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New This Week on PracticalESG.com

Aug 21 2025 #environment, #esg

Notable additions to PracticalESG.com this week are below.

Blog of the week: Judge Rules Against Administration’s DEI Guidance
5 new CSRD reports were added this week which can be viewed here.
New Webcast: ESG Litigation Landscape 2025

Hot Topics for the Week:

2025 Updates to the Strategy to Prevent the Importation of Goods Mined, Produced, or Manufactured with Forced Labor in the People’s Republic of China, DHS (8/25)
Disclosing Information About Anticipated Financial Effects Applying ISSB Standards, IFRS (8/25)
SBTi Trend Tracker, SBTi (8/25)
Tentative Decision on Environmental Credit Obligations (Topic 818), FASB (8/25)

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Lawrence Heim has been practicing in the field of ESG management for 40 years. He began his career as a legal assistant in the Environmental Practice of Vinson & Elkins working for a partner who is nationally recognized and an adjunct professor of environmental law at the University of Texas Law School. He moved into technical environmental consulting with ENSR Consulting & Engineering at the height of environmental regulatory development, working across a range of disciplines. He was one of… View Profile

Aug 21 2025 #climate, #compliance, #environment, #esg, #investors, #supply-chain

Is Antitrust Enforcement Coming for Sustainability Collaborations?

Like many things in ESG, antitrust risk is rapidly evolving. Last week at our ESG Litigation Landscape 2025 webcast, we dove into what’s going on with antitrust enforcement. While novel theories are proceeding against financial services firms, some signs should...

Zachary Barlow

Aug 21 2025 #compliance, #esg, #human-rights, #social, #supply-chain

Homeland Security Publishes 2025 Update to UFLPA Strategy

The Department of Homeland Security published 2025 Updates to the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act Strategy. The updates add caustic soda, copper, jujubes (red dates), lithium, and steel as high-priority sectors for enforcement and offers other information on identified entities as well:...

Lawrence Heim

Aug 20 2025 #compliance, #diversity, #equity, #esg, #human-rights, #social

Judge Rules Against Administration’s DEI Guidance

The current administration is pushing hard against DEI in government and business. Building on the Supreme Court’s ruling in Students for Fair Admission v. Harvard, the administration has repeatedly argued that many DEI practices are unlawful. Recently, a U.S. district...

Zachary Barlow

Aug 20 2025 #climate, #diversity, #environment, #equity, #esg, #human-rights, #investors, #social, #supply-chain

McKinsey’s Tim Koller on Business Fundamentals and Sustainability (Part 1)

Readers who are MBAs or corporate finance aficionados know the name Tim Koller, author of Valuation: Measuring and Managing the Value of Companies – now in its eighth edition. That text is required reading for many university business programs. I...