April 3, 2024 Webinar
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After much anticipation, on March 6, 2024, the US Securities and Exchange Commission voted to adopt final rules that require reporting by public companies of climate change-related disclosure. While the final rules differ from the SEC’s controversial proposed rules in significant ways…
The Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) has adopted new rules that require public companies to disclose substantial information about the material impacts of climate-related risks on their business, financial condition, and governance (the “Final Rules”). The SEC says that “climate-related risks, their impacts, and a public company’s response to those risks can significantly affect…
Debate over ESG continues, with Mayer Brown’s Lawrence Cunningham and corporate director Sonita Lontoh leading a discussion of the topic in the annual Directors & Boards conference entitled Character of the Corporation, which Mayer Brown sponsored.
For excerpts from the conversation, continue reading here.
The Securities and Exchange Commission adopted (in a 3-2 vote) final rules requiring disclosures about the material impacts of climate-related risks on their business, financial condition, and governance.
These rules had first been proposed in March 2022. The SEC adopted the final rules after considering, over a two-year period, some 4,500 unique comment letters from…
Corporate directors may feel like mediators at a rock fight, as antagonists that are for or against the “environmental, social and governance (ESG)” movement duke it out. The rock fight has arisen due to extremism over ESG. As proponents and opponents fight to a standoff or stalemate, boards can mediate by embracing neither side but…
Over the past few years, the ESG movement gained a broad following across corporate America, with a proliferation of related management and investment strategies…
Climate disclosure regulations are among the most significant and complex challenges faced by companies and boards, with a variety of requirements emanating this past year from numerous governmental authorities and non-governmental organizations. This white paper offers a thumbnail sketch of key features and differences of a dozen authorities, followed by considerations for boards concerning disclosure…
In the past three years, the ESG movement attracted a broad following across corporate America, with a proliferation of related management and investment strategies to advance environmental, social and governance priorities. But in the past three months, the ESG movement has risked stalling, amid scrutiny revealing the insincerity of vocal proponents, declining levels of both…
The Boardroom Governance podcast’s Evan Epstein recently caught up with Mayer Brown’s Larry Cunningham to discuss a range of hot topics. Here’s a top-10 list. Listen here
The age-old debate over the purpose of for-profit corporations has reignited, with two rival theories on offer: shareholder primacy and stakeholder parity. The first posits that the primary purpose of corporations is to maximize shareholder value, while the second urges the equal interests of all other constituents, especially employees, customers, and communities. Read more on…
