ESG and Sustainability Leadership

• Lawsuit Against California Climate Laws Highlights Fragmented Regulatory Environment (February 7, 2024)
• The Future of ESG: Thoughts for Boards and Management in 2024 (February 6, 2024)
• Spotlight on Methane: Regulatory Efforts Continue to Accelerate; Key New Initiatives Announced at COP28 (December 8, 2023)
• Glass Lewis Releases Final 2024 U.S. Voting Policies; Updates Reflect Continued Focus on Board Oversight and Accountability (November 17, 2023)
• Biden Administration Issues Sweeping Executive Order Directing Federal Agencies to Examine and Address Risks of Artificial Intelligence (October 31, 2023)
• AI in the Boardroom: The Risk and Opportunity of Artificial Intelligence in Workforce Management (October 02, 2023)
• Risk Management and the Board of Directors (September 29, 2023)
• Launch of Nature Action 100 Underscores Accelerating Investor Focus on Biodiversity and Nature-Related Risks (September 28, 2023)
• DEI Initiatives Post-SFFA: Considerations for Boards and Management (August 8, 2023)
• Revisiting The New Paradigm (July 17, 2023)
• Climate Action 100+ Launches Phase 2 of Investor Engagement, Expanding Key Agenda and Updating the List of Focus Companies (June 13, 2023)
• Navigating the Current ESG Landscape: Recommendations for the Board and Management (May 22, 2023)
• SEC Adopts New Share Repurchase Disclosure Requirements (May 8, 2023)
• Larry Fink’s Annual Letter to Investors (March 16, 2023)
• On the Debate Regarding ESG, Stakeholder Governance, and Corporate Purpose (March 13, 2023)
• Caremark: It’s Not Just for Boards Anymore (January 30, 2023)
• Update on ESG, Stakeholder Governance, and Corporate Purpose (January 27, 2023)
• ESG in 2023: Looking at the Year Ahead (January 26, 2023)
• Corporate Governance Update: ESG in 2023: Politics and Polemics (January 26, 2023)
• Caremark Exposure—And What to Do About It (January 23, 2023)
• Antitrust and ESG (January 11, 2023)
• Nature as an Asset: The Coming Wave of “Natural Capital” and Biodiversity Shareholder Activism and Stewardship Pressure on Boards of Directors (December 16, 2022)
• ISS and Glass Lewis Issue Final 2023 U.S. Voting Policies (December 6, 2022)
• DOL Revises ERISA Investment Rules to Facilitate Consideration of ESG Factors in Plan Investments and Proxy Voting (December 1, 2022)
• Thoughts for Boards: Key Issues in Corporate Governance for 2023 (November 30, 2022)
• Understanding the Role of ESG and Stakeholder Governance Within the Framework of Fiduciary Duties (November 28, 2022)
• Preparing for the 2023 Proxy Season in the Era of Universal Proxy (November 10, 2022)
• ESG, Stakeholder Governance, and the Duty of the Corporation (September 16, 2022)
• Dealing with Activist Hedge Funds and Other Activist Investors (September 1, 2022)
• Combatting Racial Inequity: A Two-Year Retrospective (July 6, 2022)
• SEC Proposal on Climate Disclosure (June 16, 2022)
• Stakeholder Capitalism and ESG as Tools for Sustainable Long-Term Value Creation (June 10, 2022)
• Emerging Issues in Decentralized Governance and the Lessons of Corporate Governance (June 2, 2022)
• Corporate Governance Update: Solving the Board Composition Puzzle (May 25, 2022)
• Annual Meetings and Activism in the Era of ESG and TSR (May 18, 2022)
• Spotlight on Boards: Spring 2022 Update (April 20, 2022)
• The SEC’s Proposed Climate-Related
  Disclosure Rules: Thoughts for Audit Committees (April 4, 2022)
• Board Oversight of ESG: Preparing for the 2022 Proxy Season and Beyond (March 24, 2022)
• SEC Proposes New Climate-Related Disclosures (March 22, 2022)
• War in Ukraine: Is ESG at a Crossroads? (March 18, 2022)
• Investor Priorities in 2022 – Stakeholder Capitalism, Net Zero Transition, Human Capital Management and Long-Term Value Creation (January 21, 2022)
• Stakeholder Governance and Purpose of the Corporation (January 19, 2022)
• ESG and M&A in 2022: From Risk Mitigation to Value Creation (January 14, 2022)
• Compensation Season 2022 (January 5, 2022)
• Some Thoughts for Boards of Directors in 2022 (December 27, 2021)
• ISS Proposes Benchmark Voting Policy Changes for the 2022 Proxy Season (December 8, 2021)
• SEC Staff Limits Exclusion of “Social Policy” Shareholder Proposals (November 4, 2021)
• Carbon Zero and the Board (October 28, 2021)
• DOL Proposes New ERISA Rules Enabling ESG Investments and Expanding Ability of Fiduciaries to Vote on ESG Proposals (October 20, 2021)
• Dealing with Activist Hedge Funds and Other Activist Investors (October 5, 2021)
• Corporate Governance Update: Board Structure Is Key to Oversight (September 23, 2021)
• Vermont’s Fossil Fuel Suit Underscores Climate-Change Pressures Faced by U.S. Companies (September 15, 2021)
• Spotlight on Boards (September 1, 2021)
• Risk Management and the Board of Directors (August 10, 2021)
• Mandatory Climate Change Disclosure Rules – A Preview From the SEC Chair? (July 29, 2021)
• Spotlight on Boards and Board Oversight of Business Strategy and Risk Management in a Post-Pandemic World (July 26, 2021)
• Corporate Governance Update: EESG Activism After ExxonMobil (July 22, 2021)
• Further on the Purpose of the Corporation (July 19, 2021)
• Using ESG Tools to Help Combat Racial Inequity: One Year Retrospective (July 15, 2021)
• Some Thoughts for Boards of Directors: Key Corporate Governance Issues at Mid-Year 2021 (June 21, 2021)
• SEC Update: Commissioner Lee Speaks on Materiality (June 8, 2021)
• Carbon, Caremark, and Corporate Governance (May 27, 2021)
• Corporate Governance Update: SEC Regulation of ESG Disclosures (May 27, 2021)
• Lessons from TEGNA’s Second Straight Proxy Fight Win (May 10, 2021)
• Corporate Governance Update: “Materiality” in America and Abroad (April 29, 2021)
• Corporate Governance Update: Integrating ESG Into Corporate Culture: Not Elsewhere, but Everywhere (March 25, 2021)
• BlackRock’s New 2021 KPIs and Engagement Priorities for Public Companies—Director Engagement, Tougher Votes and Raised Expectations (March 19, 2021)
• SEC Division of Enforcement Forms New Climate and ESG Task Force to Target ESG-Related Misconduct and Potential Violations (March 4, 2021)
• SEC Division of Corporation Finance Directed to Focus on Climate-Related Disclosures and Update Prior Climate Guidance (February 25, 2021)
• Sustainable Finance Comes to the Fore (February 22, 2021)
• ESG Disclosures: SEC Appoints Climate and ESG Policy Advisor; U.K. and EU Regulators Ramp Up Reporting Requirements (February 4, 2021)
• Mergers and Acquisitions—2021 (February 4, 2021)
• ESG and Sustainability: Key Considerations for 2021 (January 27, 2021)
• The ESG/TSR Activist “Pincer Attack” (January 21, 2021)
• The New Paradigm in the C-Suite and the Boardroom (January 7, 2021)
• Some Thoughts for Boards of Directors in 2021 (December  7, 2020)
• Glass Lewis and ISS Issue Final 2021 U.S. Voting Policies (December 2, 2020)
• Spotlight on Boards (December 1, 2020)
• Workplace Wellness and Employee Mental Health – An Emerging Investor Engagement Priority (November 30, 2020)
• Toward Racial Equality: The Most Important Things the Business Community Can Do (November 2, 2020)
• Stewardship 2021: The Centrality of Institutional Investor Regulation to Restoring a Fair and Sustainable American Economy (October 23, 2020)
• ISS Considers New Director Withhold Vote Policies for Lack of Racial/Ethnic Diversity and Failing to Oversee Environmental and Social Risks (October 19, 2020)
• The Spotlight on Investors – Proposed Expansive Regulation of Institutional Investors and Shareholder Behavior – Imposing New Fiduciary Duties on Investors (and Companies) (September 29, 2020)
• Advancing Standardized Sustainability/ESG Metrics and Disclosures: International Business Council of the World Economic Forum and Big 4 Accounting Firms Release White Paper (September 23, 2020)
• The Friedman Essay and the True Purpose of the Business Corporation (September 16, 2020)
• DOL Proposes Rules Clarifying When ERISA Fiduciaries Need to Vote Proxies (September 3, 2020)
• Enacting Purpose within the Modern Corporation (August 19, 2020)
• The Other “S” in ESG: Building a Sustainable and Resilient Supply Chain (August 12, 2020)
• On the Purpose and Objective of the Corporation (August 3, 2020)
• GAO Report Highlights Dearth of Comparable, Decision-Useful ESG Disclosures; Senator Warner Seeks Task Force on ESG Metrics (July 13, 2020)
• DOL Proposes New Rules Regulating ESG Investments (July 2, 2020)
• ESG and Stakeholder Activism: A New Approach by a Successful Activist (June 23, 2020)
• Using ESG Tools to Help Combat Systemic Racism and Injustice (June 12, 2020)
• A Framework for Management and Board of Directors Consideration of ESG and Stakeholder Governance (June 3, 2020)
• Corporate Governance Update: EESG and the Covid-19 Crisis (May 28, 2020)
• Investor Advisory Committee Urges SEC to Advance Mandatory ESG Disclosures (May 27, 2020)
• ESG in the Mainstream: S&P Global, Northern Trust and T. Rowe Price Expand
  ESG Analytics; Sell-Side Analysts Address ESG Concerns (May 26, 2020)
• Reopening to a New Normal: Considerations for Boards (May 18, 2020)
• ESG and Incentive Compensation Programs (May 1, 2020)
• Institutional Investors Signal a Mix of Tougher Standards and Heightened Flexibility for the 2020 Proxy Season (April 29, 2020)
• U.K. and EU Regulators Move Ahead on ESG Disclosures and Benchmarks (April 14, 2020)
• Key ESG Considerations In the Crisis (April 13, 2020)
• ESG Disclosures and Litigation Concerns (March 26, 2020)
• ESG Metrics in MD&A Disclosures – SEC Legal Guidance (March 16, 2020)
• ESG Disclosures — Considerations for Companies (March 2, 2020)
• The Road to Glasgow: Integration of Climate Change Metrics into Business Decisions (February 28, 2020)
• ESG Performance and the Credit Markets (February 26, 2020)
• ESG Factors and Antitrust (February 25, 2020)
• Tax and ESG (February 21, 2020)
• ESG Metrics and Compensation (February 20, 2020)
• ESG Disclosures and Litigation Risk (February 19, 2020)
• The Coming Impact of ESG on M&A (February 18, 2020) 
• Accelerating ESG Disclosure—WEF Task Force Releases Preliminary Framework Centered on Mainstream Reporting Aligned with UN Sustainable Development Goals (February 3, 2020) 
• State Street Global Advisors Sharpens Voting Push on Financially Material ESG Matters ( January 29, 2020)
• Accelerating ESG Disclosure—BlackRock Nudges Companies Toward a Common Standard (SASB + TCFD) ( January 15, 2020)