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As you are likely aware, the SEC published in March 2022 an ambitious proposal to require public companies to provide climate-related disclosures. If the proposal is adopted – which seems likely, at least in some form – it will place heavy new demands on public companies and require them to provide climate-related information in their registration statements and annual reports filed with the SEC.
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In March 2022, the SEC proposed a package of rules and rule amendments governing special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs), SPAC initial public offerings (IPOs) and SPAC mergers with a target company (de-SPACs).  Among those provisions was proposed new Rule 140a, which would provide that any underwriter in a SPAC IPO that “takes steps to facilitate…

The SEC published in March 2022 an ambitious proposal to require public companies to provide climate-related disclosures. If the proposal is adopted – which seems likely, at least in some form – it will place heavy new demands on public companies and require them to provide climate-related information in their registration statements and annual reports…

On April 21, 2022, Cleary Gottlieb partners Nicolas Grabar and Francesca Odell, and associate Shuangjun Wang participated in the Governance Watch Webcast, “Briefing on Proposed SEC Climate-Related Disclosure Rules,” organized by Cleary and The Conference Board ESG Center.

The discussion focused on the long-awaited SEC proposal on climate-related disclosure rules, how companies should get…

On March 29, 2022, the European “Platform on Sustainable Finance” expert group  published its report on a future “Extended Environmental Taxonomy”.

In 2020, the “Taxonomy Regulation” established a general framework to determine if a given economic activity (and any related investments and financial products) may qualify as environmentally sustainable.

The report…

On March 21, 2022, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission issued for public comment a rule proposal that, if adopted, would require reporting companies to provide certain climate-related information in their registration statements and annual reports filed with the SEC. Specifically, the proposed rules would require:

  1. A new section in annual reports and registration statements

…

On March 21, 2022, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission issued for public comment a rule proposal that, if adopted, would require reporting companies to provide certain climate-related information in their registration statements and annual reports filed with the SEC. Specifically, the proposed rules would require:

  1. A new section in annual reports and registration statements

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