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Vinson & Elkins’ counsel Zach Swartz sat down with Jill Malandrino on Nasdaq TradeTalks to answer climate risk questions and discuss opportunities for sustainable real estate in the energy transition.

The amount of money invested in Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) funds has increased exponentially in the past year, and as banks and investors increasingly turn their attention to ESG factors, companies are also increasing their focus on ESG.

In this presentation, we discussed how real estate investors are integrating sustainability considerations into their investment processes, the growth of government regulation in the space, and more.

Much has been said about the need for countries and companies to build a low-carbon global economy.

In recent years, the money invested in Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) funds has increased exponentially.

It can sometimes be hard to track what’s happening in the world of “green investing” as the number of announcements and initiatives on environmental, social and governance (ESG) and sustainable finance have been accelerating in the last six months.

V&E attorneys Margaret Peloso and Caitlin Snelson recently discussed sustainable finance with Riverstone’s Meghan Pasricha.

Senior Associate, Caitlin Snelson and Nasdaq Global Head of Sustainability, Evan Harvey discuss the financial market’s hottest sector, Sustainable Finance.

On March 10, 2021, a host of provisions came into effect as part of the European Union’s (“EU”) Regulation on Sustainability‐Related Disclosures in the Financial Services Sector (the “Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation” or “SFDR”).

The corporate world continues its embrace of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) in 2020 like never before.

The European Union Taxonomy Regulation (the “Taxonomy”) entered into force on July 12, 2020, as part of the European Commission’s (the “Commission”) broader action plan on sustainable finance initiated in March 2018.