Companies today need to be increasingly clear about their environmental, social, and governance (ESG) policies, goals, and performance. Conducting a materiality assessment is a formal way of ...

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This Client Alert probes the ESG “materiality assessment” process, why it is a misnomer, when and how the assessment can be conducted, and legal and practical tips for conducting the assessment.

Every compliance professional should be aware of what a risk assessment is and its importance in any compliance program. Numerous regulatory frameworks state it be the key foundational mechanism to ...

As ESG factors help contribute to - or detract from - security returns, it makes sense for active investors to integrate them ...

Double Materiality Assessment (DMA) has become a central concept in Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) frameworks, especially under recent regulatory initiatives like the EU Corporate ...

What kinds of risks do we care about? For investors, it’s most frequently material risks, the ones that can affect a company’s financials and can make you change your mind about buying a company’s ...

Double materiality is quickly changing how businesses think about sustainability. While traditional materiality focuses on how environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues affect a company’s ...

CommentaryAttorney Analysis from Westlaw Today, a part of Thomson Reuters. June 3, 2022 - Everyone is talking about ESG materiality. Materiality is one of the primary cornerstones of the U.S.

The investment industry is pressing the importance of environmental, social and governance considerations in U.S. financial markets ahead of an expected pushback from Republicans as they take control ...