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California Enacts First-of-Their-Kind Laws Requiring Corporate Climate Disclosures

By Thomas R. Brill, Alice Kessler & Madeline Orlando on October 9, 2023
Posted in California, Environmental, Environmental Social & Governance (ESG), Featured, State & Local

On Oct. 7, 2023, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Senate Bill (SB) 253 and SB 261, both of which dramatically expand corporate climate disclosures for both private and…

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CBAM on Track to Take Effect in October 2023

By Robert Hardy, Jairo Keeldar ˘ & Meiyanne Sturm ˘ on March 13, 2023
Posted in carbon emissions, CBAM, Energy, Energy and Natural Resources, Environmental Social & Governance (ESG), Europe, Featured

The European Parliament (Parliament) enacted significant change to the proposed European Union (EU) Regulation for a Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) in June 2022, as reported in an earlier GT…

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Kaitlyn R. Maxwell Recognized as a City & State PA ‘2022 Impact 50’

By Greenberg Traurig, LLP on December 15, 2022
Posted in Environmental Social & Governance (ESG), Featured, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania

Kaitlyn R. Maxwell, a shareholder in Greenberg Traurig’s Philadelphia office, was recognized in the City & State Pennsylvania “2022 Impact 50” issue. The magazine touts Maxwell as…

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Clients: How Risky Is a Shift in Your ESG Approach?

By David Mandelbaum on November 28, 2022
Posted in Articles, Environmental Social & Governance (ESG)

Some institutional investors, like pension funds, have insisted that their portfolio only include stock in corporations with high ESG ratings. That, of course, has led corporations to look for ways meet that investor demand.
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EU to Make Changes to Its Sustainability Reporting Rules and Impose New Obligations on Non-European Companies

By Joanna Kuc, Marijn Bodelier & Alessio Gerhart Ruvolo on September 28, 2022
Posted in E2 Europe, Environmental, Environmental Social & Governance (ESG), EU, Europe, Featured, Finance, GT Alert, International, Sustainability

EU law requires certain large companies to disclose non-financial information on the way they operate and manage social and environmental challenges. The current disclosure regime was introduced in 2014 by…

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SEC Proposes Comprehensive Package of Climate-Related Disclosure Rules

By Barbara A. Jones, Marc M. Rossell & Joan D. Timmins on May 3, 2022
Posted in Climate Change, Environment, Environmental Social & Governance (ESG), Featured, Federal, Greenhouse Gas, GT Alert, Regulatory, Risk management

After much anticipation, on March 24, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed a series of new and extensive disclosure rules that would require all registered companies, including foreign…
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Environmental Sustainability Is Fashionable, But New Bill Presents Hurdles to Industry

By Zackary D. Knaub, Laura Siegel Rabinowitz & Jane McLaughlin on January 13, 2022
Posted in Environmental, Environmental Social & Governance (ESG), Featured, GT Alert, New York, Sustainability

On the heels of Gov. Kathy Hochul’s State of the State address, in which she endorsed a suite of progressive environmental policies including product stewardship laws governing the paper and…
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Batteries Not Included: Challenges and Opportunities for Electric Vehicles and Decarbonisation in the United Kingdom

By Richard Hughes on September 14, 2021
Posted in Air, carbon emissions, Clean energy, Climate Change, E2 Europe, Energy, Environment, Environmental Social and Governance (ESG), EU, Featured, Greenhouse Gas, GT Alert, Transportation, UK, United Kingdom

Never has there been such global consensus on the requirement to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. There is rarely a single day without media reports of the current climate consequences…
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The EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation Enters into Force

By Lilian Welling-Steffens, Sabine Schoute & Marijn Bodelier on March 22, 2021
Posted in E2 Europe, Environmental Justice, Environmental Social and Governance (ESG), EU, Featured, Finance, GT Alert, Regulatory, Sustainability

On March 10, 2021, “Regulation (EU) 2019/2088 of the European Parliament and of the Council of November 27, 2019 on sustainability‐related disclosures in the financial services sector” (as amended…
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Domestic and International Securities Regulators Focus on Sustainability Standards

By Bernadette M. Rappold on February 26, 2021
Posted in Climate Change, Compliance, COVID-19, Environment, Environmental Justice, Featured, Federal, Finance, Regulatory, Sustainability

Recent statements from domestic and international securities regulators suggest that development of consistent environmental disclosure standards may soon be forthcoming, with a nearer-term emphasis on sustainability goals and methodologies for…
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