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On February 24, 2020, the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (“APRA”) published a letter outlining plans to establish clearer guidance on expectations for financial institutions in assessing and managing climate risks…

On February 27, 2020, Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) introduced S. 2657, or the American Energy Innovation Act (the “AEIA”)…

On February 20, 2020, the Financial Reporting Council (“FRC”) announced a shift in their reviews of company and auditor climate change risk disclosures…

The 50^th annual World Economic Forum, hosted by the Swiss non-profit International Organization for Public-Private Cooperation, was held between January 21 and 24, 2020 in Davos, Switzerland (the “Forum”)…

V&E lawyers Margaret Peloso and Sarah Fortt led a roundtable discussion on "Transitioning Energy: Risks and Opportunities for Navigating the Changing Climate" at the Women Corporate Directors’ Americas 2020.

On January 17, 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ordered the dismissal of the high-profile constitutional climate lawsuit Juliana v. United States, which was originally filed in…

In a case that has been widely watched, on Tuesday December 10, ExxonMobil got good news in the climate change disclosure lawsuit brought against it by the New York Attorney General.

In this program, V&E lawyers discussed the key differences between renewable and more traditional M&A transactions.

On 14 November 2019, the Board of Directors of the European Investment Bank (“EIB”), the world’s largest multilateral bank, adopted a new Energy Lending Policy (the “Policy”), which aims to end EIB…

On October 8, 2019, the government of Japan hosted the first-ever corporate summit (the “Summit”) in Tokyo to discuss and guide implementation of the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial…

The office of New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a complaint against ExxonMobil (“Exxon”) in October 2018 in New York state court. The case alleges a violation of New York’s Martin Act…