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May 2, 2024 | 
law.com | David Carpenter |Maureen Gorsen
A lawsuit filed Jan. 30, 2024, is challenging two new California climate disclosure and financial reporting laws, Senate Bill (SB) 253 and SB 261, for unconstitutionally requiring disclosure by qualifying public and privately-held businesses of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and climate-related risks throughout their value chain.
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Mar 18, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Edward S. Best |Matthew Bisanz |David Carpenter |Jennifer Carlson
The Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") has
adopted new rules that require public companies to disclose
substantial information about the material impacts of
climate-related risks on their business, financial condition, and
governance (the "Final Rules").
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Mar 9, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Edward S. Best |Brian Hirshberg |Matthew Bisanz |Jerry Marlatt |Jennifer Carlson |Andrew Olmem | +10 more
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Dec 20, 2023 | 
mondaq.com | Tim Baines |Oliver Williams |David Carpenter |Luiz Gustavo Bezerra
This mini Q&A series will follow COP28, providing you
with a quick and easy way to stay informed as the discussion
evolves. Our coverage will highlight significant and recent
developments from a legal perspective, allowing you to assess the
impact of these on your business.
Part 2: as we alluded to in our pre-COP video
(below), the first Global Stocktake under the Paris Agreement will
be concluded at COP28.
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Dec 7, 2023 | 
lexblog.com | Tim Baines |Oliver Williams |David Carpenter |Luiz Gustavo Bezerra
As we alluded to in our pre-COP video (which you can watch here), the first Global Stocktake under the Paris Agreement will be concluded at COP28. Although it is an important milestone in terms of establishing a comprehensive picture of what has been achieved since the Paris Agreement was entered into and what remains to be done, discussions appear to be fraught.
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Sep 7, 2023 | 
mondaq.com | David Carpenter |Soumitro Mukerji |Ed Parker |Devi Shah
Welcome to our quarterly round-up of recent publications, events
and news reporting on the latest law developments in India.
In this edition, we feature articles that recent changes to the
India government's proposed tax changes announced in February;
India introducing a new law which makes the issuance of shares
above their real value taxable; smart metering in India; and recent
securitisation developments.
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Apr 27, 2023 | 
lexblog.com | J. Paul Forrester |David Carpenter |Oliver Williams
On April 19, 2023, the influential CDP (formerly known as the Carbon Disclosure Project) announced that nearly 7,000 organizations worldwide can disclose their plastic-related impacts for the first time, as CDP’s global environmental disclosure platform opens for 2023 reporting. CDP is adding plastic-related reporting to its online platform in response to a request from more than 740 investors with US$136 trillion in assets.
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Apr 26, 2023 | 
lexology.com | J Paul Forrester |David Carpenter |Oliver Williams
On April 19, 2023, the influential CDP1 (formerly known as the Carbon Disclosure Project) announced that nearly 7,000 organizations worldwide can disclose their plastic-related impacts for the first time, as CDP’s global environmental disclosure platform opens for 2023 reporting. CDP is adding plastic-related reporting to its online platform in response to a request from more than 740 investors with US$136 trillion in assets.
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Mar 31, 2023 | 
lexblog.com | Oliver Williams |Peter Pears |David Carpenter |James Taylor
On 30 March 2023, the UK Government published an updated Green Finance Strategy (the “Strategy“). The Strategy, which updates the UK’s 2019 Green Finance Strategy, outlines how “continued UK leadership on green finance will cement the UK’s place at the forefront of this growing global market, and how we will mobilise the investment needed to meet our climate and nature objectives“.
