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Nature-related risks are becoming increasingly important for companies and their directors, as they face growing legal, regulatory and societal expectations to address the impacts of their activities on the environment [...]

Environmental liabilities can jeopardize mergers and acquisitions (M&A) transactions, leaving both buyers and sellers facing significant exposures. Effective risk management strategies are crucial in addressing these risks. Every business making [...]

Byline: Pat Murphy The Securities and Exchange Commission has unveiled rule amendments designed to 'enhance and standardize' existing requirements for climate-related disclosures by public companies and in public offerings. In [...]

EU: European Commission Expected to Adopt Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive The European Commission is expected to formally adopt the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (the 'CSRD') at its plenary session in [...]

Sylvie Goulard, Deputy Governor of the Banque de France, the French central bank, stated in a speech on October 24 that central banks need to take more aggressive action regarding [...]

This quarterly newsletter provides essential updates on litigation, regulatory, legislative, and other notable developments involving chemicals of concern to business. Our primary focus continues to be matters affecting chemical substances [...]

On June 15, 2022, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision ('BCBS') finalized principles for the effective management and supervision of climate-related financial risks ('Climate Principles').1 The Climate Principles are targeted [...]

Climate change is happening faster than previously thought. Temperatures and sea levels are rising, oceans are warming, and the Jet Stream is meandering and slowing. This triggers more frequent and [...]

In the last few weeks, US regulators have been very busy with climate-related rulemaking, announcing a raft of proposed mandates related to anticipated climate-related risk management requirements and regulatory expectations [...]

The Taskforce on Nature-Related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) has published the first draft of its Nature-related Risk & Opportunity Management and Disclosure Framework (TNFD Framework); which, together with subsequent drafts, will [...]

On January 14, 2022, the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) announced via press release that it intends to release later this year for consultation a draft guideline [...]

London: The Environment Agency, UK Government has issued the following news release: Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) The Environment Agency will be reviewing and updating the flood risk management plans (FRMPs) [...]

Summary: Directors need to factor climate change into their governance deliberations about strategy, risk management, products and services... Directors need to factor climate change into their governance deliberations about strategy, [...]

Disciplining employees for conduct outside of work can be tricky territory and highly dependent on the specific nature of the incident. Consider both of the following scenarios. At an after [...]

Relaunching the economy and preventing new financial crises * Reform financial markets with regulations covering all financial players, end tax havens and scams. * Implement a strategy for smart green [...]