Companies will increasingly need to fend off ESG-related claims in the coming years. The specific strategies for avoiding and defending these claims will necessarily depend upon the company's particular circumstances and the types of claims that are or could be asserted, as well as the jurisdictions involved. Read more at the link below: https://lnkd.in/gmy_HXx2 #esg #environment #business #bcorp #environmentsocialgovernance #corporations #companies #development
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Model Contract Clauses (MCC)—a set of template contract clauses that focus on buyer and supplier pre-contract human rights and environmental due diligence (HREDD)— help provide ongoing joint responsibility for supply chain due diligence. Explore how MCCs can be used to comply with US-forced labor regulations in the article below! #CALawyers #esg #sustainability #humanrights #responsiblebusiness #esglaw #impactinvestment #socialentrepreneurship #corpgov #justtransition #socialimpact #SocialEntrepreneurship #Impact #Bcorp https://lnkd.in/gT7U3mMh
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In January 2025, Hino Motors, a Toyota subsidiary, agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy charges and pay penalties for deceiving EPA regulators about its diesel engines, as well as set up a $155M mitigation program to offset excess air emissions by replacing marine and locomotive engines, a $144.2M recall program to modify violative engines in 2017-2019 trucks, $123.6M to fund mitigation projects and enforcement costs in California, and $30.3M to resolve California False Claims Act claims. Read more at the below: #CALawyers #esg #sustainability #humanrights #responsiblebusiness #esglaw #impactinvestment #socialentrepreneurship #corpgov #justtransition #socialimpact #SocialEntrepreneurship #Impact #Bcorp
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A look into just how reliable the future of energy might be! A study found that last year, from late winter to early summer, renewables fulfilled 100 percent of California' electricity demand for up to 10 hours on 98 of 116 days, a record for California. At their peak, the renewables provided up to 162 percent of the grid’s needs — adding extra electricity California could export to neighboring states or use to fill batteries. Read more at: https://lnkd.in/gtqRjVPt #CALawyers #esg #sustainability #humanrights #responsiblebusiness #esglaw #impactinvestment #socialentrepreneurship #corpgov #justtransition #socialimpact #SocialEntrepreneurship #Impact #Bcorp
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The European Commission announced yesterday its Omnibus package, a sweeping deregulation initiative targeting the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) and other sustainability laws. Read more below: https://lnkd.in/etbVBTYB
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On February 14, 2025, a federal judge in Texas upheld a rule adopted during President Joe Biden's tenure that allows socially conscious investing by employee retirement plans, saying it remains valid even after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that curbed agencies' regulatory power. Read more at: https://lnkd.in/eqbxBfFV #CALawyers #esg #sustainability #humanrights #responsiblebusiness #esglaw #impactinvestment #socialentrepreneurship #corpgov #justtransition #socialimpact #SocialEntrepreneurship #Impact #Bcorp
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Are you familiar with EPR? "Extended Producer Responsibility": the new frontier for recycling and reuse of products that shifts traditional burdens of responsibility for the lifecycle of a product from local governments and individuals to the manufacturers themselves. ♻️ California recently became the first state to adopt an extended producer responsibility (EPR) scheme for textiles by adopting Senate Bill 707, the Responsible Textile Recovery Act of 2024 (the RTRA or Act). Are you prepared for the regulatory scheme to accompany EPR? Read more here! https://lnkd.in/eVA4fmUN
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) yesterday, February 12, 2025, reversed Biden-era guidance on shareholder resolutions, in a move that could make it more difficult for investors to bring environmental and social issues to proxy votes. This move comes after the SEC eliminated its ESG task force in September of last year. https://lnkd.in/gjYahqcB
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Investors pulled ~$20 billion from ESG initiatives in 2024, compared with outflows of ~$13 billion in 2023. What does the future for ESG look like under President Trump? Read more at the link below: https://lnkd.in/gtBHgVFH
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A federal judge dismissed most of a lawsuit that challenged the constitutionality of two recent California laws (SB 253 and SB 261) that require large California companies to disclose greenhouse gas emissions and report on climate-related financial risks, stating that the plaintiffs "fail[ed] to cite any relevant authority to support the proposition that a disclosure regime intended to regulate emissions through third-party actions is a de facto regulatory scheme subject to preemption" under the supremacy clause. Passed in October 2023, SB 253 requires US-based entities with more than $1 billion in annual revenue doing business in California to report certain greenhouse gas emissions, and SB 261 requires a covered entity to prepare a climate-related financial risk report disclosing the entity’s climate-related financial risk and measures adopted to reduce and adapt to climate-related financial risk. https://lnkd.in/gwBWfYrK