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[Webinar] A Shift in ESG: Navigating Environmental and Social Issues Under the New Administration - A Three-Part Series - March...

Under the new administration, several shifts in E&S have impacted public companies across a number of different practice areas. In light of these developments, companies are taking a wide array of approaches to disclosure,...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

[Webinar] ESG Outlook: Preparing for the 2025 Reporting Season - December 17th, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm CST

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Join Bass, Berry & Sims and leading environmental, social, and governance (ESG) along with corporate and securities thought leaders for the next installment of our ESG Impact Webinar series. As public companies prepare for...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Recent Developments for Directors - November 2024

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SEC Penalizes Director for Misleading D&O Questionnaire Response - The SEC recently brought an enforcement action against a director for causing violations of the proxy rules by failing to disclose a close personal...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

KPMG Board Leadership Center (BLC)

Oversight of climate disclosures: SEC stay doesn’t mean stop

Despite the sense of relief that many companies initially felt with the SEC’s stay of its climate disclosure rules, the pause is unlikely to temper the forces demanding climate disclosures by other means. In the latest paper...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Hong Kong Regulatory Update - May 2024

查看中文 This update primarily provides an overview of key regulatory developments in the first quarter of 2024 relevant to companies listed, or planning to list, on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (HKEx) and their...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

HKEx Moves Forward With Diversity, Climate and Sustainability Initiatives

In recent years, investors and other members of the public have been focused on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues, and financial regulators globally having been taking initiatives to require companies to meet...more

J.S. Held

2024 J.S. Held Global Risk Report: Environmental, Social & Corporate Governance (ESG)

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The extraterritorial expansion of ESG laws and policies will reach a significant turning point in 2024. Investors, government regulators, and consumers are demanding greater transparency and disclosure when it comes to a...more

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Time to Get Ready for the 2024 Reporting Season

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As companies look ahead to the upcoming proxy and annual report season, the SEC has generated a number of new items to add to your compliance checklist – in addition to those covered in last year's list. Those items, along...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Hong Kong Regulatory Update - August 2023

查看中文 This update provides an overview of key regulatory developments in the second quarter relevant to companies listed, or planning to list, on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (HKEx) and their advisers. It covers...more

Paul Hastings LLP

The Evolving Role of Boards of Directors Regarding Business and Human Rights

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Three years ago, as part of the EU’s initiative on sustainable governance, the European Commission released a lengthy study on directors’ duties. The study affirmed what many already understood: corporate decision makers face...more

King & Spalding

ESG and Securities Litigation

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Recent Trends Show Increased Focus on Allegations of "Greenwashing" Over the past few years, regulators, businesses, and the market in general have become increasingly focused on environmental, social, and governance (“ESG”)...more

Allen Matkins

California Bill Would Require Climate-Related Financial Risk Reports

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On Monday, four California state senators introduced a bill, SB 261, that would require businesses to prepare and submit climate-related financial risk reports.  The bill would apply to any corporation or other business...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

UK Listed Companies: Key Legal Developments in 2020

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The regulatory regime and disclosure requirements for listed companies in the UK will continue to evolve in 2020. Issuers and their advisers should be aware of the key legal developments that will occur during this year,...more

NAVEX

Staying Ahead of Non-Financial Reporting Risks

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On May 31, shareholders at Exxon-Mobil approved a proposal calling for the company to report annually on how climate change regulation and new clean-energy technologies might affect its business....more

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