Climate Change Archives

4 Considerations Every Compliance Officer Needs to Keep in Mind for 2022

Jack J. Kelly Climate Change, Compliance, Due Diligence, ESG September 15, 2022

Even as we continue to navigate this strange year, it pays to take a closer look at your company’s compliance priorities to ensure they still align. There’s no denying that the business world is dynamic and ever-changing. Between the evolving and ongoing pandemic, its ...Read More

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SEC Commissioner Allison Herren Lee steps down

Jack J. Kelly Climate Change, Cryptocurrency, SEC, Securities and Exchange Commission, Whistleblower July 18, 2022

Allison Herren Lee stepped down from her position as a Commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) today. Lee announced her planned departure in March of this year with plans to take up a visiting professorship in Italy. She had delayed the opportunity to take ...Read More

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World’s biggest companies accused of exaggerating their climate actions

Jack J. Kelly Analysts, Climate Change, Multinational firms February 7, 2022

The climate pledges of the world’s largest companies plan to reduce absolute carbon emissions by just 40% on average, not 100% as suggested by their net-zero claims, according to a study of 25 corporations. The analysis, published Monday by non-profit organizations NewClimate Institute and Carbon Market ...Read More

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Companies worry U.S. SEC climate rule may require broad emissions disclosures

Jack J. Kelly Climate Change, Investors, SEC January 19, 2022

As the U.S. securities regulator wraps up a draft of a landmark new climate change rule, environmental campaigners and activist investors want it to require companies to disclose not only their own greenhouse gas emissions but those generated by their suppliers and other partners. ...Read More

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The No. 1 ESG issue for Americans isn’t climate change. It’s workers

Jack J. Kelly Capital, Climate Change, Tech, Uber January 13, 2022

In the annual ranking of top U.S. companies on ESG metrics conducted by research nonprofit Just Capital, there were some major moves in 2022, both up and down the list. Meta Platforms dropped 691 spots due to concerns about spread of misinformation on Facebook and Instagram’s ...Read More

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U.S. Labor Department will not enforce Trump-era investment rules

Jack J. Kelly Asset Management, Climate Change, Investments March 10, 2021

The U.S. Department of Labor said on Wednesday it will not enforce two rules finalized in the last days of the Trump administration that curb investments based on environmental and social factors and shareholder voting in corporate meetings. The rules cover trillions of dollars ...Read More

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