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Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Sustainability and ESG Advisory Practice Update, February 2025

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We are pleased to share the February 2025 issue of Wilson Sonsini's Sustainability and ESG Advisory Practice Update. Each issue combines news, key legal developments, and resources related to sustainability and environmental,...more

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Climate Reporting in 2025: Looking Ahead

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In this alert, we reflect on recent climate reporting updates and analyze expectations for 2025 that are relevant for international businesses....more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Significant Changes in CFTC's Final Guidance on Listing Voluntary Carbon Credit Derivatives

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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released its final guidance regarding Designated Contract Markets' (DCMs) listing of voluntary carbon credit (VCC) derivative contracts for trading, marking a pivotal...more

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Horizon - ESG Regulatory News and Trends - September 2024

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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

Husch Blackwell LLP

Investors and Regulators Demand Climate Disclosures, but Companies Should Beware of Greenwashing Claims

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Pressure from consumers, investors, and regulators to provide climate, environmental, and sustainability disclosures is increasing, but it is important for companies to ensure such disclosures are accurate, verifiable, and...more

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Horizon - ESG Regulatory News and Trends

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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

Morrison & Foerster LLP

MoFo’s State + Local Government Enforcement Newsletter - August 2024

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Morrison Foerster’s State and Local Government Task Force is pleased to provide our bimonthly newsletter summarizing some of the most important and interesting developments from state attorneys general across the country and...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

The Road to Net Zero: Core Principles to Prevent Greenwashing

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“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

KPMG Board Leadership Center (BLC)

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

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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

DarrowEverett LLP

The Heat Is On SEC’s Climate-Related Disclosure Rules

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On March 6, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted new final rules requiring issuers to include extensive disclosure in registration statements and periodic reports regarding material...more

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EU Regulators Announce Greenwashing Investigation of 20 Airlines

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The European Commission and EU consumer authorities have sent letters to 20 airlines “identifying several types of potentially misleading green claims,” focusing on “claims made by airlines that the CO2 emissions caused by a...more

KPMG Board Leadership Center (BLC)

Climate in context: Geopolitics, business, and the board

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In this collaboration between the KPMG Board Leadership Center (BLC) and Eurasia Group, our aim is to help widen the boardroom aperture on the global climate challenge—where it stands, and what’s at stake—and to help boards...more

Wiley Rein LLP

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

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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

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

SEC’s Climate Disclosure Rules Could Collide with California’s Laws

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The SEC’s new climate regulations generate uncertainty for companies that must comply with both the SEC’s and California’s climate-related disclosure requirements. On March 6, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange...more

Paul Hastings LLP

PH ESG Comparative Analysis of the SEC Climate Rule and EU CSRD & ESRS

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Please see chart below for more information....more

Proskauer - Regulatory & Compliance

Court Temporarily Stays New SEC Climate Change Disclosure Rules Amidst Widening Legal Challenges

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Multiple legal challenges have already been launched against the SEC’s new climate change disclosure rules. Plaintiffs include Attorneys General from several states, a large business trade organization and a private energy...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

US Insurers: Climate Change Disclosure Litigation and Data Calls Await

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The climate change landscape for insurers has changed dramatically this past month. There are multiple developments insurers should keep in mind – and not just the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) recent adoption...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Final SEC Climate Disclosure Rules Greeted with Mixed Emotions and Lawsuits: What Your Company Needs to Know

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On March 6, 2024, the SEC announced its long-awaited adoption of final rules regarding climate-related disclosures by public companies and in public offerings (the “Climate Rules”). The SEC dialed back the more prescriptive...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

SEC Adopts Climate Change Disclosure Rules for Public Companies

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On March 6, 2024, two years after the issuance of a proposing release and following more than 24,000 comment letters and 4,500 unique letters submitted in response, by a vote of 3-2, the U.S. Securities and Exchange...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

SEC Adopts Climate-Related Risk Disclosure Rules: What Public Companies, Executives and Investors Need to Know

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The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted new climate-related risk disclosure rules on March 6, 2024, two years after the SEC proposed new climate-related disclosure rules and three years after the SEC first...more

Alston & Bird

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

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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

WilmerHale

Top Sustainability Trends to Watch in 2024

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As the lead-up to the November 2024 election brings increased focus to issues that fall along partisan lines, we expect to see sustainability issues garner continued attention among investors and other stakeholders. We expect...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

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

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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

Foley & Lardner LLP

Current Trends in Climate Change Technology Investment

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As the world grapples with fast-changing weather patterns, wildfires, record-breaking heat, and many other climate-related issues, it is becoming increasingly important to develop the technologies that will help to combat...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

California – First State to Enact Climate Reporting Legislation

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On October 7, 2023, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law two expansive climate disclosure bills (SB 253 and SB 261), making California the first state in the U.S. to impose requirements on greenhouse gas (“GHG”)...more

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