On October 16, 2019, the SEC Division of Corporation Finance issued Staff Legal Bulletin No. 14K. SLB 14K outlines the analytical framework of the Division regarding Exchange Act Rule 14a...
President Trump has signed two significant executive orders regarding transparency in federal agency guidance and enforcement. This visual memorandum provides an overview of and key take...
On June 19, 2019, the Environmental Protection Agency issued the Affordable Clean Energy Rule (ACE Rule), replacing the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan (CPP) for limiting greenh...
Davis Polk’s series on environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) developments continues with this article on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (“SDGs”), which ...
Over the next several weeks, the U.S. Senate will consider President Trump’s nominee, Judge Brett Kavanaugh, to fill the currently vacant seat on the U.S. Supreme Court. Because Judge ...
On August 21, 2018, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) proposed the Affordable Clean Energy Rule (the “ACE Rule”) which would replace its 2015 Clean Power P...
Davis Polk is following the development and evolution of environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) frameworks by various organizations that are being employed by private equity gen...
Public pension funds have long been outspoken advocates of environmental, social & governance (ESG) principles in investing. As quasi-public institutions uniquely sensitive to public opin...
The Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) released this Monday its draft standards for Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) disclosure, launching a 90-day public comment ...
Institutional investors, asset managers, financial institutions and other stakeholders are increasingly relying on third party environmental, social and governance (ESG) reports and ratin...
