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UK Government consults on measures to support UK sustainable finance

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The UK Government's Department for Energy Security & Net Zero has published a series of three consultations on proposals to help UK-regulated financial institutions and large companies to develop climate transition plans. The...more

Hogan Lovells

UK consultation: Exposure draft of UK Sustainability Reporting Standards: UK SRS S1 and UK SRS S2

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On 25 June 2025, the UK Department for Business and Trade published a consultation on the exposure draft of the UK Sustainability Reporting Standards: UK SRS S1 and UK SRS S2. The consultation seeks views on draft UK...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

MoFo’s State + Local Government Enforcement Newsletter - June 3, 2025

Morrison Foerster’s State and Local Government Enforcement team is pleased to provide our bimonthly newsletter summarizing some of the most important and interesting developments from state attorneys general (“State AGs”)...more

Baker Donelson

State-Level Legislation, Nationwide Impact: Key Insights Into the Proposed Climate Reporting Rules in New York, Colorado, New...

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As the federal government works to roll back climate regulations and climate-focused initiatives, states have developed avenues to fill in the gaps left behind. Modeled in part after California's Climate Corporate Data...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

States Could Fill Potential Enforcement Gaps on Climate Disclosures

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On March 6, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued new rules aimed at standardizing climate-related disclosures by public companies. Commonly known as the SEC climate disclosure rules, they require...more

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Developments Regarding Federal and State Climate-Related Disclosure Requirements

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On March 6, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued rules aimed at standardizing climate-related disclosures by public companies. Commonly known as the SEC climate disclosure rules, these rules were designed...more

Proskauer - Regulatory & Compliance

State Climate Disclosure Bills – A Growing Trend?

With the uncertainty plaguing the ultimate status of the SEC’s climate disclosure rules on the federal level (we reported on the most recent developments in The SEC Votes to “End its Defense” of Climate Change Rules and SEC...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

SEC Climate Disclosures Rules One Step Closer to the Grave; GHG Emissions Disclosures One Step Closer to Becoming a Multi-State...

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The slow death of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) climate disclosure rules continued on March 27, 2025, with the SEC Commissioners voting to discontinue the defense of such rules before the Eighth Circuit, Iowa...more

Fenwick & West LLP

European Commission Adopts Much-Anticipated Omnibus Package Aimed at Simplifying Various Sustainability Regulations

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On February 26, 2025, the Commission announced that it has adopted a new omnibus package of proposals designed to “simplify EU rules, boost competitiveness, and unlock additional investment capacity.” Commission President...more

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New York Reintroduces Climate Disclosure Bills

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As in-scope companies prepare to begin publishing climate disclosures in California in 2026 (assuming these laws survive the ongoing litigation), New York State has taken steps to follow California’s lead by introducing two...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Cal. AB 1305: Jan. 1, 2025, is a key date for mandatory disclosures by certain entities related to VCOs and certain claims about...

Compliance with AB 1305, the Voluntary Carbon Market Disclosures Act (Health & Safety Code sections 44475 – 44475.3), is mandatory for certain entities, but there is still no official date for initial disclosures under AB...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

ESG - US State-Level Developments for Private Capital and Financial Institutions

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Private capital providers, investors, asset managers, and financial institutions will likely continue to face a fragmented regulatory landscape on ESG matters. Various US states have taken and continue to take action on...more

Carlton Fields

Expect Focus - Volume II, May 2024

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Last Lap in SEC RILA Rulemaking Critical Unresolved Issues - Congress directed the SEC to adopt a new registration statement for registered indexed annuities (RILAs) by the end of June. Several months ago, the SEC...more

Greenberg Glusker LLP

CARB and the Attorney General Defend California's Groundbreaking Climate Change Disclosure Laws in Court

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As previously posted, in a landmark legal challenge, a coalition led by prominent business federations is challenging California's pioneering climate disclosure laws, Senate Bill 253 (the Climate Corporate Data Accountability...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

California Climate Change Legislation, Policy and Regulation – 2023 in Review

As we enter 2024, we once again review the most significant legislation, policy changes and regulatory actions with respect to climate change taken by California in the past year. In contrast to 2022, which brought a revamp...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Change is in the Air: Everything You Need to Know About California’s Sweeping New Climate Disclosure Laws

On October 7, 2023, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law two sweeping climate disclosure bills, Senate Bill 253 (“SB 253”), the Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act, and Senate Bill 261 (“SB 261”), the...more

King & Spalding

California's New Climate Disclosure Requirements: A Work in Progress

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In groundbreaking legislation, California continues to lead the nation in climate change regulation by enacting the bulk of the California Climate Accountability Package – an unprecedented climate disclosure mandate for...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

California Throws Its Weight Behind Climate Accountability

California’s latest move on climate change is expected to bring “national and global repercussions.” Once signed (Gov. Gavin Newsom announced his intention to do so), Senate Bill 253, the Climate Corporate Data Accountability...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

ESG in the United States: A complex landscape

The United States is in the process of transitioning ESG disclosure from voluntary, market-led reporting to a regulatory-driven scheme, principally led by the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) anticipated (but...more

Mintz

California Legislators Propose Three Climate Bills Focused on ESG Disclosure and Investment

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Three bills have recently been proposed by a trio of California state legislators concerning ESG financial disclosures and investing. The first, SB 253, would "require all large corporations that do business in California to...more

White & Case LLP

The INDEX Act: A challenge to the voting influence of institutional investors that may yield unintended consequences

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The Act's supporters say it would shift voting power from large investment advisers to individual investors, but the reality could be far more complex - The INDEX Act arrives at a moment of increasing resistance to ESG...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Is Sustainability En Vogue or the Newest Staple? What New York’s Proposed Fashion Sustainability and Social Accountability Act...

In anticipation of New York Fashion Week, lawmakers remind us that this season’s haute couture is not the only thing heating up right now. After years of global warming and environmental, social and governance (ESG) topics...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Potential Federal Regulation of ESG Disclosure: A Whirlwind of Activity

While we have seen an increased focus on environmental, social and governance (ESG) disclosure the last few years, there has been a whirlwind of activity during the last six months by President Biden, Congress and the...more

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