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Simpson Thacher’s “Tracking the SEC’s Climate and ESG Task Force” provides indirect guidance to companies on how to reduce the likelihood of an enforcement action by the SEC’s Climate and ESG Task Force, which was created in March 2021 (we reported on here). The memo summarizes four notable actions that were widely publicized in the media and deemed largely attributable to the Task Force and provides associated takeaways that translate into suggested do’s and don’ts for issuers that wish to mitigate their enforcement risk.

See “SEC Steps up Enforcement on ESG Reporting with Climate Disclosure Rules Looming” (ESG Today) and additional resources on our Disclosure Committees / Disclosure Controls and Sustainability pages.

                               This post first appeared in the weekly Society Alert!