Topic
ESG
1,365 published works
Latham.London
Potential Liability for Ignoring Non-Financial Factors in Investment Starts With Climate Change
By Paul Davies and Michael Green Commercial risks to businesses can no longer be neatly divided into financial and non-financial considerations. For example, there is growing recognition, particularly in the…
Environment, Land & Resources
EU Workplace Pensions Now Required to Incorporate ESG Issues
By Paul Davies and Michael Green A new pensions directive was passed by the European Parliament on 24 November securing 512 votes (only 77 votes against and 40 abstentions), requiring…
Latham.London
EU Workplace Pensions Now Required to Incorporate ESG Issues
By Paul Davies and Michael Green A new pensions directive was passed by the European Parliament on 24 November securing 512 votes (only 77 votes against and 40 abstentions), requiring…
China Law Insight
责任投资原则”如何重新定义投资行为？
By King & Wood
作者: Ed Hall Isabel Rodriguez King & Wood Mallesons London, United Kingdom 在过去数年，环境、社会和管理（ESG）问题对私募基金及风险投资基金管理人及其投资者而言越来越重要。在存在各种确保责任投资的压力的同时，某些证据显示ESG政策可能对收益有正面影响。因此，启动融资流程的管理人必须面对许多尽职调查要求。责任投资原则（PRI）——一项由投资者与联合国合作发起的倡议——最近发布了《有限合伙人责任投资尽职调查问卷》（尽调问卷），以帮助投资者并鼓励更为标准化的尽职调查。 Environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues have become increasingly important to private equity and venture capital fund managers and…
Securities Compliance Sentinel
Are You Ready to Disclose Your Environmental, Social, and Governance Risks?
Back in April, the Securities and Exchange Commission sought public comments on modernizing certain business and financial disclosure requirements in Regulation S-K. In their Concept Release, the SEC noted that…
InsureReinsure
California Insurance Commissioner Asks Insurers to Exit Thermal Coal Investments
On January 25 the California Insurance Commissioner issued a press release, and also sent email messages to insurers licensed in California, indicating that he is requesting all insurers doing business…
Pension Risk Matters
Pension Plan Divestment and ESG Investing
In its quest to advise the City Mayor, Boris Johnson, about climate change, the London Assembly recently urged the London Pension Fund Authority ("LPFA") to rid itself of its carbon…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Sulkowski & Waddock on Reporting
Adam J. Sulkowski and Sandra Waddock have posted Beyond Sustainability Reporting: Integrated Reporting is Practiced, Required & More Would Be Better on SSRN with the following abstract:Ninety-five percent of the Global…
Land Use Prof Blog
June 12-13: International Conference on Sustainable Finance in Karlsruhe, Germany
This looks interesting:We are pleased to inform you that the International Conference on Sustainable Finance will be held from 12th to 13th of June 2014 in Karlsruhe, Germany. The conference…
Legal Writing Prof Blog
Very good news from UNLV!
The faculty at UNLV unanimously voted to move Sara Gordon and Rebecca Scharf from 405(c) status to full tenure track appointments. Congratulations to them both!The Lawyering Process faculty at UNLV is also…