On April 4, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a stay of its final rules on climate-related disclosures. As detailed in our previous advisory on the topic, days after the final rules were issued in...more
Ending two years of anticipation over the final contours of its controversial foray into requiring a sweeping range of public company disclosures of business risks associated with climate change, the U.S. Securities and...more
On May 25, 2022, the SEC adopted in a 3-1 vote proposed rules and forms amendments to require specific disclosure of funds’ and investment advisers’ use of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors as part of their...more
On March 21, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) unveiled its long-anticipated draft proposed rules for mandatory climate disclosures that would align the United States with other developed economies,...more
On September 22, 2021, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (the “SEC’s” or the “Commission’s”) Division of Corporation Finance issued new climate change guidance. The guidance consists of a sample letter outlining...more
On this episode of Kelley Drye’s Legal Download, Senior Associate Courtney Kleshinski and Special Counsel Shanin Farmer will discuss NASDAQ’s Diversity Proposal, approved by the SEC in August 2021, that would establish a...more
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Despite the growing business case for diversity and pressure from institutional investors and others, companies are still struggling to make meaningful advancements on diversity. On August 6, 2021, the SEC approved a Nasdaq...more
The push for publicly traded companies to disclose information on climate risks has made its way into a number of legislative proposals, including a comprehensive bill recently passed by the U.S. House of Representatives....more
While pressure from institutional investors, such as BlackRock, Vanguard, and State Street, has contributed to increased focus and urgency on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) matters, so has pressure from...more