Commercial real estate may be the best GHG Scope 3 supply chain opportunity
ESG is an Opportunity for Commercial Landlords
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ESG Poll Results Drive Strategies for Business
86% believe there will be mandatory ESG regulation within the next 12 months
ESG may be Fashionable in New York
If enacted the “Fashion Sustainability and Social Accountability Act” will require large fashion retail sellers and manufacturers to disclose ESG policies
FTC Regulates What You can Say about Your Solar Panels
If a business generates renewable electricity but sells renewable energy certificates for that electricity, it would be deceptive for the business to represent that it uses renewable energy
ESG Often Led by Renewable Energy
Using renewable energy to reduce the environmental harms associated with fossil fuel energy, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, increase the supply of renewable energy and foster a just transition to an ESG driven economy
ESG will be the Environmental Issue of 2022
ESG is everywhere.
Net Zero Pledges by Businesses are Fraught with Risk
I am excited to be presenting a one hour virtual program, “ESG an Emergent and Fast Growing Area of the Law” Not just for lawyers, this Tuesday, December 14 at noon. Register today for the live virtual program.
Calculating net zero is ill defined, unregulated and complex. Businesses making a net zero claim like, “we
Updated Phase l Environmental Site Assessment is Published But ..
EPA final action on ASTM International’s E1527-21 “Standard Practice for Environmental Site Assessments: Phase I Environmental Site Assessment is currently in limbo. On March 14, 2022, after this blog post, EPA took direct final action to amend the Standards and Practices for All Appropriate Inquiries to reference ASTM International’s E1527-21. The rule was to have
Supreme Court to Hear Climate Change Regulation Case
If there was any question that the judiciary was a coequal and political branch of government, last Friday after President Biden was wheels up to attend the COP26 Glasgow climate conference, the Supreme Court agreed to review the Environmental Protections Agency’s authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions.
This litigation over the EPA’s scope of authority
A Corporate Diversity Benchmark in ESG
We are regularly asked if there is a checklist for ESG compliance and while there is not, with promised federal regulations not yet promulgated, there is good guidance available.