The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed rules for climate-related disclosures for investors, published on March 21, 2022, specifically identify disclosures relating to “high water stress.” The proposed rules identify “sea level rise, drought … and decreased availability of fresh water” as “climate-related risks” (§ 229.1500), and require such risks to be disclosed if they are “reasonably likely to have a material impact on the registrant, including

On March 21, 2022, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published proposed rule changes aimed at enhancing and standardizing climate-related disclosures in registration statements and annual reports. The SEC has provided a Fact Sheet and has invited comments on the proposals by May 20, 2022. This is a welcome move by the SEC. Consistent, comparable, reliable information identifying climate risks, and detailing how they are, and will be addressed is urg

Draper & Draper LLC has been a carbon neutral law firm since January 12, 2021. We are committed to remaining carbon neutral. We have taken active steps to reduce our direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions, and we have balanced our minimal remaining emissions by carbon offsetting. Examples of some of the steps we have taken include: reducing our energy consumption, and switching to renewable energy sources auditing and reducing the environmental footprint of our faciliti