Akin Gump

Speaking Sustainability

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Speaking Sustainability features the viewpoints and insights of Akin Gump's environmental, social and governance practitioners on timely issues and topics of interest to global investors, corporations and their stakeholders. With regulators and policy-makers worldwide sharply focused on creating a framework that promotes equity, environmental sustainability and transparency, this series helps businesses to navigate some of the complex trends, developments and new regulations across the globe.

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Akin Gump

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2026 Director's Agenda Podcast 30.03.2026 24:30

In our latest episode, we discuss the rising expectations for corporate oversight and what that means for directors and officers in an increasingly complex regulatory and litigation environment. Corporate directors today face scrutiny from regulators, plaintiffs' firms, proxy advisors, investors and shareholder activists. That scrutiny is translating into increased litigation risk, regulatory inte...

The Akin 2023 ESG Survey: Highlights, Trends and Developments 11.05.2023 15:12

In this latest episode of the firm's Accelerate ESG series, Akin environmental, social & governance, or ESG, group co-leaders Amy Kennedy and Stacey Mitchell discuss the firm's recently issued 2023 ESG Survey of noteworthy trends and developments in that field, as well as the ESG environment on both sides of the Atlantic. Topics include: · The growing politicization of ESG. · C...

SEC's Climate Disclosure Proposal: Part 2 – Potential Legal Challenges and Vulnerabilities 02.02.2023 20:59

In this second in a three-part series for Accelerate ESG , Akin Gump climate change group co-leader Ken Markowitz leads a conversation with ESG and climate change groups co-leader Stacey Mitchell and litigation partner Stephanie Lindemuth on the legal challenges that may arise in response to the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) proposed amendments requiring public companies to provide c...

SEC's Climate Disclosure Proposal: Part 1 – Impressions and Observations 10.06.2022 26:29

This new episode of Accelerate ESG is part one of a two-parter, as Akin Gump ESG and climate change groups co-leader Stacey Mitchell and climate change group co-leaders Cynthia Mabry and Ken Markowitz discuss the Securities and Exchange Commission's proposed amendments requiring public companies to provide climate-related information in their registration statements and annual reports. Topics in...

ESG Litigation in the US – Disclosures and Risks 01.03.2022 27:44

In this new episode of Accelerate ESG , Akin Gump litigation partner Jacqueline Yecies and counsel Stephanie Lindemuth discuss litigation related to environmental, social and governance (ESG) matters in the United States. Topics include: The sources of ESG-related litigation risk. The Securities Exchange Act and ESG. Noteworthy cases of ESG-related securities litigation. ESG disclosures, the SEC...

COP26: Outcomes, Takeaways, Forecasts 13.12.2021 39:37

Accelerate ESG debuts with Akin Gump partners Stacey Mitchell, Ken Markowitz and Naboth van den Broek reviewing the recent UN Climate Change Conference, which Ken and Naboth attended, to offer listeners insights into the conference's achievements and next steps. Topics include: · The intersection of climate and nature preservation. · The private sector's involvement at COP26. · ...