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Net Zero Risks as a Source of Opportunity
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-10-22T18:59:27-04:00Saturday, October 22nd, 2022|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: ESG, greenwashing, Kaplow, LEED Zero, net zero, SB 528, Stuart Kaplow|
Calculating net zero is ill defined, unregulated and complex. Businesses making a net zero pledge like, “we will be net zero by 2030” risk a charge that they are greenwashing and misleading consumers. It is one thing when government leaders make an ESG claim: In ...
The ESG Benefit of Giving Employees Paid Time Off to Work at the Polls
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-10-16T16:10:38-04:00Saturday, October 15th, 2022|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: ESG, esg legal solutions, Kaplow, social factor in ESG, Stuart Kaplow, work at the polls|
With the U.S. midterm elections just weeks away, increasing numbers of employees are being encouraged to serve civil society helping repair the world. There are a myriad of possible elements in the “S” (Social) component of ESG, but what they have in common is they ...
Selling the Sun: Sale of a House with Solar Panels is Fraught with Peril
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-10-09T19:37:04-04:00Sunday, October 9th, 2022|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: ESG, esg legal solutions, Kaplow, sale of a house with solar, solar panel, Stuart Kaplow|
There are more than 3 Million houses in the U.S. with solar panels installed on the roof. The Inflation Protection Act of 2022 extended the 30% federal tax credit for residential solar panels through 2034 which is predicted to more than triple that number of ...
SEC Longstanding Disclosure Related to Climate Change Remains
By Stuart Kaplow|2024-02-21T17:59:48-05:00Sunday, October 2nd, 2022|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: climate change, ESG, Kaplow, SEC, Stuart Kaplow, The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors|
Whilst much of the popular media is all but obsessed with the March 21, 2022, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission proposed ESG Rules to Enhance and Standardize Climate-Related Disclosures that will among other matters require companies for the first time to disclose greenhouse gas emission ...
California Appeals Board Gender Diversity Loss
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-09-24T21:30:27-04:00Saturday, September 24th, 2022|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: board diversity law, crest v padilla, ESG, female directors, Kaplow, Stuart Kaplow, women directors|
Last month, the California Secretary of State appealed the decision by a California Superior Court striking down as unconstitutional California’s board diversity law, which required all publicly traded companies headquartered in the State to include a minimum number of female directors. In 2018, Women on ...
179D Tax Deduction made Bigger and Better
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-09-20T16:23:50-04:00Tuesday, September 20th, 2022|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: $5.00 per square foot, 179 d, 179d, hr 5376, Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, Kaplow, Stuart Kaplow|
The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 has been much talked about in the 14 days since it was signed by President Biden, but little has been said about the provisions that modified the 179D energy efficient commercial buildings federal tax deduction making it bigger and ...
FTC Says Updated Green Guides are Coming
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-09-17T22:43:41-04:00Saturday, September 17th, 2022|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: ESG, Green Guides, Kaplow, Stuart Kaplow|
With allegations of greenwashing all but de rigueur, businesses should be on the alert for the soon to be released Federal Trade Commission’s updated Green Guides. This year companies are being publicly challenged and having their reputations tarnished for greenwashing, in some instances for deceptive ...
EPA Proposes Designating PFAS as Hazardous
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-09-10T21:30:20-04:00Saturday, September 10th, 2022|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: Kaplow, PFAS, PFOA, PFOS, Phase l environmental site assessment, Stuart Kaplow, yeet|
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to designate two of the most widely used per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) as hazardous substances under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), also known as the “Superfund” law. The proposal applies to perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid ...