The Current State of Climate Change and ESG-Related Regulations in Canada and the US

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: 

• A brief overview of changes to Regulation S-K and Regulation S-X affecting non-financial statement disclosures
• Scope and phase-in periods for the SEC’s final rules
• Litigation challenges to the SEC final rules and the current status given the SEC stay
• California climate change legislation and disclosure requirements
• Litigation challenges to California legislation
• 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