Overview
Please join us via webinar for a panel discussion on the current state of climate change and ESG-related regulations affecting corporate issuers, financial institutions and pension fund investors doing business in Canada and the US. Lawyers from Osler and Mayer Brown will discuss:
The SEC final climate change rules, the principal changes from the SEC's proposed rules, and the status of the rules given the current stay, including:
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A brief overview of changes to Regulation S-K and Regulation S-X affecting non-financial statement disclosures
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Scope and phase-in periods for the SEC's final rules
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Litigation challenges to the SEC final rules and the current status given the SEC stay
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California climate change legislation and disclosure requirements
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Litigation challenges to California legislation
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An overview of other pending SEC ESG-related proposals, status and prospects
Current CSA disclosure requirements and developments, and the CSSB’s recent proposal, including:
- Existing CSA climate-related disclosure guidance from 2019
- CSA consultation paper from 2021 – NI 51-107
- The interplay of CSA and SEC rulemaking and treatment of MJDS issuers
- Overview of CSSB's proposed CSDS 2
- CSA's response and next steps for CSA – timing and decisions to make
- Other areas of potential CSA ESG-related rule-making