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March 2025 ESG Policy Update—Australia

K&L Gates LLP on 4/15/2025

Australian Update - Resistance to Australian Securities Exchange Corporate Governance Council’s Diversity Reforms Signals Decline in Environment, Social and Governance Commitment - The recent decision by the Australian...more

President Trump’s Executive Orders on the Environment

Alston & Bird on 2/13/2025

Our Environment, Land Use & Natural Resources Group rounds up President Trump’s initial volley of Executive Orders focusing on the environment and energy....more

Horizon ESG Regulatory News and Trends - January 2025

DLA Piper on 1/29/2025

US exits Paris Agreement after submitting Nationally Determined Contributions. In mid-December, the Biden Administration announced it submitted the US target under the Paris Agreement: cutting net carbon emissions by 61 to 66...more

COP29: Pathway to a Global Carbon Market

Morgan Lewis on 12/20/2024

The Conference of the Parties (COP), the decision-making body responsible for monitoring and reviewing the implementation of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), has just wrapped up its meetings...more

Brussels Regulatory Brief: November 2024

K&L Gates LLP on 12/13/2024

On 29 October 2024, the European Union and the UK government finalized the technical discussions on a competition cooperation agreement. This agreement will enable closer cooperation between the UK Competition and Markets...more

“The Finance COP” – what does COP29 mean for financing parties?

A&O Shearman on 12/10/2024

Badged as “The Finance COP”, the UN Climate Change Conference in Baku (COP29) has drawn mixed reactions to its climate finance deal. However, the recognition of the role for both the private sector and multilateral agencies...more

The West Pays So China Can Pollute

Flaster Greenberg PC on 12/5/2024

The 29th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29) ended at 2:40 am local time in Baku, Azerbaijan on Saturday, with the nations involved finally reaching agreement to provide...more

Calling-in from COP29: What You Missed and What Comes Next

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 11/19/2024

World leaders, scientists, government decision-makers, private sector actors, climate actionists and other stakeholders have convened at 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29) to the United Nations Framework Convention on...more

COP29: What Can We Expect?

BCLP on 11/7/2024

The 29th Conference of the Parties (“COP29”) of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (“UNFCC”) is set to take place in Baku, Azerbaijan, from 11 to 22 November 2024. This is the first in a series of posts BCLP’s...more

Towards Sustainable Future: ESG Reporting in the UAE and Saudi Arabia

IR Global on 9/13/2024

Thomas Paoletti, Managing Partner at Paoletti Law Group, provides expert opinion on ESG in the Middle East – the current situation and what still needs to be done to work towards a more sustainable future....more

The Road to Net Zero: Core Principles to Prevent Greenwashing

American Conference Institute (ACI) on 7/18/2024

“Net zero” is a topic as hot as the climate these days. With so much regulatory attention being placed on it, companies that do not communicate their net zero efforts appropriately or, worse, intentionally make false and...more

ESG Job 1? Climate Change. Key Tool? Supply Chain Contracts.

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 1/17/2024

Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) encompasses an array of issues so broad that it can seem overwhelming. It includes addressing climate change, eliminating forced labor, preventing exposure to toxic chemicals, and...more

Report: Asset Owners Increase Intermediate Target Commitments While Decreasing Emissions

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP on 12/5/2023

According to an annual report published on October 18, 2023, members of the Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance (NZAOA) have stepped up their commitments by setting new intermediate targets in four key areas, i.e., sub-portfolio...more

Previewing COP28: Opportunities, Challenges and Anticipated Outcomes

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 12/4/2023

The 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has commenced this week in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), and will run through December 12, 2023. The UAE is...more

Investor Coalitions Urge Consumer Goods Companies to Take Action to Reduce Plastics

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP on 6/8/2023

In a statement released on May 3, 2023, the Dutch Association of Investors for Sustainable Development (VBDO) called for companies in the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCGs) and grocery retail sectors to reduce their...more

Climate Change, Carbon Emissions, And The Construction Industry

King & Spalding on 5/16/2023

After 25 years of negotiations, 196 parties adopted the “Paris Agreement” at the UN Climate Change Conference in December 2015. Since then, all (but one) signatories have ratified the treaty and committed to work towards the...more

Investor Group Launches Plan to Boost Corporate Climate Engagement

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP on 5/5/2023

The Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC), a European membership body for investor collaboration on climate change, announced the launch of its Net Zero Engagement Initiative (NZEI). A primary goal of the...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

Greening Real Estate - Where are we now? - Energy Efficiency Series - Part 1

BCLP on 12/16/2022

Against the ambitious backdrop set by the Paris Climate Agreement to reach net-0 by 2050, there is a clear drive by corporations to move forward on their environmental, social and governance (ESG) or sustainability...more

COP26: Key Takeaways and Action Items on Climate Change (Part II)

Stikeman Elliott LLP on 1/5/2022

In our previous post, we highlighted a number of global goals and campaigns aimed at addressing climate change. In this post, we examine climate change-oriented policies and initiatives that are being adopted by many...more

The Paris Agreement And The Rise Of Sustainable Investing

Fox Rothschild LLP on 9/8/2021

As the world continues to experience the undeniable effects of rising global temperatures, governments and company stakeholders are acting to address climate change. In 2016, over 190 countries created the Paris Agreement,...more

Canada Opens Initial Consultations on New Carbon Pricing Mechanism

Bennett Jones LLP on 8/19/2021

On August 5, 2021, the Government of Canada announced its launch of an initial exploratory phase of consultations on border carbon adjustments (BCAs), along with the release of a discussion paper. These exploratory...more

Energy transition: How to finance the race to net-zero

White & Case LLP on 8/6/2021

Global momentum behind the fight against climate change has never being stronger, as governments and energy companies around the world make ambitious pledges to reduce carbon emissions to net-zero by 2050. The US, under the...more

Scaling Voluntary Carbon Markets: Phase II Report

White & Case LLP on 7/30/2021

The 'Taskforce on Scaling Voluntary Carbon Markets' (the "Taskforce") is a private sector initiative working to scale an effective and efficient voluntary carbon credit market to help meet the goals of the Paris Agreement. ...more

Indonesia in Focus Newsletter - July 2021

BCLP on 7/28/2021

Indonesia’s efforts to achieve their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) established in accordance with the Paris Agreement are still considered by Climate Tracker to be “Highly Insufficient”. Whilst this keeps them out...more

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