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ESG
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The CLS Blue Sky Blog
Rethinking Materiality in the Debate Over ESG
For nearly a decade, debates over ESG – environmental, social, and governance – disclosures have dominated corporate law and securities regulation. Should companies be required to disclose information about climate…
Across The Board
Shareholder Proposals and ESG 2026
Event | April 28, 20262:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. ETRegister here. On April 28, Mayer Brown partner Jennifer Zepralka will join the John L. Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance’s program titled…
Climate Law Blog
New Article Shows Climate-Alliance Emissions Reductions Are Not Antitrust Output Restrictions
By Cynthia Hanawalt and Andy Fitch
Corporate coordination to mitigate climate change raises complex questions for competition policy. From a structural antitrust perspective, climate alliances comprised of large asset managers can raise the specter of unaccountable…
The Capital Commitment
Risk #4: Five Guidelines for ESG Disclosures in 2026: Choose Your Words Carefully
By Margaret A. Dale, Michael R. Hackett, Dorothy Murray, Joshua M. Newville, Todd J. Ohlms, Robert Pommer, Seetha Ramachandran, Nathan Schuur, Robert Sutton, John Verwey, Jonathan M. Weiss, Edward Lister, Rachel Lowe, Adam Farbiarz, Adam L. Deming, Michael Guggenheim, Corey I. Rogoff, Hena M. Vora
Choose your words carefully because careless words cost. Never has this been more true than in disclosures about environmental, social and governance matters. As divergence between the US federal government…
Karel's Legal Blog
RISK, REPUTATION AND RETURN
How to get started with ESG? ESG (Environment, Social, Governance) is a topic that is still attracting a great deal of attention. It’s no longer a hype, and some say…
The Capital Commitment
Top Ten Regulatory and Litigation Risks for Private Funds in 2026
By Margaret A. Dale, Michael R. Hackett, Dorothy Murray, Joshua M. Newville, Todd J. Ohlms, Robert Pommer, Seetha Ramachandran, Nathan Schuur, Robert Sutton, John Verwey, Jonathan M. Weiss, Edward Lister, Rachel Lowe, Adam Farbiarz, Adam L. Deming, Michael Guggenheim, Corey I. Rogoff, Hena M. Vora
If we had to define the mood for 2026 in three words, we would choose alert, intentional and institutional. After several years of normalizing longer hold periods and navigating evolving…
The D&O Diary
Countering Anti-ESG Backlash
There was a time, not that long ago, when ESG was the dominant topic in the corporate governance world. Every company was expected to have a sustainability plan and to…
Lenissa Quezada Díaz
Criterios ESG en financiamientos estructurados en América Latina: más allá del cumplimiento hacia una herramienta de estructuración”
Autora: Lenissa Quezada Díaz Abogada Asociada Correo: l.quezada@estrellatupete.com Los criterios ambientales, sociales y de gobernanza (ESG, por sus siglas en inglés) han dejado de ser un addéndum aspiracional en las…
Climate Law Blog
AG Investigations and Copycat Anti-ESG Legislation Proliferate Despite Losses in Court
By Cynthia Hanawalt and Andy Fitch
Last week, Texas v. BlackRock (E.D. Tex.), the first antitrust case challenging climate collaborations by financial institutions, reached an initial resolution. Texas Attorney General (“AG”) Ken Paxton announced that one…
The CLS Blue Sky Blog
Why Social Performance Matters for Financial Reporting Quality
By Dov Solomon, Rimona Palas, Dalit Gafni, Ido Baum
In recent decades, the business world has undergone a significant paradigm shift. What began as largely voluntary corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives has evolved into a comprehensive framework of environmental,…