Shareholders, Reporting Requirements, Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Important State Law Developments

Fenwick & West LLP on 7/21/2025

Companies doing business in Texas and California should be aware of the following state law developments, which could affect them....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

ESG Insights: Silicon Valley’s Largest Public Tech and Life Sciences Companies Expanded ESG Reporting in 2023

Fenwick & West LLP on 4/12/2024

Amidst challenges and conflicting demands from a variety of stakeholders, technology and life sciences companies have increased their voluntary disclosure regarding environmental, social and governance (ESG) concerns. Despite...more

Public Company Watch: October 2023

Paul Hastings LLP on 10/20/2023

In the October edition of our Public Company Watch, we cover key issues impacting public companies, including the SEC adopting rules modernizing beneficial ownership reporting and short sale reporting, and issuing new C&DIs...more

Shareholder Activism on Climate Is Only Going to Increase

Foley Hoag LLP - Environmental Law on 12/26/2017

While EPA continues to go backwards on climate, evidence continues to mount that investors are only going to get more aggressive. There were two developments worth noting this month. First, Bloomberg Markets reported that...more

Preparing for the 2015 Proxy Season

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 1/13/2015

Similar to last year, there are no new disclosure requirements which need to be reflected in this year’s proxy statement; however, with ongoing shareholder activism and the desire of companies to communicate effectively with...more