Oct 10, 2024 California’s Climate Rules Move Ahead, with Minor Amendments By Pamela Marcogliese Sam Houshower Ginger Hervey On September 27, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed minor amendments (SB 219) to California’s landmark 2023 Climate Accountability...
Sep 02, 2024 Towards balanced representation of men and women in decision-making bodies By Raquel Flórez Sara Moukayed The Parity Act, Organic Law 2/2024, of 1 August, on equal representation and balanced presence of women and men (the Act), came into...
Jul 25, 2024 California climate reporting laws may be delayed for two-years By Pamela Marcogliese Sam Houshower Ian Good Andres Calzada +1 more... Show less Headline: California climate reporting laws may be delayed for two-years California Governor Newsom has proposed amendments to Senate...
Jun 27, 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...
Jun 24, 2024 Board minutes: Not just an administrative formality By Makayla Knott Recent high-profile director liability cases have highlighted the importance of ensuring that the preparation of board minutes is given...
Jun 05, 2024 What to expect from the EU’s CSDDD #3: key takeaways from Freshfields’ CSDDD webinar By Christoph H. Seibt Juliane Hilf Moritz Becker Mijke Sinninghe Damsté Marlen Vesper-Gräske Valentin Weigel +3 more... Show less On 22 May 2024, our global ESG group hosted a webinar discussing the key aspects of the new EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence...
Apr 08, 2024 Comparison of SEC Final Rules on Climate-Related Disclosures against Other Climate-Related Disclosure Regimes By Elizabeth Bieber Juliane Hilf Vanessa Jakovich Teresa Ko Pamela Marcogliese Sascha Arnold Sam Houshower Marlen Vesper-Gräske Charlotte Aspin Ian Good Heather Kellam Zo Khalid Prince Kudolo Jordan Phelan +11 more... Show less On March 6, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) finalized its long-awaited climate-related disclosures rules (the...
Mar 26, 2024 What to expect from the new European Forced Labour Regulation By Hannah Meyer Elena Engels Annabelle Duramé The European co-legislators have reached a provisional agreement on the Forced Labour Regulation, which has since been adopted by the...
Mar 18, 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...
Mar 12, 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...
Feb 23, 2024 2024 Proxy Advisor Guidelines: What Companies Need to Know Heading into the 2024 Proxy Season By Elizabeth Bieber Sarah Ghulamhussain Peter Liddle The two most influential proxy advisor firms, Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) and Glass Lewis & Co. (Glass Lewis), updated their...
Nov 24, 2023 A new corporate responsibility era? Climate plan obligations under the draft CSDDD By Elena Engels Theresa Schumacher In 2018, when the Dutch NGO Milieudefensie/Friends of the Earth Netherlands requested Royal Dutch Shell’s CEO to formulate a climate...