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ESG
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Religion Clause
Religious Based Proxy Advisors Challenge New Texas Regulatory Law
Texas S.B.2337 enacted by the Texas legislature earlier this year imposes new disclosure requirements on proxy advisory services that provide advice or research to institutional investors on how to vote on…
Banking, Finance and Securities
EBA Final Report – Guidelines on environmental scenario analysis
By Simon Lovegrove (UK), Jochen Vester (UK), Michael Born (DE)
On 5 November 2025, the European Banking Authority (EBA) published its final Guidelines on environmental scenario analysis, which complements the EBA Guidelines on the management of Environmental, Social and Governance…
The CLS Blue Sky Blog
DEI and ESG Have Shifted from Opportunities to Risks in Corporate Disclosures
Between 2020 and the first half of 2024, corporations in a variety of industries adopted the language of social and environmental progress. They pledged to diversify their workforces, hired DEI…
Market Edge
Recent ESG legal developments
By DLA Piper
The October issue of Horizon covers late-breaking developments in sustainability law, among them CARB’s postponement of rulemaking – but not reporting deadlines – for SBs 253 and 261; the historic TotalEnergies…
Global Financial Regulatory Blog
EU Sustainability: State of Play — ESG in the Financial Services Sector
Financial institutions must navigate a range of sector-specific and broader sustainability-related obligations. By Paul A. Davies, Michael D. Green, Nicola Higgs, Anne Mainwaring, James Bee, Toon Dictus, Jaime Martin, Ella…
The CLS Blue Sky Blog
Davis Polk Discusses SEC Chair’s Bid to Reframe Shareholder Proposals
SEC Chairman Paul Atkins’ speech last week in Delaware sounded to many like a death knell for shareholder proposals under Rule 14a-8. In fact, it was far more strategic: the…
The CLS Blue Sky Blog
How Shareholder Democracy Affects Firm Differentiation in Capital Markets
By Hui Chen, Zeqiong Huang, Mingxuan Ma
Over the past decade, the meaning of shareholder democracy has shifted dramatically. Investors are no longer a uniform bloc, focused solely on financial returns, but increasingly diverse. Some press companies…
The CLS Blue Sky Blog
The ESG Backlash and the Demand for ESG Mutual Funds
By Quinn Curtis
The backlash against environmental, social, and governance (“ESG”) investing has been swift and fierce. More than 20 U.S. states have passed laws or taken administrative action targeting ESG considerations in…
Compensation & Benefits Blog
No Monetary Harm, No Foul? Not Quite, but American Airlines Not Required to Pay Any Monetary Damages in ERISA ESG Breach of Loyalty Case
By Mary Grace Richardson, Adam Scoll
On September 30, 2025, Judge Reed O’Connor of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas issued a final judgment on damages in Spence v. American Airlines, Inc.,…
Eye on ESG
The Next Era of Sustainability Leadership: CEO Survey Shows the Business Case is Now
By Sam Eastwood, James Ford, Elinam Amegadzie
Sustainability has undergone a profound transformation over the past two decades. What began as a moral movement—rooted in reputation management and risk mitigation—has increasingly become a strategic business imperative. The latest…