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Department of Labor Proposes to Remove Barriers to Considering ESG in Plan Management

Green Building Law Update

Nancy Hudes and I are now publishing a new blog at www.ESGLegalSolutions.com (. yes, this blog will continue). This post originally appeared in that blog. The proposed rule has a comment period that runs through December 13, 2021. Last month’s proposed rule would all but reverse both of those prior rules.

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A Corporate Diversity Benchmark in ESG

Green Building Law Update

Nancy Hudes and I are now publishing a new blog at www.ESGLegalSolutions.com (. yes, this blog will continue). This post originally appeared in that blog. If we can assist you or someone you work with in ESG strategy and solutions, from policy to project implementation, do not hesitate to reach out to me. We suggest not.

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Rooney Rule Revised Provides ESG Opportunity

Green Building Law Update

In 2021, the NFL approved changes requiring every team to interview at least two external minority candidates for open head coaching positions and at least one external minority candidate for a coordinator job. Nancy Hudes and I are now publishing a new blog at www.ESGLegalSolutions.com (. yes, this blog will continue).

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No sign of infrastructure gear change

Construction Law

NIC Chair Sir John Armitt says in his introduction that if the Commission saw 2021 as a year of slow progress in many areas, ‘in 2022 movement has stuttered further just as the need for acceleration has heightened. Sir John says the risk of delay in addressing climate change is now greater than the risk of over correction. “We

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Five Carbon Trends in 2023

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As outlined in the latest IPCC synthesis report, decarbonization is more than just a critical priority in 2023—it’s key to securing a sustainable future, and our actions in the next few years to mitigate and draw down emissions will be pivotal. That momentum has continued, and regulation is now a near-term certainty.

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Lowest price obsession hasn’t gone away

Construction Law

From 1 January 2021 ‘social value should be explicitly evaluated in all central government procurement’, says the Cabinet Office in Procurement Policy Note PPN 06/20. Suppliers will have to show how they and their own supply chain partners identify and manage cyber security risks in delivery of contracts.

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A Sea Change in SEC Climate Change Disclosure

Green Building Law Update

I am pleased to be speaking on “Environmental Social Governance (ESG) an Emergent and Fast Growing Area of the Law” at the Maryland State Bar Association 2021 Legal Excellence Week, Corporate Council Institute on November 16, 2021. But in 2021 all of that has changed in nearly every instance.

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