<description>&lt;p style= "line-height: 17.25pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; margin: 0in 0in 12.0pt 0in;"&gt; &lt;span style= "font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;"&gt; In this episode of the LawWise podcast, Cadwalader's Jason Halper and Timbre Shriver discuss key components of the SEC's final climate disclosure rule and what's changed in the two years and 24,000 comments since it was first proposed.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style= "line-height: 17.25pt; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none !important; margin: 0in 0in 12.0pt 0in;"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;"&gt; Key discussion points include:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;"&gt; Primary requirements of the rule, including climate risk, board&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style= "font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;"&gt; oversight, risk management, and transition plan disclosure;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;"&gt; A new safe harbor provision for forward looking statements;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;!-- [if !supportLists]--&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;"&gt;Changes to emissions disclosure requirements from the proposed rule; and&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"&gt; Legal and political challenges.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

LawWise

Cadwalader

The SEC's Final Climate Disclosure Rule

MAR 25, 202413 MIN
LawWise

The SEC's Final Climate Disclosure Rule

MAR 25, 202413 MIN

Description

In this episode of the LawWise podcast, Cadwalader's Jason Halper and Timbre Shriver discuss key components of the SEC's final climate disclosure rule and what's changed in the two years and 24,000 comments since it was first proposed. Key discussion points include: Primary requirements of the rule, including climate risk, board oversight, risk management, and transition plan disclosure; A new safe harbor provision for forward looking statements; Changes to emissions disclosure requirements from the proposed rule; and Legal and political challenges.