In fall 2023, Stanford Graduate School of Business, the Hoover Institution Working Group on Corporate Governance at Stanford University, and the Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University jointly conducted a nationwide survey of 993 investors—distributed by gender, race, age, household income, and state residence— to understand how American investors view environmental, social, and governance (ESG) priorities among the companies in their investment portfolio.
Read MoreLatham’s ESG Practice released an article discussing ESG-related challenges for 2024 and why business leaders continue to focus on how ESG issues impact their bottom line. The article highlights the top developments and trends that are likely to define ESG in 2024.
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 MoreDLA Piper’s Beyond the Curve Podcast discusses the importance of diversity in a company’s overall ESG framework.
Read MoreThe most recent episode of DLA Piper’s “Beyond the Curve” podcast discussed the importance of diversity in a company’s overall ESG framework.
Read MoreThe California Senate recently approved Senate Bill 253, the Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act, which could become the first carbon disclosures requirement in the United States for large corporations.
Read MoreLatham & Watkin’s recent client alert informs public companies about ESG updates, including developments around the climate disclosure landscape, risk factor disclosure, and diversity related efforts.
Read MoreESG Update: New California Climate-Related Disclosure Mandates Will Require Corporate Reporting Ahead of – and Broader than – the SEC
Read MoreLatham & Watkins’ recent client alert addresses new auditing standards proposed by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB), the nonprofit corporation established by Congress to oversee the audit of public companies.
Read MoreIn January 2023, the European Union adopted the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), which requires EU and non-EU companies with activities in the EU to file annual sustainability reports alongside their financial statements.
Read MoreMore CEOs are getting “ESG pay.” Does it improve their companies’ sustainability and financial performance? Read the recent Stanford Business Insight article, Does It Pay to Link Executive Compensation to ESG Goals?
Read MoreThe June 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 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 MoreDLA Piper partners gathered to discuss the policies and practices that impact ESG issues and the increased scrutiny around this trend.
Read MoreCooley recently released an article around how companies are reacting to anti-ESG efforts.
Read MoreWSGR released their recent Sustainability and ESG Advisory Practice update for April 2023, covering issues around regulatory updates (in the United States and Europe), shareholder trends, M&A news, and other highlights.
Read MoreWilson Sonsini is recently shared updates around ESG and sustainability issues, to include news, key legal developments, and resources related to sustainability and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) matters relevant to public and private companies internationally.
Read MoreSVDX Chairman, Dan Siciliano, was featured on a Leader’s Edge podcast with Joe Talmadge of Heffernan Insurance Brokers on preparing the Board for ESG.
Read MoreLatham & Watkins has released four installments of an ESG Top 10 List and the latest insight looks at ESG developments and trends that are likely to emerge in 2023.
Read MoreWilson Sonsini released an alert about Glass Lewis’ 2023 U.S. Policy Guidelines and its 2023 ESG Initiatives Policy Guidelines.
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