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Recent ESG law Articles
Court Finds California Racial, Ethnic and LGBT Quotas for Boards Unconstitutional
By Stuart Kaplow|2023-06-06T21:28:50-04:00Sunday, June 4th, 2023|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: ESG law, governance, Kaplow, lgbtq quota, Stuart Kaplow|
A California federal district court has found as unconstitutional on its face California Assembly Bill No. 979 (AB 979), which requires publicly held corporations in California to have a certain number of directors from underrepresented racial, ethnic, and LGBTQ backgrounds. This case has been widely ...
Rising Demand for Man Made Diamonds is ESG Personified
By Stuart Kaplow|2023-05-07T16:09:53-04:00Saturday, May 6th, 2023|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: carbon, diamonds, ESG law, geoengineer, Kaplow, man made diamond, Stuart Kaplow|
For centuries, diamonds have been coveted for their rarity, beauty, and as a status symbol. However, the diamond jewelry industry has been plagued with controversy over the years, including issues related to environmental impact, human rights violations, and questionable business practices. As a result, in ...
Maryland is Leading the Transition to All Electric Buildings
By Stuart Kaplow|2023-04-21T16:38:39-04:00Sunday, March 26th, 2023|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: all electric building, all electric building code, ESG, ESG law, GHG, greenhouse gas, Kaplow, Stuart Kaplow|
There is a move toward all electric buildings as a way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and combat climate change. The state of Maryland is leading the way in this movement, including several local jurisdictions adopting all electric building code laws. All electric building codes ...
Biden Veto of Repudiation of ESG Worker Savings Rule a Positive for ESG
By Stuart Kaplow|2023-03-05T16:57:23-05:00Sunday, March 5th, 2023|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: Biden veto, ESG, ESG law, Kaplow, Stuart Kaplow|
Last week Congress voted to approve House Joint Resolution 30 seeking to nullify the Department of Labor “ESG Rule” concerning fiduciary duties with respect to employee benefit plans. Under that final rule, issued on December 1, 2022, retirement plan fiduciaries may expressly consider environmental, social, and ...
Non Profits can Receive a Direct Payment for 30% of Their Solar Energy System Costs
By Stuart Kaplow|2023-02-19T19:17:16-05:00Sunday, February 19th, 2023|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: ESG, ESG law, Kaplow, non profit, solar panel, Stuart Kaplow|
Despite that The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 was signed into law last August 16 and that it is a broad and wide legislative effort that does a lot in more than 500 pages from lowing prescription drug prices to investing in clean energy, the ...
You can Participate in our Survey on GHG Emission Measurement
By Stuart Kaplow|2023-02-05T17:42:51-05:00Sunday, February 5th, 2023|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: ESG, ESG law, GHG, GHG Emission survey, greenhouse gas, Kaplow, Stuart Kaplow|
We are currently undertaking a survey to assess and gauge the market uptake of greenhouse gas emission measurement, public claims, and reduction. While the world has seen a ballooning of Net Zero GHG emission commitments by government and non-state actors alike, in particular by businesses in the ...
Top 10 ESG Blog Posts of 2022
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-12-25T20:44:35-05:00Sunday, December 25th, 2022|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: environmental law, ESG, ESG law, greenhouse gas, Kaplow, net zero, Stuart Kaplow|
As we look back in this ‘year in review’ at our most read blog posts in 2022, at a time when many have emerged from 2 years of permacrisis to the highs of a future where ESG opportunities are accelerating. This blog is a microcosm ...
Maryland is the First State to Regulate Carbon
By Stuart Kaplow|2023-04-21T15:42:49-04:00Saturday, December 10th, 2022|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: Building Energy Performance Standards, Climate Solutions Now Act of 2022, ESG, ESG law, GHG, greenhouse gas, IMT, Kaplow, preemption, Stuart Kaplow|
Maryland has enacted the most rigorous state law in the country reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and otherwise addressing ESG stewardship including climate change. Businesses can and should treat this as the greatest responsibility and opportunity of our time. Literally resetting the trajectory of Maryland’s ...