SF Climate Week 2024
DLA Piper hosted events in San FranciscoSF Climate Week represents an important milestone in the global effort to address climate change. We are proud to participate and continue in our commitment to a more sustainable future.
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Events
During SF Climate Week, we hosted a 'Get to Know LabStart Happy Hour' with our friends from LabStart.
25 de abril de 2024
During San Francisco Climate Week, we hosted an exclusive morning of investment insights and networking with Kim Zou, the visionary CEO and co-founder of Sightline Climate and the Climate Tech VC newsletter.
24 de abril de 2024
Evening cocktail reception and fireside chat, where we explored how companies are navigating the regulatory tightrope around climate change legislation across US states.
23 de abril de 2024
Cleantech Group and DLA Piper hosted a panel discussion on the future of renewable energy at San Francisco Climate Week.
25 de abril de 2024
ESG Resources
Washington cap-and-invest program’s first compliance deadline is this year. What does your business need to know?
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.
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Climate COP
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.
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The SEC’s Final Climate Disclosure Rules: A Retrospective Review and Summary of Expected Challenges
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.
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SEC stays climate rules: An overview of ongoing legal challenges
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.
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DLA Piper Americas' Sustainability Report
Welcome to DLA Piper Americas’ inaugural Sustainability Report, covering our Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) efforts in 2022 and 2023.
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Focus on ESG issues impacting US companies
As ESG issues increasingly touch upon nearly every part of your business, we deliver holistic, practical, business-minded solutions tailored to help you thrive in this new era of rapidly evolving change.
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