Corporate Climate Risk – Page 3 – Environmental and Energy Law Program

Legal Analysis

What to know about the SEC’s Proposed Climate Risk Disclosure Rule

How a company plans for and responds to climate risks affects financial performance and investors are demanding clearer and more comprehensive information to make informed decisions.

April 27, 2022

CleanLaw Podcast

CleanLaw—Hana Vizcarra and Madison Condon Discuss how the Market Has Failed to Price Climate Risk

Hana and Prof. Condon discuss her research on how the market has failed to properly price climate risk and how the Securities and Exchange Commission might address that failure through new regulation.

October 12, 2021

CleanLaw Podcast

Cleanlaw – Hana Vizcarra and Hannah Perls Talk about President Biden’s First 100 Days

Hana Vizcarra and Hannah Perls talk about the progress of the Biden-Harris administration on climate and environmental priorities now that the first hundred days have passed.

June 3, 2021

EELP News

Hana Vizcarra and Hannah Perls Talk about Biden’s First 100 Days

Hana Vizcarra and Hannah Perls had a Zoom chat recently to discuss their observations of Biden’s first 100 days in office. They cover a range of topics around the Biden-Harris climate […]

May 7, 2021

New Tools to Track Financial Regulator and Investment Community Action on Climate Disclosure and Risk Management

The US is entering a new era for addressing climate change in corporate reporting and financial risk management. Federal regulators are starting to take action and the investor-corporate engagement of […]

April 15, 2021

Entering a New Era in Climate-Related Disclosure and Financial Risk Management in the U.S.

Since Mark Carney’s Lloyds of London speech on the “tragedy of the horizon” and the formation of the Financial Stability Board’s “Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosure” (TCFD) in 2015, […]

February 25, 2021

Tracking the Continuing Evolution of Climate-Related Disclosures by Public Companies

In two new publications, I take a closer look at recent developments in the push for more robust disclosures of climate-related risks from public companies. As investors incorporate more information […]

November 16, 2020

Climate Change is Changing the Practice of Law

Staff Attorney Hana Vizcarra was a panelist on the CLE Showcase panel “Climate Change and the Legal Profession: Beyond ‘Environmental Law’” held on July 30, 2020 at the American Bar […]

July 30, 2020

Quick Takes

Vineyard Wind is One Step Closer to Construction: Will Anything Else Get in the Way?

The nation’s first utility-scale offshore wind farm is one step closer to beginning construction.

June 22, 2020