European Union
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
The Report identifies six critical social and economic challenges to its sustainability transition and ten ways to overcome those challenges.
United States
Bass, Berry & Sims
Despite potential headwinds from recent environmental, social and governance (ESG) marketing or product initiatives that received highly publicized backlash earlier this year, private equity (PE) firms...
Flaster Greenberg PC
Shortly after an important bridge on Interstate 95 just north of downtown Philadelphia collapsed on June 11, 2023, shutting down the entire highway in that area due to a disastrous truck fire...
Linklaters
The California governor is expected to sign the laws shortly.
Perkins Coie LLP
Below are brief summaries of the agenda items for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (FERC or the Commission) open meeting to be held on September 21st, at 10:00 a.m. ET.
Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz
California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced that he filed a lawsuit against five of the world's largest oil and gas companies, as well as the American Petroleum Institute...
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
As we touched on last week, on August 14, the Montana First Judicial District Court, Lewis and Clark County, entered its Findings of Facts and Conclusions of Law in Held v. State of Montana...
Mayer Brown
Two new bills have been passed in California as part of a "Climate Accountability Package" that require U.S.-based companies "doing business"[1] in California to make disclosures about their emissions and climate-related financial risks.
Foley & Lardner
UBQ's innovative approach to sustainable materials and waste reduction has potential to make a profound impact on our environment. As we face increasing challenges related to climate change...
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Article II of the Montana Constitution provides that all persons have the "right to a clean and healthful environment."
Squire Patton Boggs LLP
The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) plays a critical role in infrastructure and energy project development...
Perkins Coie LLP
The Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology) recently announced rulemaking intended to clarify a key cost containment provision of the Climate Commitment Act (CCA)...
Nossaman LLP
On August 29, 2023, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) published a final rule listing two distinct population segments (DPS)—the North Feather and Central Coast DPSs—of the foothill yellow-legged frog...
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
The UK Climate Change Committee (CCC) recently released its 2023 statutory report, evaluating the UK's progress towards reducing greenhouse gas emissions and meeting carbon reduction targets.
Arnold & Porter
The California legislature returned from summer recess two weeks ago, and two key bills regarding corporate emissions disclosures and climate-related financial risk reporting are being considered and could be sent to the governor's desk for signature by next month.
Worldwide
Ankura Consulting Group LLC
The Standards are designed to be a baseline of sustainability-related corporate disclosures and provide investors and other stakeholders with a common framework...
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
The summit resulted in a 10,000 word joint declaration (the Belém Declaration) containing 113 objectives and principles.
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
It remains to be seen what influence, if any, this letter will have on the DOJ. On one hand, there is little new about these allegations.
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Congress returned from August recess to an overflowing fall agenda. However, Majority Leader Schumer has not mentioned a permitting reform bill in his legislative priority list.
Mayer Brown
Companies are increasingly recognising that climate risk poses "strategic and operational risk" that could severely impact business operations. On 3 August 2023, United Nations Global Compact released...