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ESG
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The CLS Blue Sky Blog
The Need for Employee Buy-in for ESG to Work
The value and relevance of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) is an important question because of the increasing popularity of using ESG factors to evaluate investments in companies. In August…
The CLS Blue Sky Blog
Wachtell Lipton Discusses Using ESG Tools to Help Combat Systemic Racism and Injustice
By Adam O. Emmerich, David M. Silk, Sabastian V. Niles, Elina Tetelbaum, Carmen X.W. Lu
Events of recent weeks and months have starkly illuminated the effects of systemic racism and injustice on Black Americans, including threats to physical safety, psychological trauma and economic disparity. CEOs…
The CLS Blue Sky Blog
Environmental and Social Voting at the Big Three
Environmental and social (E&S) issues are an increasingly publicized component of investment management. Large fund families, including the “Big Three” of Vanguard, BlackRock, and State Street, market themselves as advocates…
The CLS Blue Sky Blog
Wachtell Lipton on How Boards and Management Should Handle ESG and Stakeholder Governance
By Martin Lipton, Steven A. Rosenblum, William Savitt, Karessa L. Cain
As directors and shareholders become increasingly attuned to ESG considerations and stakeholder-oriented governance, they have sought guidance about how to incorporate these imperatives into the board’s decision-making process—particularly regarding decisions…
Environment, Land & Resources
Latham Releases Book of Jargon® – Environmental, Social & Governance
We are excited to announce the launch of Latham’s newest Book of Jargon®: Environmental, Social & Governance. This comprehensive digital glossary of more than 1,000 ESG terms was developed for…
The CLS Blue Sky Blog
Wachtell Lipton on the Purpose of the Corporation
By Martin Lipton, Steven A. Rosenblum, William Savitt, Karessa L. Cain
The growing view that corporations should take into account environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues in running their businesses, and resistance from those who believe that companies should be managed…
Inside Energy & Environment
Will the SEC Offer Hope for Clear, Uniform Sustainability Disclosure Standards?
By W. Andrew Jack, William Mastrianna
On May 21, in an open virtual meeting the SEC’s 23-member Investor Advisory Committee debated and endorsed the Investor as Owner Subcommittee's long-awaited recommendations that the Commission begin in earnest…
Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest
ESG: House of Commons EU Scrutiny Committee Letter Regarding the Taxonomy Regime
By Carolyn H. Jackson, Nathaniel Lalone, Neil Robson
On May 4, the House of Commons EU Scrutiny Committee (the Committee) published a letter to HM Treasury on the proposed regulation (the Taxonomy Regulation) on the establishment of a…
The Right Coast
BlackRock, Larry Fink, and a New Form of Shareholder Empowerment | RealClearMarkets
Yes, it will be Larry Fink and his approximately 20-member U.S. investor stewardship team dictating sustainability-related disclosures (which means pretty much any corporate governance issue that one can think of, based on…
Global Regulation Tomorrow
ESMA issues no action letter on the new ESG disclosure requirements under the BMR
By Hannah Meakin (UK), Imogen Garner (UK)
On 29 April 2020, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) issued a no action letter intended to promote coordinated action by Member State national competent authorities (NCAs) regarding the…