Steady investor demand in Europe for environmental and socially responsible investments and wide-ranging ...
Shareholders pushing US companies on climate, political lobbying in 2024
Environmental concerns continue to be top of mind for US shareholders in 2024, with more filed resolutions focused on climate change than any other...
Environmental concerns continue to be top of mind for US shareholders in 2024, with more filed resolutions focused on climate change than any other...
Article / 2 months ago
US SEC scales back final climate disclosure rule, litigation begins
Publicly traded companies must report climate-related financial risks such as sea level rise to investors under regulations finalized by the SEC....
Publicly traded companies must report climate-related financial risks such as sea level rise to investors under regulations finalized by the SEC....
Article / 2 months ago
US companies rush to implement climate disclosure programs ahead of new mandates
As US and European regulators wrestle with new climate disclosure mandates, large and small US corporations are rushing to get up to speed on greenhouse gas reporting.
As US and European regulators wrestle with new climate disclosure mandates, large and small US corporations are rushing to get up to speed on greenhouse gas reporting.
Article / 2 months ago
EU supply chain scrutiny law thwarted by member state veto
An EU law that would require companies to document sustainability and workers' rights in their supply chains has failed to be ratified by member states....
An EU law that would require companies to document sustainability and workers' rights in their supply chains has failed to be ratified by member states....
Article / 2 months ago
PCAF aiming to launch expanded version of insurance standard in H1 2025
The Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials is planning to release the second version of its insurance-associated emissions standard in the first half of 2025....
The Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials is planning to release the second version of its insurance-associated emissions standard in the first half of 2025....
Article / 3 months ago
Texas ousts Barclays over net-zero policies, raising bond market concerns
Barclays PLC can no longer underwrite municipal bonds in Texas after the state's attorney general determined the bank may be a "fossil fuel boycotter" in...
Barclays PLC can no longer underwrite municipal bonds in Texas after the state's attorney general determined the bank may be a "fossil fuel boycotter" in...
Article / 3 months ago
Wall Street thrived, small towns lost as anti-ESG campaign raged in 2023
Stillwater, Okla., above, had to rethink a capital improvement project because of uncertainty surrounding the state's decision to ban certain banks accused of...
Stillwater, Okla., above, had to rethink a capital improvement project because of uncertainty surrounding the state's decision to ban certain banks accused of...
Article / 4 months ago
Aging Tankers, ESG Obligations and Compliance Consequences
Following the explosion in May 2023 onboard the Pablo, a 26-year-old tanker vessel of 97,000 DWT resulting in loss of life but avoiding environmental catastrophe...
Following the explosion in May 2023 onboard the Pablo, a 26-year-old tanker vessel of 97,000 DWT resulting in loss of life but avoiding environmental catastrophe...
Article / 7 months ago
Landmark Calif. climate disclosure mandates could set off domino effect
California now has the nation's first climate disclosure laws on the books after Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed legislation that will affect thousands of companies...
California now has the nation's first climate disclosure laws on the books after Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed legislation that will affect thousands of companies...
Article / 7 months ago
States' anti-ESG push leaves patchwork of policies, unclear mandates
Republican lawmakers in 12 states successfully pushed anti-environmental, social and governance legislation across the finish line for the first time in...
Republican lawmakers in 12 states successfully pushed anti-environmental, social and governance legislation across the finish line for the first time in...
Article / 9 months ago