19 Dec, 2024 California eases initial GHG reporting and seeks feedback for climate disclosures By Pamela Marcogliese Sam Houshower Ginger Hervey The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has exercised enforcement discretion to allow companies reporting under the Climate Corporate...
03 Jul, 2024 EU leadership shake-up: implications for business and policy By Natalie Pettinger Kearney Lea Bareil Jimena Gonzalez In the wake of the recent European elections, the EU27 Heads of State and Government have finalised allocating the influential EU top...
27 Jun, 2024 Trends and Updates from the 2024 Proxy Season By Pamela Marcogliese Elizabeth Bieber Brandon Gantus Beth George David Livshiz Christine Lyon Shira Oyserman Yunah Ko Ariana Negron Zhanqi Xu Ornia Abdouljalil Sumner Fields Jennifer King Young Park Bonnie Jordan +12 more... Show less The Freshfields’ team reviewed trends and developments for the 2024 proxy season, summarizing the key takeaways and guidance across the...
24 May, 2024 What to expect from the EU’s CSDDD #2: Civil Liability and Litigation Risks By Moritz Becker Mijke Sinninghe Damsté Jan Henning Buschfeld James Raeside Stefanie Spancken-Monz Elena Engels Boudewijn Renshof +4 more... Show less This blog is part of a series of in-depth overviews of aspects of the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), which,...
02 May, 2024 Carbon Capture, Use & Storage: what you need to know By Alon Gordon Vanessa Jakovich Kate Gough Philip Morgan James Chapman Sascha Arnold +3 more... Show less Carbon capture, use and storage (CCUS) is a key technology to help achieve global net zero goals,[1] particularly for hard to abate...
18 Mar, 2024 UPDATE: US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Stays the SEC's Final Rules on Climate-Related Disclosures By Pamela Marcogliese Elizabeth Bieber Zo Khalid Heather Kellam Jordan Phelan +2 more... Show less On Friday, March 15, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (the “Fifth Circuit”) stayed the Securities and...
12 Mar, 2024 SEC Adopts Final Rules on Climate-Related Disclosures By Pamela Marcogliese Elizabeth Bieber Zo Khalid Heather Kellam Jordan Phelan +2 more... Show less On March 6, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted its long anticipated rules, amending Regulations S-K and S-X...
11 Jan, 2023 ESG and the business judgement rule – a narrowed passage to the safe harbour? By Christoph H. Seibt Dr. Farid Sigari-Majd Simon Schwarz Philip Denninger Marlen Vesper-Gräske Dora Rendessy +3 more... Show less Management decisions around ESG are on the rise as legislators, activists, proxy advisers, and other stakeholders increasingly aim to...
05 May, 2022 Joint venture partnering on renewable energy projects By Amr Omran Jon Gilbert Richard Johnson Sara Barin Annie Whiteside +2 more... Show less Joint ventures (JVs) are an increasingly popular form of business partnership on renewable energy projects, and play an important role in...
17 Aug, 2021 SEC Chair Gensler discusses what companies might expect from the SEC’s upcoming climate disclosure rules, following similar developments in Europe By Sarah Solum Valerie Ford Jacob Pamela Marcogliese Michael Levitt Elizabeth Bieber Heather Kellam +3 more... Show less In his remarks before the Principles for Responsible Investment “Climate and Global Financial Markets” webinar on July 28, 2021, SEC...