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ESMA final report on the European Green Bonds Regulation

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The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published a final report on the technical standards on the external reviewer regime under the European Green Bonds Regulation (EuGB). The regime requires external...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Sustainability and ESG Advisory Practice Update, November 2024

We are pleased to share the November 2024 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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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

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Understanding the “G” in ESG: The critical role of compliance

Octavia Butler, a pioneering American writer, once wrote: “There is nothing new under the sun, but there are new suns.” Can this analogy also be applied to the concept of environmental, social, and governance (ESG)? While...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Previewing COP28: Opportunities, Challenges and Anticipated Outcomes

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

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Euronext Launches New Sustainable Investment Tools and ESG Initiatives

In September 2023, pan-European stock exchange and market infrastructure provider Euronext announced the imminent launch of a range of ESG tools and initiatives focused on sustainable finance, including its intention to...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Update to UK Green Finance Strategy

The UK government (the “Government”) has long spoken of its commitment to tackling greenwashing and creating the world’s first net-zero emissions financial centre. Read more about this in our client alert on the “Green...more

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UK: Updated Green Finance Strategy 2023

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The government's updated net-zero Green Finance Strategy was published on 30 March 2023. We set out below the key elements of the updated Strategy which focuses on the need for green investment and on opportunities for the...more

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Asian ESG debt markets take a breath after record run

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Following the substantial debt activity in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region in 2021, a slowdown was to be expected for 2022, and yet, the region fared better than many others. For example, by the end of 2022, leveraged and...more

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ISS Releases 2021 Climate & Voting Review and Global Trends Report

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In recent years, there has been a distinct increase in climate-related shareholder activism with shareholder proposals and other initiatives on climate-related topics becoming prominent world-wide. On May 12, 2022,...more

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

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

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FinTech: The Notorious E.S.G

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The position as set out in this article is correct as at 9 December 2021. ESG issues - driven by consumer, investor and stakeholder demand, and rapid regulatory change – have experienced a meteoric rise. They are...more

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Singapore’s Green Finance Drive

What is green finance? The term “green finance” refers to financial products and services provided for project investment and financing, project operation and risk management in sectors such as environmental protection,...more

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Sustainable finance in Latin America

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GSS bonds and other forms of sustainable finance have become a mainstream feature of Latin American debt capital markets - Sustainability issues in Latin America have long been closely linked to finance, but never more so...more

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The Middle East: An Oasis of Green Finance

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The promotion of green finance and investment in sustainable projects continues to be a key policy of the government of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The UAE government (with its related entities) has traditionally been the...more

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Brussels Regulatory Brief: May 2021

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ANTITRUST AND COMPETITION - A Subsidiary can be Held Liable for the Harm Caused by the Anticompetitive Conduct of its Parent Company - On 19 July 2016, the European Commission (the Commission) imposed fines on several car...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

V&E’s Comprehensive Primer On Sustainable Finance

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The amount of money invested in Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) funds has increased exponentially in the past year, and as banks and investors increasingly turn their attention to ESG factors, companies are also...more

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ESG Disclosure Trends in SEC Filings

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These are unprecedented times, and companies are facing important issues as they navigate the current economic, political, and social climate. The COVID-19 pandemic and Black Lives Matter movement have put the spotlight on...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

ESG in 2020: A Half-Year Review

Interest in the environmental, social and governance (ESG) policies of companies and their impact on the wider community has continued to increase amongst institutional investors, retail shareholders and the media during the...more

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European Real Estate Finance: Recent developments – June 2019

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As part of our periodic updates, here is an overview of recent developments of relevance to participants in the real estate finance market across certain key jurisdictions in Europe....more

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It pays to be sustainable – a new cornerstone for the green revolution

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Governments and multilaterals alone cannot finance the transition to a sustainable, low-carbon economy: the world's savers (via the banks and bond market) represent the only pool of capital deep enough. The OECD estimates...more

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