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ESG
1,376 published works
Environment, Land & Resources
EU Announces Initiative to Improve the Non-Financial Reporting Directive
The Initiative aims to grant investors, consumers, and other stakeholders a clearer picture of companies’ non-financial performance. By Paul A. Davies and Michael D. Green On 30 January 2019, the…
Global Regulation Tomorrow
ESMA sets out strategy on sustainable finance
By Imogen Garner (UK), Iona Wright (UK)
On 6 February 2020, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) announced its strategy on sustainable finance, setting out how the European Supervisory Authority will place sustainability at the core…
Pensions and Benefits
Stewardship Code – A Long Engagement
By Felix Weston
Unlike the best romantic stories, this proposal was expected, grounded in practicalities and wholly lacking in passion. Part of it was borne from the principle that pension trustees and investment managers…
The CLS Blue Sky Blog
Wachtell Lipton Discusses State Street’s Voting Push on Financially Material ESG Matters
In a letter to directors of public companies, State Street Global Advisors’ President and CEO, Cyrus Taraporevala, reiterated SSgA’s focus on “financially material” ESG issues as “a matter of value,…
LathamGermany
Warum die aktuelle Siemens-Diskussion auch für andere Unternehmen relevant ist
Von Dr. Rainer Traugott Es wird viel über die Entscheidung von Siemens diskutiert, vertragsgemäß Signaltechnik für eine Zugstrecke zu liefern, die das australische Carmichael-Bergwerk mit dem Meer verbindet. Warum ist…
The CLS Blue Sky Blog
ISS Offers 2019 Hong Kong Proxy Season Review
By Institutional Shareholder Services
In early 2019, the government of Hong Kong proposed a bill that would allow for the transfer of criminal suspects to jurisdictions with which it does not have an extradition…
Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest
ESG and Sustainable Investments: House of Lords EU Committee Queries Taxonomy Regulation With HMT
By Carolyn H. Jackson, Nathaniel Lalone, Neil Robson
On January 16, the House of Lords European Union Committee published a letter from the Chair, Lord Kinnoull, to John Glen, Economic Secretary to Her Majesty’s Treasury (the Letter). The…
Global Regulation Tomorrow
ESG: German regulator publishes guidance notice on sustainability
By Caroline Herkströter, Michael Born (DE), Nadine Gerstenkorn
The German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) has issued a guidance notice on dealing with sustainability risks (ESG Guidance Notice). The binding German version was published on 20 December 2019 and later…
Cleary M&A and Corporate Governance Watch
Navigating the ESG Landscape
By Sandra Flow, Caroline Hailey, Ahsan Sayed
The following post was originally included as part of our recently published memorandum “Selected Issues for Boards of Directors in 2020”. Investors and other stakeholders continue to focus on environmental,…
The CLS Blue Sky Blog
The Role of ESG in the Financial Performance of Banks
In a new article, we aim to identify the elements and stages that have led to increased attention to corporate social responsibility issues, especially with regard to environmental, social, and…