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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

Understanding the New York v. Exxon Decision

What this case was…and wasn’t This week, a state court ruled that ExxonMobil did not mislead investors in its public disclosures about how it considers the impacts of climate change […]

December 12, 2019

CleanLaw Podcast

CleanLaw: Hana Vizcarra Interviews Erik Landry about Corporate Climate Scenarios and Strategic Resilience

Hana and Erik talk about energy companies’ use of scenarios in climate-related financial disclosure and discuss his new white paper Climate-Related Financial Disclosures: The Use of Scenarios.

December 9, 2019

What does the Business Roundtable statement mean? A lot, but also not that much.

The Business Roundtable, made up of CEOs of some of the largest U.S. companies, released a statement on August 19th on the purpose of a corporation that has garnered a […]

August 28, 2019

Influencing Energy Company Climate Disclosure Practices: Cautionary Words for State Attorneys General

In her new white paper and recently published article in the Vermont Law Review, Hana Vizcarra discusses corporate climate disclosures and how state attorneys general can avoid undercutting investor-led efforts to […]

July 18, 2019