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Get daily insights and analyses written by experts to keep you up to date with the latest ESG trends and developments. PracticalESG.com keeps you in the know on environmental, social, and governance developments by delivering pragmatic information that you can actually use. PracticalESG.com differs significantly from other ESG information services as we filter scores of information sources,..
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1d ago
The Hill reported on a major legal development related to climate risk: “The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected a request by oil companies to dismiss a lawsuit by the city of Honolulu seeking to hold them responsible for the ..read more
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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced it has added “37 entities to the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) Entity List, marking the largest single expansion of the list to date. Among entities added are a large supplier of ..read more
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This week’s notable additions to PracticalESG.com are below. New Q&A: Withdrawal of Shareholder Proposals on Human Rights Blog of the Week: Federal Court Rules ESG Conflicts With Fiduciary Duties New Member Resources: Podcast: Updates from APSCA – the Association of ..read more
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2d ago
Just days after U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor issued a decision against American Airlines for violating federal law by basing investment decisions for its employee retirement plan on ESG factors (see our blog here about that), legal analysts are warning ..read more
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2d ago
Here is an article from Norton Rose Fulbright about a recent decision from the UK’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) against Virgin Atlantic concerning greenwashing. In 2022, Virgin Atlantic aired radio advertising about their transatlantic “Flight 100”: “On the 28th of ..read more
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2d ago
If you are reading this, you probably already know and follow Matt Sekol. I’ve had the privilege of meeting Matt in person and hosted him as a webcast panelist before. Aside from our mutual obsession with Star Wars, we also ..read more
Practical ESG Blog
3d ago
[Ed. note: Due to a minor oversight, a blog email was sent out this past Sunday. This was inadvertent and doesn’t indicate a change in our normal blog schedule. If you missed, it, you can see it here.] Last week ..read more
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Last week, I wrote about a rapid-fire set of US bank defections from UN’s Net-Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA). Immediately after the banks (Bank of America, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo) made their announcements, Bloomberg reported “Texas Attorney ..read more
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Just yesterday – and in the wake of BlackRock’s defection – the Net Zero Asset Managers (NZAM) initiative announced it is suspending its activities: “Recent developments in the U.S. and different regulatory and client expectations in investors’ respective jurisdictions have ..read more
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5d ago
Things have been a bit quiet on the US Uyghur Forced Labor Prevent Action (UFLPA) front recently, but that may change soon enough. The Wall Street Journal wrote that “CBP is upgrading several of its labs, adding equipment and know-how ..read more