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Canadian Lawyer Mag
Sheila Ritson-Bennett says a creative mindset at Corus Entertainment bodes well for her ESG program
Most companies have structures promoting better awareness of the risks of ignoring sustainability
The CLS Blue Sky Blog
ESG-Linked Swaps and the New Governance School of Regulatory Scholarship
By Ilya Beylin
To some extent, this is another collection of words about an acronym that collects words, in the largely passive and meaningless manner of a lint roller. Elizabeth Pollman recently developed…
The D&O Diary
Next Up on the ESG Front: Greenhushing?
Readers of this blog know that one of the more significant recent developments in the ESG arena has been the rise of the ESG backlash – that is, moves by…
Environment, Land & Resources
EU Consults on Plans for a New Regulatory Regime for ESG Ratings Providers
An evolving landscape of reforms in the ESG ratings sector continues to pose challenges to providers of ratings and scores. By Paul A. Davies, Nicola Higgs, Rob Moulton, Michael D. Green, Becky Critchley, Anne…
InsureReinsure
Texas Legislature to ESG: Don’t Mess With Texas
By Moya McKenna
The 88th Regular Session (2023) of the Texas Legislature voted to enact Senate Bill 833 (“SB 833”), which aims to prohibit insurers operating in Texas from using environmental, social, or…
The Right Coast
Red States Have Slowed the ESG Juggernaut – WSJ
States have seized the initiative in resisting environmental, social and governance investing. These legislative efforts have been so successful that the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance recently published…
China Law Insight
可持续发展关联贷款：贷款行业组织发布的模板条款
By King & Wood
作者：马绍基 萧乃莹 费思 随着环境、社会和治理（environmental, social and governance; “ESG”）在金融领域日益成为焦点，可持续发展关联贷款（sustainability-linked loan; “SLL”）继续在包括亚洲在内的全球主要市场保持上升趋势。例如，蚂蚁集团于2022年底将一笔65亿美元的贷款转换为SLL，该笔贷款也成为亚洲规模最大的SLL。亚洲的其他主要银行和借款人也正在积极参与SLL项目。 在此背景下，贷款市场协会（Loan Market Association; “LMA”）近期发布了草拟的SLL模板条款。该SLL模板条款可以被插入到LMA现有的标准贷款协议中，从而将标准贷款协议转换为SLL协议。本文将借助LMA的模板条款探讨SLL的主要特征。 阅读更多
Global Regulation Tomorrow
Commission publishes sustainable finance package
By Haney Saadah, Simon Lovegrove (UK), Daniel Nevzat (UK)
On 13 June 2023, the European Commission (the Commission) published a sustainable finance package. The package contains measures to build on and strengthen the foundations of the EU sustainable finance…
Global Regulation Tomorrow
New Financial Services ESG hub
By Haney Saadah, Simon Lovegrove (UK), Daniel Nevzat (UK)
We have published a new Financial Services Regulatory Developments in ESG Hub which houses, in one place, our financial services resources and insights to help clients stay informed of key regulatory…
Litigation Finance Journal
ESG and Litigation Funding
By John Freund
Are ESG initiatives and regulations creating more tension between companies and their suppliers? Are we seeing an uptick in disputes that are arising out of ESG initiative and regulations? What…