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Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Disclosure Requirements Greenwashing

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Horizon - ESG Regulatory News and Trends, March 2025

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SEC withdraws defense of US climate disclosure rules; Uyeda speaks on ESG and materiality. On March 27, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) notified the US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit that the SEC...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson - Insights for Insurers

Part Two: Sustainability Recalibration: What Insurers and Policyholders Should Know About ESG Under Trump 2.0

Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria or standards or sustainability issues have impacted all sectors of society, including corporate and professional policyholders and their risk managers, insurance...more

Mintz - Energy & Sustainability Viewpoints

Sustainable Energy & Infrastructure Litigation Updates — March 2025

The Trump administration’s SEC has begun the process of undoing the mandatory climate disclosure rule promulgated by the SEC under the Biden administration. Specifically, the SEC has now asked the Eighth Circuit — where the...more

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Horizon - ESG Regulatory News and Trends - February 2025

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US formally submits notification of withdrawal from Paris Agreement. On January 27, 2025, Dorothy Camille Shea, the US acting ambassador to the United Nations, submitted a notification of withdrawal from the Paris Agreement...more

Mintz - Energy & Sustainability Viewpoints

A Quantitative Analysis of Comment Letters Issued by the SEC Concerning Climate Change Disclosures: Further Developments

In June 2023, Mintz published an article entitled “A Quantitative Analysis of Comment Letters Issued by the SEC Concerning Climate Change Disclosures” (the June 2023 Article), which analyzed the comment letters related to...more

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Climate and Sustainability Regulations: 2024 End-of-Year Review

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2024 was an active year for environmental, social and governance (ESG) regulations, voluntary reporting standards, and stakeholder policies. While the incoming Trump administration is expected to halt federal sustainability...more

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Sustainability Spotlight - Q3 2024

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Welcome to the latest 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. This...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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SEC Issues Risk Alert About Greenwashing and ESG Disclosures

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1 On November 4, the SEC's Division of Examinations issued a risk alert that identified systematic problems with funds' ESG disclosures. Specifically, the SEC stated that “[f]unds [] mischaracterized the use of...more

Royer Cooper Cohen Braunfeld LLC

The Pitfalls of “Green Washing”

In a significant development for the investment management industry, a large adviser agreed to pay a hefty $17.5 million civil penalty to settle charges with the SEC over misleading statements about its Environmental, Social,...more

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SEC Charges Invesco Advisers for Making Misleading ESG Claims

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On November 8, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announced a settled enforcement action (the “SEC Order”) against Invesco Advisers, Inc. (“Invesco”), an investment advisory firm, for making misleading...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

Funds in Focus: Top SEC Exam and Enforcement Trends

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The Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) National Examination Program is designed to improve compliance, prevent fraud, monitor risk and inform policy. It is also a consistent source of referrals to the SEC’s Division...more

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Sustainability Spotlight - Q2 2024

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Welcome to the latest 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. This...more

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V&E Quarterly Securities & ESG Updates - Fall 2024

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The first half of 2024 was eventful in the world of environmental, social and governance (“ESG”). Although ESG continued to lose the market tailwinds that have pushed it forward in recent years, regulatory pressures both...more

Mintz - Energy & Sustainability Viewpoints

Energy & Sustainability Litigation Updates — October 2024

The Securities & Exchange Commission has disbanded its Climate & ESG Task Force, which had been launched with great fanfare in March 2021 at the beginning of the Biden administration. However, the Climate & ESG Task Force had...more

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Horizon - ESG Regulatory News and Trends - September 2024

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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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SEC Eliminates ESG Task Force

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Over the last few months, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) discretely disbanded the Climate and ESG Taskforce (“ESG Task Force”) of its Division of Enforcement. The move follows a wave of recent pushback...more

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Investors and Regulators Demand Climate Disclosures, but Companies Should Beware of Greenwashing Claims

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Pressure from consumers, investors, and regulators to provide climate, environmental, and sustainability disclosures is increasing, but it is important for companies to ensure such disclosures are accurate, verifiable, and...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

Mintz - Energy & Sustainability Viewpoints

Energy & Sustainability Litigation Updates — June 2024

On April 22, 2024, the federal government issued a rule “amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)” to “implement a requirement for agencies to procure sustainable products and services to the maximum extent...more

K&L Gates LLP

Carbon Quarterly – Volume 8

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Carbon Quarterly is a newsletter covering developments in carbon policy, law, and innovation. No matter your views on climate change policy, there is no avoiding an increasing focus on carbon regulation, resiliency planning,...more

Proskauer - The Capital Commitment

A Tale of Two Regulators: The SEC and FCA Address AI Regulation for Private Funds

2023’s excitement for generative artificial intelligence (AI) prompted the SEC to respond on multiple fronts – stump speeches, rulemaking, new exam priorities and sweeps and previewing potential enforcement actions. SEC Chair...more

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March 2024 ESG Policy Update—Australia

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Australian Update - Australian Securities and Investments Commission Continues Greenwashing Enforcement Efforts - On 28 February 2024, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) reported that an outsourced...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Sustainability and ESG Advisory Practice Update, March 2024

We are pleased to share the March 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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