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EFRAG’s June 20 Progress Report Provides An Early Look at Proposed Changes to CSRD Reporting

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Reporting under the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) will be simplified as part of the Omnibus process. In connection with the Omnibus, EFRAG was mandated to provide technical advice to the European...more

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Changing Climate for Corporate Disclosures: SEC Mandates Climate Disclosures for Public Companies (Updated)

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Update: On February 11, 2025, acting SEC Chairman Mark Uyeda issued a statement changing the SEC’s position on the Final Climate Rules. Chairman Uyeda states that he “continue[s] to question the statutory authority of the...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Canadian Sustainability Standards Board Publishes Inaugural Sustainability Disclosure Standards

On December 18, 2024, the Canadian Sustainability Standards Board (CSSB), which has been working since June 2023 to advance the adoption of sustainability standards in Canada, released its inaugural Canadian Sustainability...more

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Horizon - ESG Regulatory News and Trends - November 2024

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Welcome to Horizon, DLA Piper’s monthly 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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SGX RegCo to Incorporate IFRS Standards Into Mandatory Climate Reporting Rules

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On 23 September 2024, the Singapore Exchange Regulation (SGX RegCo) announced that it will begin incorporating the IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards (IFRS Standards) issued by the International Sustainability Standards...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

American Conference Institute (ACI)

The Road to Net Zero: Core Principles to Prevent Greenwashing

“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

Alston & Bird

Sustainability Spotlight – Q1 2024

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Welcome to the inaugural edition of the Sustainability Spotlight, your place to keep up with all the ESG action – federal and state enforcement, shareholder proposals and litigation, and state attorney general actions. ...more

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An Update to Climate Risk Disclosures Among the SEC, CA, and the EU: Navigating Next Steps

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The Securities and Exchange Commission’s final rules on disclosing climate-related risks to investors are on hold, but California and EU rules are in effect. Our Securities and Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) teams...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

SEC Adopts Climate-Related Disclosure Rules

On March 6, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted final rules requiring companies to provide certain climate-related information in their annual reports and registration statements. The SEC Fact...more

Jones Day

Mandatory Climate Change Reporting Requirements Under the New European ESRS E1

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Companies within the scope of the Directive (EU) 2022/2464 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 December 2022 amending Regulation (EU) No 537/2014, Directive 2004/109/EC, Directive 2006/43/EC and Directive...more

Stoel Rives - Environmental Law Blog

California’s New Climate-Related Disclosure Laws

California has enacted two new laws on corporate disclosure of direct and indirect greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and climate-related financial risks.  Senate Bill (SB) 253, the Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act,...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Energy & Climate Counsel

Anticipating the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s ESG Disclosure Rules and Guidelines: How to Stay Ahead of the Game

As more advisory services, investment companies, and public companies have publicized their Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) goals, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has proposed a set of new rules...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

MPs Call on the UK Government to Accelerate ESG Efforts

On April 25, the UK All-Party Parliamentary Group on ESG (APPG) published a report on environmental, social and governance issues. All-Party Parliamentary Groups are informal groups of Members of the House of Commons and...more

NAVEX

Your Questions, Answered Pt. 1: ESG Standards – The Road Ahead

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Recently, NAVEX hosted the webinar, “ESG Standards: The Road Ahead”, where ESG experts discussed what organizations should prepare for when standardized disclosure takes effect. This post is the first installment dedicated to...more

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ESG Taking Center Stage At The SEC – What Can Publicly Traded Employers Expect?

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A phrase first coined in 2005, environmental, social, and corporate governance (“ESG”) is making headlines. ESG is a lens applied by investors to evaluate the extent to which corporations function with respect to a variety...more

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Attestation: Practical Reflections on What the SEC Climate Proposal Will Require

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Among the many changes set forth in the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s proposed rules governing climate-related disclosures are the attestation requirements1 covering registrants’ greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions...more

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ESG 2022: Top 6 ESG Issues for Companies to Tackle

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ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance), are increasingly growing factors of importance for companies to measure within their supply and value chains. A strong ESG framework now reflects greatly on an organisation’s...more

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It's Time To Address Climate Change Risks: Regulations to Come

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Corporations have reached a tipping point on climate change. They understand that requirements are coming for new disclosures about climate change risk, and fighting such regulation is a fruitless effort. So the challenge...more

Hogan Lovells

European Climate Law

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The European Commission, the Council and the European Parliament have agreed on a so-called "European Climate Law". After the European Commission had already proposed the draft for the “Regulation establishing the framework...more

Allen Matkins

California Bill Would Require Climate-Related Financial Risk Reports

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Earlier this month, I wrote about a California bill, SB 260, that would impose greenhouse gas emissions disclosure obligations on "publicly traded domestic corporations" and "publicly traded foreign corporations".   That bill...more

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