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Recent sustainability law Articles
Does evian Water Greenwash?
By Stuart Kaplow|2024-01-20T21:35:19-05:00Saturday, January 20th, 2024|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: carbon neutral, carbon neutrality, Carbon Trust, evian, green bleaching, green hushing, greenwashing, Kaplow, PAS 2060, Stuart Kaplow, sustainability law|
Last week United States District Court for the Southern District of New York Judge Nelson Roman ruled that Danone Waters of America, the French multinational that produces evian bottled water, must face trial over greenwashing claims that it wrongly says on the label that the ...
Unmasking “Green Bleaching”: A New Chapter in Sustainability Strategies
By Stuart Kaplow|2024-01-03T11:31:59-05:00Sunday, December 17th, 2023|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: green bleaching, green hushing, greenwashing, Kaplow, Stuart Kaplow, sustainability law|
In the ever evolving landscape of corporate sustainability, where the battle for environmental credibility rages on, a new metaphor has emerged .. "green bleaching." Originating from the shores of the United Kingdom, this metaphorical concept is making waves in the world of eco-conscious statements. While ...
Launch of the Nature Crime Alliance
By Stuart Kaplow|2023-08-26T22:24:16-04:00Saturday, August 26th, 2023|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: biodiversity degradation, ESG, illegal logging, Kaplow, modern slavery, Nature Crime Alliance, Stuart Kaplow, sustainability law|
Last week saw the launch of the Nature Crime Alliance, a new, multi sector approach to fighting criminal forms of logging, mining, wildlife trade, land conversion, crimes associated with fishing, and the illegal activities with which they converge. The Alliance is significant because this is ...
SEC Charges Mining Company with Misleading Investors in its ESG Disclosures
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-05-29T20:05:51-04:00Sunday, May 29th, 2022|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: ESG, esg legal solutions, Kaplow, Stuart Kaplow, sustainability law|
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission last month charged Vale S.A., a publicly traded Brazilian mining company and one of the world’s largest iron ore producers, with making false and misleading claims about the safety of the Brumadinho dam including through its environmental, social, and ...
SEC Climate Risk Rule is Transformative At a Cost
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-08-20T18:12:09-04:00Sunday, March 27th, 2022|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: ESG, ESG law, GHG, greenhouse gas, sustainability law|
Last Monday, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission voted 3 to 1 to issue a long awaited proposed new rule to mandate climate risk disclosures by public companies and other businesses in their supply chains. The 510 page proposed rule will require public companies to ...
The ESG Benefit of Paying Employees to Work at the Polls
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-02-20T17:30:55-05:00Sunday, February 20th, 2022|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: ESG, ESG law, esg legal solutions, Kaplow, Stuart Kaplow, sustainability law|
The “S” in ESG is among the most impactful sustainability factors despite being among the least measured. There are a myriad of Social factors in sustainability, but what they have in common is they are about “social relationships.” A company’s relationship with its employees is ...
The UK Sets the Scene for Mandatory ESG Laws in the Western World
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-02-13T17:19:05-05:00Sunday, February 13th, 2022|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: environmental social and governance, environmental social governance, ESG, esg legal solutions, Kaplow, mandatory esg, next zero, Stuart Kaplow, sustainability law|
As we in the U.S. await action by the federal government on mandatory ESG laws, the United Kingdom has become the first European Union country to enact mandatory ESG disclosure laws. These new reporting requirements are of import beyond the shores of Great Britain in ...
ESG is an Opportunity for Commercial Landlords
By Stuart Kaplow|2023-06-12T11:54:50-04:00Sunday, February 6th, 2022|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: ESG, ESG law, ESGlegalsolutions, Kaplow, scope 3, Stuart Kaplow, sustainability law|
Update: On May 30, 2023, the California Climate Corporate Accountability Act passed the state Senate 24-9 with a vote in the Assembly pending. The bill is expected to be enacted and Governor Newsom has reportedly said he will sign it. At first blush, the California ...