SF Climate Week 2024

Fuel suppliers, natural gas and electric utilities, and other large greenhouse gas (GHG) emitters will have to obtain allowances equal to at least 30 percent of their 2023 GHG emissions under Washington State’s cap-and-invest program starting this year.

A global, intersectional challenge like climate change requires a global, intersectional response. While the annual United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of the Parties (COP) convenes governments to tackle global warming, the private and NGO sectors have key roles to play in implementing commitments to arresting climate change, innovating new approaches and accelerating the transition towards net zero and sustainability.

Whitney Cloud, Matthew A. Goldberg, Joseph Baker, and M. David Josefovits wrote the article, "The SEC’s Final Climate Disclosure Rules: A Retrospective Review and Summary of Expected Challenges," that was featured in The Journal of Federal Agency Action.

On April 4, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voluntarily stayed implementation of its recently adopted Climate Disclosure Rules (Climate Rules), which we describe in our first alert in our Climate Rule series, pending completion of judicial review of consolidated challenges to the rules by the Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.

Welcome to DLA Piper Americas’ inaugural Sustainability Report, covering our Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) efforts in 2022 and 2023.