwick & West LLP on 1/13/2025

ESG Dive posted an interesting article yesterday on trends to watch in 2025. With the upcoming change in presidential administrations, some are predicting a course reversal on ESG; however, as this article notes, although we...more

SEC Reporting Update - December 2024

Snell & Wilmer on 12/31/2024

Insider Trading Policies. As previously discussed in our Winter 2022-2023 Corporate Communicator, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) adopted final rules in December 2022 relating to insider trading policy...more

July 2024 ESG Policy Update—Australia

K&L Gates LLP on 8/20/2024

Australian Update - Proposed Code of Practice to Reduce Modern Slavery Through Lending, Investment and Asset Management - The New South Wales (NSW) Anti-Slavery Commissioner (Commissioner) recently released its discussion...more

ESG Investment: The Middle Eastern and African Regulatory Perspective Part 2

Morgan Lewis on 8/15/2024

Across the continent of Africa, a new investment trend is taking root: environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing. Africa is experiencing a surge in interest in sustainable and responsible investment practices....more

Oversight of climate disclosures: SEC stay doesn’t mean stop

KPMG Board Leadership Center (BLC) on 7/9/2024

Despite the sense of relief that many companies initially felt with the SEC’s stay of its climate disclosure rules, the pause is unlikely to temper the forces demanding climate disclosures by other means. In the latest paper...more

SEC Climate Disclosure Rule: Timing Uncertain as Legal Challenges Move to Eighth Circuit

Wiley Rein LLP on 3/27/2024

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) faces an uncertain timeline to implement its new climate disclosure rule, as nine legal challenges have now been transferred to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth...more

SEC Adopts Scaled-Back Version of Its Proposed Climate Risk Rules

Alston & Bird on 3/11/2024

Our Securities and Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) teams examine the Securities and Exchange Commission’s final rules on what kinds of climate-related risks companies need to disclose to investors....more

ESG Insights: 10 Things That Should Be Top of Mind 2024

Latham & Watkins LLP on 1/17/2024

Amid new regulations, increased enforcement and litigation, and higher stakeholder scrutiny, companies will need to adopt an integrated and nuanced approach to ESG. In some ways, 2023 was a challenging year for ESG. This...more

SEC Rulemaking 2023 - An Overview

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC on 12/20/2023

In 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) continued its trend of recent years of robust and significant rulemaking that affects the range of players in the securities industry — public companies, broker-dealers,...more

Decarbonisation in Africa

A&O Shearman on 11/27/2023

As the world focuses on energy transition and decarbonisation, there is clearly no shortage of bold ambition on the part of many African governments to play a key role in global efforts to tackle climate change. Meanwhile,...more

[Webinar] Political Climate Change – Public Finance and the Partisan War on ESG - November 14th, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm ET

Bowditch & Dewey on 11/6/2023

Increasingly, investors are considering the impact of severe weather events, climate-related risks and socio-economic challenges, across the United States and around the world, as they make investment decisions. In response...more

SEC Division of Examinations Omits Climate Concerns From List of Examination Priorities

Mintz on 10/20/2023

Earlier this week, the SEC's Division of Examinations released its 2024 examination priorities. While many of these priorities are expected, and reflect the goals articulated by the SEC in prior years, there is a noticeable...more

Project W: Uncovering a Promising Sector in Climate Tech

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 8/24/2023

The food and ag sectors are tied to nearly a quarter of all global greenhouse gas emissions. However, those sectors receive disproportionately less climate tech venture funding. Beatriz Franco and Maya Benami of Vita Vera...more

The Climate Tech Ecosystem

J.S. Held on 8/9/2023

Climate Tech is an area of technology that is expressly concerned with the mitigation of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, the primary driver of climate change. In addition to GHG mitigation, climate tech also includes...more

The Upside of ESG: Why Strong Sustainability Programs Matter to Modern Enterprises

Hanzo on 4/11/2023

ESG and sustainability are two concepts that have gained significant prominence recently. The World Bank Group’s International Finance Corporation defines ESG as a set of factors that companies and investors consider...more

Mining & Metals 2023: Lifting the fog of uncertainty

White & Case LLP on 1/19/2023

Geopolitical risks and inflationary pressures may have overtaken ESG as the top concerns for the mining & metals sector, but there is little expectation that ESG factors will diminish for investors and firms in 2023....more

Is ESG Good for Your Business?

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP on 1/12/2023

ESG IN A NUTSHELL - The goal of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) programs is simple: minimize risk, increase shareholder value, and contribute to solving societal problems; but do so in a way that is at the same...more

EU’s Sustainable Investing Taxonomy to Include Gas and Nuclear Sector Products – EU Parliament Vote

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 9/6/2022

The European Parliament has rejected a motion to remove gas and nuclear investment products from the EU’s sustainable investment taxonomy, surprising many who consider their inclusion to be greenwashing. This article...more

So, What Is Sustainable Investing Anyway?

Perkins Coie on 7/15/2022

Sustainable investing is a big and growing business. It is also widely misunderstood. Many of the predominant investment tools used to assess public company environmental, social and governance (ESG) practices have been...more

From Here to There: Challenges in meeting sustainable aviation fuel targets

White & Case LLP on 5/3/2022

During the last several years, airlines have announced aggressive ESG targets. A significant component of many of these targets is the need for airlines to source more sustainable airline fuel and become less reliant on...more

Mining & metals 2022: ESG and energy transition – the sector's biggest opportunity

White & Case LLP on 2/7/2022

Against a backdrop of record commodity prices and the pressure for miners to boost their ESG credentials, the sector is seeking to position itself as a trusted partner in fighting climate change. Will 2022 cement the mining &...more

2022 and Beyond – The Rise of ESG in the UK and Europe

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP on 1/31/2022

ESG considerations is a key theme that has heavily influenced investments over the past few years and which will no doubt play an even more prominent role in the 2020s. We touched on this briefly in our 2021 closing article...more

Increased Scrutiny on Greenwashing

Husch Blackwell LLP on 11/4/2021

Greenwashing is under increased scrutiny at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Greenwashing is clearly damaging to consumers and investors as it imbues purchasing decisions...more

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