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Climate, ESG Top Lee’s List at SEC

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In a March 15, 2021 address to the Center for American Progress, SEC Acting Chair Lee was clear: No single issue has been more pressing for me than ensuring that the SEC is fully engaged in confronting the risks and...more

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Beyond Bunny Hugging: ESG, Investor Expectations and Reporting Trends

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This paper attempts to provide a definition and context for the term, Environmental, Social and Governance (“ESG”), explain how and why it is used, demonstrate how investors are driving the proliferation of ESG reporting,...more

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Israeli Government Encourages Companies to Publish Corporate Responsibility Reports

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A recently launched government program aims to encourage companies to publish social responsibility reports, or ESG (environmental, social, and government) responsibility reports. The Ministry of Strategic Affairs in the...more

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Human rights benchmarks: Corporate performance rankings on the rise: How your human rights and ESG benchmarking scores may be...

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Thoughtful business participation in benchmark reviews. If one or more human rights and ESG benchmarks review—or could soon review—your industry, it may make business sense to participate thoughtfully and/or disclose...more

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Mining & Metals 2020: ESG front and center as trade tensions linger

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The global mining & metals sector is facing one of its most challenging transitions yet, as the industry is considering how it can best position itself to regain and maintain stakeholder confidence on ESG matters. Miners...more

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Human rights benchmarks: Corporate performance rankings on the rise: The business case for understanding human rights and ESG...

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The strategic value of paying attention to areas that benchmarks assess - Some companies are skeptical about engaging with human rights and ESG benchmarking, because they question whether human rights and ESG disclosures...more

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Human rights benchmarks: Corporate performance rankings on the rise: What do human rights and ESG benchmarks measure?

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What businesses need to know for a strategic approach - Benchmarks focus on human rights, labor rights, political rights, “digital rights” (human rights in the Internet era) and wider sustainability efforts. They...more

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Human rights benchmarks: Corporate performance rankings on the rise

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What businesses need to know for a strategic approach - In an increasing number of sectors, companies’ operations and disclosures are publicly evaluated by “benchmarks” that compare their performance on human rights and...more

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A Survey of Sustainability Disclosures by Small- and Mid-Cap Companies

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In light of the heightened focus on environmental and social (“E&S”) disclosure, White & Case’s Public Company Advisory Group conducted a survey of E&S website disclosures of 84 small- and mid-cap US public reporting...more

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SEC Proposes New Human Capital Disclosure Requirements: A Reasonable Step or a Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing?

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Seyfarth Synopsis: On August 23, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), in a release entitled “Modernization of Regulation S- K Items 101, 103, and 105”, proposed changes to Regulation S-K significantly...more

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ISS Finds Improved ESG Ratings Alongside Rise in Controversies

ISS ESG, an arm of ISS, released ESG Review 2019, an annual analysis of the state of adherence by companies across the globe to environmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria. ...more

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Delivering value and managing risks: how human rights are relevant for business

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Mounting pressure on businesses to gain clarity on their social and environmental footprint will challenge corporate operations in 2019. New risks are present but there are also opportunities for companies willing actively to...more

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