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Maddie Bayer, Principal, Rob Brager, Principal, David Friedland, Principal, Laura McAfee, Principal, Allyn Stern, Principal, Beveridge & Diamond PC
3 pages

In this resource, Beveridge & Diamond outlines ten strategic considerations in responding to a 114 request.

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Interest Area: Environmental
Region: United States
Audience: Mid-Career, New to In-House, Small Law Departments, Large Law Departments
Latham & Watkins
5 pages

On March 21, 2022, by a 3-1 vote, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC or the Commission) proposed rules that would require registrants, including both domestic and foreign private issuers, to include climate-related information in registration statements and annual reports. In summary, the proposed rules would require significant, detailed new narrative disclosures in the body of annual reports and prospectuses.

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Region: United States
Audience: Deputy GC, Mid-Career, New to In-House, CLO / GC, Small Law Departments, Large Law Departments
Eloise Matsui, Partner, Stephanie Poon, Senior Associate, Natasha Law, Associate, Stephenson Harwood LLP
3 pages

ESG considerations can play a key role in the restructurings of distressed businesses. This article examines what should be the ESG playbook for companies or insolvency practitioners implementing a restructuring.

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Region: Global, Asia, Hong Kong
Carolyn Frantz, Senior Counsel, Shannon Yavorsky, Partner, Heather Sussman, Partner, Ryan McKenney, Associate, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
3 pages

In this article, learn five best practices that shareholders, customers, and ESG rating agencies focus on when assessing a company’s ESG fitness as it relates to data privacy and security, and the steps companies can take now to improve their compliance posture in this important area.

Jonathan Carr, Partner, Lewis Silkin LLP 
2 pages

As organizations try to find ways to reduce carbon emissions and adopt more sustainable practices, template employment contracts are probably not the first place you would think to look. This article considers what changes you could make to template employment contracts to help meet your sustainability commitments.

Erik K. Eisenmann, Partner, and Larissa M. Warren Whittingham, Senior Associate, Husch Blackwell LLP
3 pages

Companies of all sizes are engaged in an effort to make Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) factors a part of their businesses in both vision and practice. The impact of personnel policies and practices extend far beyond the “S” portion of ESG. This resource outlines five personnel policies and practices to consider when assessing company ESG priorities and goals.

This is a discussion on the key role General Counsel play in integrating and embedding ESG within their organization. We will delve into how General Counsel can prepare for and respond to the growing field of regulations enforcing ESG pillars and implement best practices to identify and manage risks in communicating ESG data.

This program contains 1 hour of Substantive content under the Law Society of Ontario's mandatory CPD Regime.

ACC Members: This event is free of charge and you must RSVP to attend. Please RSVP by no later than Monday, March 28, 2022.

Note: All instructions and information on how to access the webinar will be sent by email in advance of the program.

Questions? Please email us.

Frédéric Louis, Christian Duvernoy, Anne Vallery, Prof. Dr. Hans-Georg Kamann, Geoffroy Barthet and Su Şimşek, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
6 pages

Learn the key features of the proposal adopted on February 23, 2022 by European Commission (“Commission”) for a Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive.

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Collection: Sustainability
Region: European Union

Please join us for the ACC-WI 2022 Annual Conference & Meeting of Members!  

This 1.5 day event provides 22- hours of CLE programming for you to choose from, which includes 1.0 hour of Ethics, and is specifically designed for you as an in-house attorney.  Our registration format allows you to customize your program schedule to fit your practice needs. Conference registration includes one hotel room ( Early Bird Registration) continental breakfast during Thursday morning check-in, luncheon and Keynote Speaker on Thursday, cocktail reception Thursday evening and a hot breakfast on Friday. You may also join us for a variety of networking events at the conference. All paid registrants enjoy free attendance at our Fall 3.0 Ethics Seminar.

The health and safety of our members, sponsors, staff, and guests (“all attendees”) at our annual conference is of the utmost importance to the ACC-WI.

To help ensure a safe environment for our annual conference, ACC-WI is requiring all attendees either be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or have a negative COVID-19 test 48 hours prior to the event. Your attendance at our annual conference certifies that you are in compliance with these requirements. We will be following all CDC recommendations in place at the time of the conference.

We are a profession subject to ethical obligations. As such, we expect all attendees will respect and abide by these requirements for their own safety and the safety of other attendees.

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