Legal Analysis

Global warming could cost poor countries trillions. They’ve urged the COP28 climate summit to help Big Firms, Investors Back Adoption of Global ESG Reporting Rules Addressing Scope 3 challenges UK-based companies more proactive in implementing ESG compliance, according to new research The path to net-zero emissions runs through industry Over half of investors plan to increase ESG investments in 2024 Global sustainable assets top $30 trillion, alliance finds World Bank to boost climate financing share to 45%, broaden climate debt clauses Chancellor says ex-Trump official got Delaware’s ESG stance wrong ‘Diversity Dividend’ Eludes Property, Energy, Industrial Firms

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Raymond James, Edward Jones Back Case Against Missouri ESG Curbs

American Airlines Says Suit Over ESG In 401(k) Falls Short

22 Republican AGs accuse net-zero alliance of antitrust violations

American Airlines Pushes Back on Amended ESG Complaint

SEC hits ESG funds with subpoenas

American Airlines Pushes Back on Participant’s ESG Suit

‘There is no anti-trust issue’ around sustainability initiatives, says PRI’s Fabian

ESG Mid-Year Review: Expectations for the Remainder of 2023

Of pots and kettles: Big Oil and the anti-ESG movement are accusing banks of running ‘climate cartels’

ESG investing is in line with fiduciary duty – ESG Clarity

How litigation funding drives progress in the ESG agenda

Delaware Court of Chancery Issues Decision on Disney Board’s Obligations in the DeSantis Dispute | JD Supra

‘Climate washing’ lawsuits jump as more activists challenge corporate claims, report shows

2023 STATEHOUSE REPORT: Anti-ESG State Legislation Tracker & Analysis

Antitrust and Sustainability: A Landscape Analysis

Your 401(k) plan may be worsening climate change, expert says

Republican attacks on ESG aren’t stopping companies in red states from going green

The Slippery Notion of Boycotts in the Anti-ESG Movement – Climate Law Blog

Proposed US DoL rules on ESG ignore duty of impartiality – Top1000funds.com

A legal framework for impact

Delta Hit with Greenwashing Lawsuit over Carbon Neutrality Claims

Navigating the Current ESG Landscape: Recommendations for the Board and Management

ESG Securities Fraud

ESG Investing Clearly Serves Pecuniary Interests

Are Anti ESG Laws Anti 1st Amendment?

Conservative Investor Sues SEC for Blocking Kroger ESG Proposal

‘Like a dam breaking’: experts hail decision to let US climate lawsuits advance

SEC Climate Rules Risk Legal Battle with Environmental Groups

What boards should know about balancing ESG critics and key stakeholders

Fear of climate lawsuits spreads beyond fossil fuel industry

ESG Litigation and Regulatory Enforcement Action

Utah sues national attorneys general group over $4M share of $280M after it ‘LOST’ $37M in taxpayer funds on ESG investments, foreign stocks and trips to Europe for AGs and their families

Rise of the Shadow ESG Regulators

Corporate Boards Should Gear Up for More Climate Litigation

Rejecting Climate Change and ESG Risks Breach of Fiduciary Duties

The Liability Trap: Why the ALEC Anti-ESG Bills Create a Legal Quagmire for Fiduciaries Connected with Public Pensions

Navigating Fiduciary Duties amidst the Rise of Anti-ESG Rulemaking

ESG Litigation Heats Up in Marketing, Climate Pollution, and DEI

Shell directors personally sued over ‘flawed’ climate strategy

Antitrust and ESG

A Class-Action Wave Is Coming for ESG Claims

What’s the Legal Definition of Greenwashing?

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