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Sep 27, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Joel Cohen |Clare Connellan |Taylor Pullins

September 27, 2024 Joel Cohen, Clare Connellan, Taylor Pullins White & Case LLP + Follow x Following x Following - Unfollow Contact To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: An accelerating focus on doing business responsibly will force changes to wide-ranging aspects of business operations and strategy Societal expectations of businesses have shifted fundamentally over the past five years. These new expectations for how businesses relate to people and the planet will be...

May 16, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Seth Kerschner |Laura Mulry |Taylor Pullins

On April 19, 2024, the US Environmental Protection Agency (“US EPA”) announced its final rule designating two per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”), namely perfluorooctanoic acid (“PFOA”) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (“PFOS”), as ‘hazardous substances’ under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (“CERCLA”).

Mar 25, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Seth Kerschner |Sam McCombs |Taylor Pullins

The new emission limits apply to new passenger cars, light trucks and large pickups and vans, and set increasingly stringent fleet-wide emission limits covering carbon dioxide and other pollutants for Model Years 2027-2032. EPA is relying on performance-based standards that do not require automakers to adopt specific technologies, and instead allow for a mix of technologies to meet the limits.

Nov 8, 2023 | lexology.com | Seth Kerschner |Laura Mulry |Clare Connellan |William Grazebrook |Janina Moutia-Bloom |Taylor Pullins | +1 more

The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures ("TNFD") released its final framework (the "TNFD Framework") on September 18. The TNFD Framework encourages organisations to integrate nature into decision-making and supports a shift in financial flows away from nature-negative outcomes but does not impose legal obligations.

Sep 27, 2023 | jdsupra.com | Seth Kerschner |Laura Mulry |Taylor Pullins

The California State Senate and State Assembly recently approved two bills, Senate Bill 253 and Senate Bill 261, that could require thousands of companies doing business in California to disclose greenhouse gas ("GHG") emissions and climate-related financial risks, with reporting beginning in 2026. California's governor is expected to sign both bills into law.