Topic
ESG
1,366 published works
China Law Insight
全球供应链管控趋严，“中国工厂”如何妥善化解“断链”危机？丨ESG问责与调查系列
By King & Wood
作者：吴巍 朱媛媛 张双 郑岩玲 近年来，在全球供应链管控趋严背景下，一众作为跨国公司供应商的中国企业遭受来自跨国客户端的严格厂验，甚至面临“断链”压力。金杜处理了诸多类似纠纷。我们将在本文结合实际承办的协助“中国工厂”化解“断链”危机的实务案例，剖析中国企业需要关注的ESG问责敏感问题，以期为中国企业巧妙化解“断链”风险，提前做好预案提供参考。 阅读更多
China Law Insight
践行国际标准，讲好中国故事：出海企业如何应对境外问责风险丨ESG问责与调查系列
By King & Wood
作者：吴巍 朱媛媛 张双 李一龙 近日，特朗普政府放言可能以劳工问题为由，对部分中国头部互联网科技企业发起新一轮调查，并考虑将其纳入监管清单。这一动向再次给不断“走出去”的中国企业敲响警钟。我们多次协助企业成功处理此类境外ESG问责纠纷。目前中国企业所涉及的10个世界银行ESG问责案例，我们均有参与处理，其中不乏一带一路“标杆”项目。结合协助中国企业处理这类事件的经验，我们认为中国企业应积极发声，向国际社会讲好自身积极开展ESG管控的“中国故事”，从而在各类国际组织投诉、问责“围剿”中实现突围破局 阅读更多
Corporate Governance and Compliance
ESG & Corporate Governance: a checklist for firms and their boards
By Matthew Gregory (UK), Katie Stephen (UK)
The PRA's recent Consultation Paper (CP10/25) on enhancing banks’ and insurers approaches to managing climate-related risks provides clearer guidance on the PRA’s expectations with regards to governance in this evolving…
The Capital Commitment
ESG in 2025: Finding the Sweet Spot in a Complex World
By Margaret A. Dale, Michael R. Hackett, William Komaroff, Dorothy Murray, Joshua M. Newville, Todd J. Ohlms, Robert Pommer, Seetha Ramachandran, Robert Sutton, Jonathan M. Weiss, William D. Dalsen, Rachel Lowe, Adam L. Deming, Adam Farbiarz, Hena M. Vora
With ESG regulation now well embedded across all major jurisdictions, the trend we see for 2025 is about increasingly sophisticated triangulation by private fund managers between the regimes that apply…
The CLS Blue Sky Blog
The Partisan Divide Over Value and Values in State Pension Funds
By Dhruv Aggarwal, Lubomir Litov, Shivaram Rajgopal
Whose interests do public pension funds serve? On the one hand, they have a fiduciary duty to maximize value for the pension fund participants whose retirement savings they invest. On…
Market Edge
Recent ESG legal developments
By DLA Piper
The April issue of our monthly newsletter Horizon is now available. Learn more about an array of ESG legal developments – among them, the Executive Order requiring DOJ to stop…
Securities Law Prof Blog
New Securities Law Articles in Print
The following law review articles relating to securities regulation are now available in paper format:Richard A. Epstein, Rethinking Disclosure Obligations in Securities Regulations: Why less Is (Much) More, 2023 Mich.…
Securities Law Prof Blog
New Securities Law Articles in Print
The following law review articles relating to securities regulation are now available in paper format:Afra Afsharipour, ESG Dealmaking, 26 U. Pa. J. Bus. L. 985 (2024).Anna Christie, Activist Directors: The Evolution…
Sustainability in Business
EU Sustainability Omnibus: now that the clock has stopped, what’s next?
By Marie Escorneboueu, Thomas Delille, Christina Economides
First, in a record time of less than two months, the so-called ‘Stop the clock’ Directive (EU) 2025/794 was adopted and published in the EU official journal. The Directive amends…
Free Writings + Perspectives
Market Trends 2024/25: Disclosure on Political Contributions
By Liz Walsh, Gonzalo Go
This practice note explores the evolving trends and practices surrounding the disclosure of political contributions by public companies, particularly in the context of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues. It…