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The firm’s international capital markets group has also guided
Rising Tide of ESG: Primer for U.S. Corporate Issuers and Investors Webinar Series Session one provides an overview of the most critical ESG-related topics and why ESG is increasingly important to U.S. corporate issuers and other stakeholders. Session two focuses on ESG matters in equity and debt transactions, including the variety of financing frameworks that have evolved in the U.S. marketplace to take ESG factors into account
The climate of opinion on sustainability has shifted in Europe. Several
Financial sector regulatory authorities and self-regulatory organizations globally have ESG, sustainable investment and issues relating to ‘greenwashing’ in their sights.” Mikhaelle Schiappacasse Partner “ and factors and the categorization of ‘green’ products” – but financial sector regulatory authorities and self-regulatory organizations globally have ESG, sustainable investment and issues relating to ‘greenwashing’ in their sights Europe is leading the way in developing laws and regulations in relation to sustainable investment activities. London-based funds partner Mikhaelle Schiappacasse notes that “asset managers operating or looking to fundraise in the European market continue to struggle with the implementation of recently introduced regulation relating to disclosure and reporting in connection with ESG risks sovereign and supranational clients through several ESG-related bond issuances that, by financing renewable energy development, have opened access to a new set of investors seeking to comply with sustainability- related targets of their own.
antitrust agencies are adopting new guidelines, and businesses now have the opportunity to deliver actions to match their claimed commitment to sustainability.” Alec Burnside Partner
Session three looks at how operating companies can improve their ESG profile, including in response to
A Brussels-based Dechert team was recognized by the Financial Times in its Innovative Lawyers Awards for Europe 2021 for achieving changes in competition law to accommodate sustainability initiatives requiring industry-wide coordination, such as promoting good environmental
recent U.S. state and federal regulatory initiatives. Panelists considered these issues from the perspective of both private and public companies.
practices or paying a living income to farmers. Acting pro bono for the Fair Trade
organization, the team advocated for a shift in the way the issue is treated by European competition authorities, so as to reassure those businesses that feared antitrust repercussions for cooperating with rivals over joint initiatives
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