May 19 2022 #climate, #compliance, #environment, #esg, #investors
ESG at Corporate Annual General Meetings: More At Stake Than Ever – Especially Today
Earlier this week over on our Proxy Season Blog, Emily pointed out: ISS Corporate Solutions recently announced that the peak of the U.S. corporate annual meeting season will be on May 19th, which is right around the corner! There are 119...
May 12 2022 #diversity, #equity, #esg, #human-rights, #investors, #social
New PracticalESG.com Member Exclusive Resources May 12
Podcast Ngozi recently recorded an enlightening conversation with Velera Wilson – the Vice President of Global Marketing for Precisely and author of “You’re Absolutely Worth It”. In the 28-minute episode, they discuss: Velera’s journey to her purpose of helping women...
May 9 2022 #climate, #compliance, #diversity, #environment, #equity, #esg, #human-rights, #investors, #social, #supply-chain
ESG Overwhelm: It’s Getting Even More Intense
I have to admit I didn’t think the water would get deeper than it was last year. By “water,” I mean the sheer volume of ESG reports, articles, analyses, opinions and topics being published. Last summer, I wrote about dealing...
May 9 2022 #climate, #compliance, #diversity, #environment, #equity, #esg, #social, #supply-chain
Tomorrow’s Webcast – Putting the “G” First: Oversight of “E” & “S” in ESG
The validity and accuracy of the assessments and subsequent company decisions rests heavily on ensuring you have and use high quality ESG data and that there is accountability for progress on the company’s ESG strategy. The data must be credible,...
May 5 2022 #climate, #compliance, #environment, #esg, #investors
New PracticalESG.com Member Exclusive Resources
Podcast Flaws in the carbon offset market are well known. Listen to this 34-minute podcast with Tomas Thyblad at puro.earth, recently acquired by Nasdaq to develop new market solutions for carbon risk management. Hear about: The concept behind Puro.earth. What...
May 2 2022 #assurance, #compliance, #environment, #esg, #investors
EHS Auditors at Risk with New SEC Enforcement in Securities Context
Last week, the SEC’s Climate and ESG Task Force in the Division of Enforcement – that has a mandate to identify material gaps or misstatements in issuers’ ESG disclosures – issued its first enforcement action against Brazilian mining company Vale...
Apr 29 2022 #climate, #compliance, #environment, #esg, #investors
Assumptions in Many Corporate Climate Plans May Not Materialize – Are You at Risk?
Readers know I am skeptical of the current state of Net Zero/climate commitments. I’ve written previously about offset scams and climate reporting fraud (here and here). The topic is also discussed at length in my book. Perhaps the biggest problem...
Apr 12 2022 #assurance, #climate, #compliance, #diversity, #environment, #equity, #esg, #human-rights, #investors, #social, #supply-chain
Early Bird Registration Now Open: 1st Annual Practical ESG Conference!
I’m happy to share that we’ll be hosting our 1st Annual Practical ESG Conference this fall – presented by CCRcorp’s newest membership resource, PracticalESG.com. The 1st Annual Practical ESG Conference will deliver usable, practical guidance on hot ESG topics, in a candid and conversational format....
Apr 8 2022 #diversity, #equity, #esg, #social
New Podcast Episode: How Women can Increase Their Confidence in the Workplace and What Employers Can do to Support
I recently recorded an enlightening conversation with Velera Wilson – the Vice President of Global Marketing for Precisely and author of “You’re Absolutely Worth It”. In the 28-minute episode, we discuss: Velera’s journey to her purpose of helping women become...
Mar 23 2022 #compliance, #equity, #esg, #human-rights, #investors, #supply-chain
Update on US Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act
Between Ukraine and the SEC climate disclosure proposal, it has been easy to lose track of other major ESG matters. Here is a quick update on what is happening with the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, which I summarized at...
Mar 22 2022 #climate, #compliance, #environment, #esg, #supply-chain
SEC Issues Long-Awaited Climate Disclosure Proposal
After a year of pre-proposal development, drama and general anticipation, the SEC voted yesterday to issue its proposed rules on climate disclosures. [Ed note: the link was updated to reflect the version that was amended subsequent to its adoption, then...
Mar 15 2022 #climate, #compliance, #diversity, #environment, #esg, #human-rights, #investors, #supply-chain
Navigating the New ESG Crisis
ESG has never been easy or straightforward. Even before the invasion of Ukraine, there was no general consensus on the value or effectiveness of ESG for companies. Today, however, the picture has never been murkier. The emotional impact of the...
Mar 14 2022 #diversity, #equity, #esg, #social
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What might a legal challenge to the SEC climate disclosure rule look like?
I was very interested to read about what a legal challenge to the SEC’s climate disclosure proposal could look like. Have there been any successful challenges to SEC rulemakings over the years?
03/28/2022, Question #8605
Calculating Scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions
Under the SEC’s new climate disclosure proposal, how will Scope 3 emissions actually be calculated? Seems like there’s a lot of flexibility – does the proposal seem to allow for breathing room for companies to keep doing what they are doing now?
03/23/2022, Question #8515
Sustainability report as additional soliciting material?
Pubco plans to send a copy of its 2021 sustainability (ESG) report to its stockholders with its proxy statement and annual report. The sustainability report is a stand-alone document discussing ESG matters that is posted on pubco’s website, and does not reference the annual meeting or the solicitation of proxies. Do you think the sustainability report would be considered additional soliciting material under Reg. 14A (and thus need to be filed with the SEC)? The definition of “solicitation” under Rule 14a-1 picks ups “communications to security holders under circumstances reasonably calculated to result in the procurement, withholding or revocation of a proxy.” The sustainability report itself does not purport to solicit proxies – I guess the real question is whether its delivery with the proxy materials creates enough of an implication to bring it within the rule.
If considered proxy materials, does it need to be posted on the company’s notice & access website that will have the proxy statement and annual report?
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03/10/2022, Question #8175
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