A recent alert from DLA Piper explores legal challenges that have arisen within the first month of the SEC’s Climate Rules’ adoption and provides an update on ongoing litigation and next steps for public companies.
Read MoreNow that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has adopted the final climate-related disclosure rule, public companies have a road map to adoption and compliance.
Read MoreThe November 2023 issue of Wilson Sonsini's Sustainability and ESG Advisory Practice Update covers news, key legal developments, and resources related to sustainability and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) matters relevant to public and private companies internationally.
Read MoreESG Update: New California Climate-Related Disclosure Mandates Will Require Corporate Reporting Ahead of – and Broader than – the SEC
Read MoreThe US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has initiated a review of its 2012 “Guides for the Use of Environmental Marketing Claims” — commonly known as the Green Guides — and likely will be under pressure to address certain thorny environmental marketing claims that it declined to weigh in on 10 years ago, including provisions on climate change, sustainability, “environmentally preferable,” “eco-friendly,” and “free” of hazardous chemicals claims.
Read MoreDeloitte surveyed more than 2,000 CxOs across 24 countries, finding that the majority of CxOs remain optimistic the world will take sufficient steps to avoid the worst impacts of climate change and feel a sense of urgency to take action.
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