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December 13, 2024
|3 min read
Fifth Circuit Strikes Down NASDAQ Board Diversity Rules
Commission (the SEC) did not have the authority to approve The Nasdaq Stock Exchange’s (Nasdaq) board diversity rule (the Rule).
June 12, 2024
|11 min read
Green Bonds In International Capital Markets
securities) that integrate environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) factors with broader considerations for long-term economic sustainability,
collectively defined as sustainable finance.
March 6, 2024
|7 min read
SEC Adopts Final Climate-Related Disclosure Rules
domestic companies and foreign private issuers (FPIs) – to include climate-related information in their registration statements and annual reports.
March 1, 2023
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House Financial Services Committee Scrutinizes Climate Disclosure Proposals
Senate, released a letter (“the Letter”) to Chair Gary Gensler of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), seeking information related to the recently
proposed SEC climate disclosure rules.
September 2, 2021
|1 min read
SEC May Ask for Backup on Funds Investing in Green Companies
staff to make recommendations for new disclosure requirements for fund and asset managers on the criteria and data that they use to apply “green,”
“low-carbon,” or “sustainable” labels to their investments.
August 23, 2021
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SEC Chair Directs Mandatory Climate Risk Disclosures
Investment “Climate and Global Financial Markets” webinar where he directed “SEC staff to develop a mandatory climate risk disclosure rule proposal for the
[SEC’s] consideration by the end of the year.”
August 11, 2021
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SEC Approves New Nasdaq Board Diversity Requirements
corporate boards of directors.
July 13, 2021
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SEC Asset Management Advisory Committee Makes Recommendations for ESG Disclosure
the data and disclosure used for environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing.
June 21, 2021
|7 min read
State Regulators Press SEC for Broad ESG Disclosures on Climate-Related Financial Risk
risks.
October 5, 2020
|3 min read
California Governor Signs Bill Increasing Board Representation from Underrepresented Communities
boards by passing a new bill (Assembly Bill (AB) 979) requiring each publicly held corporation whose principal executive offices are located in
California—regardless of state of incorporation—to have a minimum number of directors from “underrepresented communities” on its board of directors.
June 1, 2020
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Investor Advisory Committee Urges SEC to Take Point on ESG Disclosure
May 14, 2020, formal recommendation. Following four years of meetings with investment advisors, asset managers and owners, and U.S. and foreign issuers,
the Committee found that “investors consider certain ESG information material to their investment and voting decisions, regardless of whether t...Read more
April 6, 2020
|4 min read
Top Five ESG Considerations for Public Companies
social, and governance (ESG) considerations can help companies respond to the impact of COVID-19, both in the short term and long term, drive the
re-imagination of global business models, and prevent crises in the future.