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SEC Chair Tweets about Upcoming ESG Regulation

Green Building Law Update

ESG law is emergent and fast evolving such that today, the best sources are blogs and Twitter, not bound statutes and printed law reviews. Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler Tweeted about the future of ESG regulation. The last formal remarks on ESG by Gensler were on July 28, 2021 before the European Parliament.

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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.

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EPA Releases Draft National Recycling Strategy

Green Building Law Update

Environmental Protection Agency has released a draft National Recycling Strategy and is seeking public comment through December 4, 2020, with the goal of finalizing it in early 2021. Some of the most satisfying sustainability work we have done is working with businesses to maximize resource use and facility operations. Together, 93.9

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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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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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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.