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Towards Sustainable Future: ESG Reporting in the UAE and Saudi Arabia

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Thomas Paoletti, Managing Partner at Paoletti Law Group, provides expert opinion on ESG in the Middle East – the current situation and what still needs to be done to work towards a more sustainable future....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

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EU Imposes ESG Compliance Requirements for Companies' Supply Chains

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The European Parliament has now approved the “Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive,” which will apply to both EU companies and to non-EU companies doing business in the European Union. (There is a phased...more

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Cadwalader Climate - March 2024

EU Value Chain Due Diligence Directive Not Endorsed - Following four years of attempting to progress and approve the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), the European Council failed to give the...more

J.S. Held

Crosscurrents—European Union Fails to Pass Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive & SEC Bails on Scope 3 Requirements

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Introduction - With the adoption by 196 parties of the Paris Agreement in December 2015, legally binding international climate change arrived. The Paris Agreement requires increasingly aggressive five-year cycles climate...more

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EU Legislators Reach Provisional Agreement on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive

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After months of discussion – and years of development – on December 14, 2023, the European Council and the Parliament reached a provisional agreement on the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (“CSDDD”). The...more

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Does the EU’s Taxonomy Regulation Really Apply to Third-country Issuers? Presenting the Case for a Narrower Interpretation -...

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The first edition of this paper was published on 22 August 2023. Since that date, the European Commission has finalized its guidance indicating that Article 8 of the Taxonomy Regulation and the Disclosures Delegated Act apply...more

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Does the EU’s Taxonomy Regulation Really Apply to Third-Country Issuers? Presenting the Case for a Narrower Interpretation

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The EU’s Taxonomy Regulation entered into force on 12 July 2020. It created a framework relating to the reporting of environmental sustainability of economic activities and investments. It does this by defining various...more

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European Parliament Adopts Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive Amendments

On June 1, 2023, the European Parliament adopted amendments to the corporate sustainability due diligence regulation and amending directive. Under the amendments, large companies operating in the EU would be required to...more

BCLP

Greening Real Estate - Where are we now? - Energy Efficiency Series - Part 1

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Against the ambitious backdrop set by the Paris Climate Agreement to reach net-0 by 2050, there is a clear drive by corporations to move forward on their environmental, social and governance (ESG) or sustainability...more

Bennett Jones LLP

Alberta's Role in the Pathway to Net-Zero

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The Energy Disruptors: Unite 2022 (EDU) conference took place in Calgary recently, bringing together trailblazing "disruptors", ranging from industry leaders to institutional investors to award winning journalists and...more

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COP and the Private Sector: How Industry Leaders Can Utilize the Climate Conference

The 27th iteration of the Conference of Parties (COP27) under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change will take place in Sharm El Sheik, Egypt, from Nov. 6–18, 2022. The international climate gathering,...more

Walkers

The rise of ESG and Sustainable Fund Finance in Europe

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Challenges create opportunities and the environmental and social challenges we currently face are no exception. In this paper we consider the opportunities provided by sustainable finance, and more specifically impact...more

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The JSE Continues its Trend to “Go Green”

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The Financial Sector Conduct Authority (the "FSCA") has approved amendments to the JSE Debt Listing Requirements (the "Requirements") so as to introduce a new issuance platform stemming from the JSE – known as the "Transition...more

Allen Matkins

Will California's Proposed Corporate Climate Accountability Act Harrow Small Businesses?

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Last March, I took note of SB 260, a bill that would enact the California Corporate Climate Accountability Act.  If enacted, the CCAA would require the State Air Resources Board to promulgate regulations requiring greenhouse...more

Stikeman Elliott LLP

COP26: Key Takeaways and Action Items on Climate Change (Part II)

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In our previous post, we highlighted a number of global goals and campaigns aimed at addressing climate change. In this post, we examine climate change-oriented policies and initiatives that are being adopted by many...more

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COP26: Key Takeaways and Action Items on Climate Change (Part I)

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In recent weeks, there has been a lot written about the COP26 United Nations Annual Climate Change Conference, which was held in Glasgow, Scotland between October 31 and November 13, 2021. The central goal of the COP26...more

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ESG in M&A transactions in Germany – INSIGHTS in five minutes

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The influence of ESG aspects is growing rapidly in many areas – including German M&A transactions. It would not be surprising if, as in the field of compliance, ESG sensitive business models, investments or business...more

King & Spalding

Pflichten registrierter AIFM nach der Offenlegungsverordnung – Wie transparent müssen kleine AIF-Kapitalverwaltungsgesellschaften...

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Die Regelungen der Verordnung (EU) 2019/2088 des europäischen Parlaments und des Rates vom 27. November 2019 über nachhaltigkeitsbezogene Offenlegungspflichten im Finanzdienstleistungssektor („OffenlegungsVO“) sind im...more

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Companies Committing to Corporate Sustainability

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The scope of commitments by corporations involving their own sustainability efforts around the globe has markedly accelerated this year. About 300 companies have signed on to the RE100 initiative, which brings together...more

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Artikel 8 Produkt: Greenwashing oder Green Light im Immobilienfondsbereich

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Um die in der von der UN verabschiedeten Agenda 2030 und dem Pariser Klimaschutzabkommen festgelegten Ziele, insbesondere den Übergang zu einer CO2-armen, nachhaltigeren, ressourceneffizienten Kreislaufwirtschaft mit dem Ziel...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR): What To Expect

As recently confirmed, the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), becomes effective on 10 March 2021. The SFDR imposes sustainability-related disclosure requirements on financial services institutions such as...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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Sustainability Linked Loan Principles Extend Green Finance

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The role of lenders in promoting sustainable development has received a helping hand with the issuance of the Sustainability Linked Loan Principles. The Principles provide a new industry standard for banks to incentivise...more

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