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SEC Charges Mining Company with Misleading Investors in its ESG Disclosures

Green Building Law Update

Securities and Exchange Commission last month charged Vale S.A., By allegedly manipulating those disclosures, Vale compounded the social and environmental harm caused by the Brumadinho dam’s tragic collapse and undermined investors’ ability to evaluate the risks posed by Vale’s securities.”. The SEC’s complaint, filed in U.S.

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JOC Program Manager’s Duties

Job Order Contracting

Communicate with customers, consultants, regulatory agencies, and presentations at Board meetings and/or Commission hearings. Secure necessary permits which may include Conditional Use Permits, Environmental Impact Statements, and building permits. Select and negotiate architect and engineer consultants for design contracts.

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Using Locking Hardware to Support Code-Compliant Safer School Design

BD+C

All these pieces need to work together properly to enhance school safety and security. As such, safer school design brings together building, construction and security communities. Instead, specifiers are encouraged to use locks with either the entrance/office function or the classroom security function.

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SEC Chair Tweets about Upcoming ESG Regulation

Green Building Law Update

Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler Tweeted about the future of ESG regulation. And such may be well received by the business community that is already subject to regulation, from the Federal Trade Commission to the Department of Agriculture, defining terms of green, sustainable and the like. Last week U.S.

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A Corporate Diversity Benchmark in ESG

Green Building Law Update

ESG has become such a large component of my law practice that I am now collaborating with a fabulous group attorneys in ESG Legal Solutions, LLC, a new non-law consulting firm. 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.

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Climate Change Disclosures by Public Companies

Green Building Law Update

In recent weeks this law firm has received more inquiries than at any time in recent years about the Securities and Exchange Commission’s disclosure requirements for public companies as they apply to climate change matters. When a company is required to file a disclosure with the Commission, those disclosures (e.g.,

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Government go-slow on infrastructure investment shows no signs of abating

Construction Law

National Infrastructure Commission chair Sir John Armitt was moved to write to Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt in February, warning that too much time was being taken to decide what measures to adopt to support private investment in decarbonising energy provision. Just 10% had been spent so far, the PAC said in March.