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Article content While a ‘black swan’ is a term for an event that no one imagined or anticipated, COVID-19 and approaching climate change risk is a Gray Rhino, something that people foresaw, but may or may not have planned for. As the availability of vaccines increases and the existential threat of COVID-19 reduces, the omnipresent crisis of climate change is top of mind for many as we think about a sustainable financial recovery. However, building back better not only applies to our infrast...

SEC Names New Head of Enforcement Alex Oh, who joins from law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, replaces Stephanie Avakian, who stepped down from the role in December after a four-year tenure under the Trump administration. The Securities and Exchange Commission has appointed Alex Oh, previously a partner at the law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, as its new director of enforcement. She succeeds Melissa Hodgman, interim director since January, and Stephanie Ava...

27 RI Businesses Fined For COVID-19 Non-Compliance In March - Cranston, RI - An additional seven Rhode Islanders were fined $500 each for holding social gatherings above the current limit.

To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced in recent weeks multiple efforts to highlight climate change in corporate disclosures and to increase scrutiny and, potentially, enforcement focus on company disclosure efforts on climate and other environmental, social, and  governance (ESG) matters. While the topic of ESG disclosures is not new, the increased attention to the topic, an...

In his statement, Mr. Coates outlined a number of considerations that should be addressed in order to establish an effective ESG disclosure system.

Rhode Island’s COVID-19 Enforcement Task Force has issued compliance orders to ten businesses in the last two weeks for failing to comply with a range of public health directives related to COVID-19. The COVID-19 Enforcement Task Force is a collaboration between the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) and Rhode Island Department of Business Regulation (DBR). Eight of these establishments were food businesses and two were barbershops. In many instances, inspectors observed staff and patr...

Monday, March 8, 2021 Environmental, social and governance (ESG) matters will increasingly be a priority for the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as evidenced by: the SECs announcements last week of the formation of a Climate and ESG task force under the purview of the SECs Division of Enforcement; the identification of ESG issues as a 2021 examination priority by the SECs Division of Examinations on March 3; and the March 2 Senate confirmation hearing testimony of Gary Gensle...

To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. The Acting Chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") announced on February 24, 2021 1 that she has directed the Division of Corporation Finance to conduct an enhanced review of climate-related disclosures in public filings. In 2010, the SEC issued guidance 2 to assist companies in crafting their disclosures related to the impact of climate change. The new announcement states...

The National Agency for Food, Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has sealed 13 illegal dairies and water factories in Kumbotso and Nasarawa Local Government areas of Kano State.

Face masks are compulsory in public spaces and social distancing is advised in Nigeria. But these rules are rarely respected.