Corporate Climate Risk – Page 4 – Environmental and Energy Law Program

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

Legal Analysis

SEC’s Proposed Amendment to Rule 14a-8 May Make Life More Difficult for Climate Investors

Increasingly, businesses are taking the economic risks of climate change seriously. In a January 2020 letter, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink announced that, “Climate Change has become a defining factor in […]

June 22, 2020

Changing Expectations for Financial Disclosure of Climate-Related Information

Changing Expectations for Financial Disclosure of Climate-Related Information was published in Columbia Law School’s Blue Sky Blog.

May 1, 2020

Regulatory Activity and Legal Liabilities Affecting Management of Financial Climate Risks

Click here to download this post. Legal structures and liabilities can influence the ability of markets, companies, financial entities, and governments to adjust to climate change impacts. Climate change impacts […]

March 24, 2020

The Reasonable Investor And Climate-Related Information: Changing Expectations For Financial Disclosures

Download Staff Attorney Hana Vizcarra’s comment in the February edition of ELI’s Environmental Law Reporter here: The Reasonable Investor and Climate-Related Information: Changing Expectations for Financial Disclosures In recent years, […]

January 31, 2020

CleanLaw Podcast

CleanLaw: Hana Vizcarra and Samantha Ross on Investor Assurance and Corporate Climate Disclosures

Hana and Samantha discuss the importance of assurance in strengthening public company sustainability and climate disclosures.

January 9, 2020