Climate Change/Global Warming

1. SEC Guidance
2. Memos
   1. SEC Interpretive Guidance
   2. Disclosure Issues
   3. Business/Investor Initiatives
   4. Business Impact
   5. Litigation
3. Information Resources
4. Advocacy Groups
5. "Environmental Disclosure" Practice Area
6. "Social Responsibility" Practice Area

1. SEC Guidance
   • Interpretive Release: Climate Change Disclosure (2/2/10)
      
2. Memos
   1. SEC Interpretive Guidance
      • Hogan & Hartson (4/29/10)
      • Cooley Godward Cronish (3/10)
      • Troutman Sanders (3/3/10)
      • Winston & Strawn (2/10)
      • Pepper Hamilton (2/23/10)
      • Jones Day (2/10)
      • Chadbourne & Parke (2/19/10)
      • Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll (2/18/10)
      • Jackson Walker (2/18/10)
      • O'Melveny & Myers (2/18/10)
      • Blank Rome (2/10)
      • Sullivan & Worcester (2/10)
      • Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson (2/16/10)
      • Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal (2/16/10)
      • Bass Berry Sims (2/15/10)
      • Weil Gotshal & Manges (2/10) (pg. 5)
      • Debevoise & Plimpton (2/11/10)
      • HaynesBoone (2/11/10)
      • Katten Munchin Rosenman (2/11/10)
      • Latham & Watkins (2/10/10)
      • Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy (2/10/10)
      • Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice (2/109/10)
      • Willkie Farr & Gallagher (2/10)
      • Holland & Knight (2/10/10)
      • White & Case (2/10)
      • Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison (2/9/10)
      • Bingham McCutchen (2/8/10)
      • David Polk & Wardwell (2/8/10)
      • Simpson Thacher & Bartlett (2/8/10)
      • Baker & Hostetler (2/8/10)
      • Dewey & LeBoeuf (2/8/10)
      • Schulte Roth & Zabel (2/8/10)
      • Goodwin & Procter (2/8/10)
      • Sidley Austin (2/8/10)
      • Reed Smith (2/5/10)
      • Deloitte (2/5/10)
      • Sullivan & Cromwell (2/5/10)
      • Morrison & Foerster (2/10)
      • Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton (2/10)
      • Morgan Lewis & Bockius (2/4/10)
      • Mayer Brown (2/4/10)
      • Troutman Sanders (2/4/10)
      • Gibson Dunn & Crutcher (2/4/10)
      • Perkns Coie (2/5/10)
      • KPMG (2/5/10)
      • DLA Piper (2/3/10)
      • Bryan Cave (2/3/10)
      • Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati (2/10/10)
      • KPMG (1/29/10)
      • Cleary Gottlieb (1/29/10)
      • Reed Smith (1/29/10)
      • Covington & Burling (1/28/10)
      • O'Melveny & Meyers (1/28/10)
      • Davis Polk & Wardwell (1/27/10)
         
   2. Disclosure Issues
      • "Will the SEC's Current Disclosure Reform Initiative Result In Stricter Environmental and Sustainability Disclosure Requirements?" - Davis Polk (5/14)
      • "Financed Emissions: The New SEC Disclosure Frontier," Mintz Levin (4/14)
      • "SEC Climate Guidance & S&P 500 Reporting: 2010-2013," Ceres (2/14)
      • "US Mutual Funds Backtrack in Supporting Climate Resolutions in 2010," Ceres/Fund Votes (4/11)
      • "Hurry Up and Wait: 2010 Climate Change Disclosure May Impact 2012 Proxy Access," McGuireWoods (11/15/10)
      • "ASTM Releases a New Standard Regarding Disclosure of Financial Impacts Related to Climate Change," Morgan Lewis & Bockius (4/10)
      • "New Voluntary Guidance for Climate Change Financial Disclosures," Sidley Austin (4/6/10)
      • "Environmental Disclosure in SEC Filings - 2010 Update," David Polk & Wardwell (2/8/10)
      • Webcast: "ESG Disclosures: Environmental, Climate Change, Social Responsibilities" - transcript (1/10)
      • Rep. Barton-Walden Letter to SEC re: Climate Change (1/10)
      • "Will the Chill be Gone? SEC to Consider Interpretive Release Regarding Climate Change Disclosure," McGuireWoods (1/25/10)
      • "Disclosing Climate Change Risks In SEC Filings," Debevoise & Plimpton (1/5/10)
      • "Carbon Accounting Challenges: Are You Ready?" Deloitte (12/09)
      • "SEC Mandatory Climate Change Risk Disclosure is on the Horizon," Schulte Roth & Zabel (11/09)
      • "Survey: Climate Change Disclosure," McGuireWoods (10/09)
      • "Public Companies in All Sectors: Now's a Good Time to Look at Climate Change-Related Disclosures (and D&O Coverage)," Morrison & Foerster (6/09)
      • "Climate Risk Disclosure in SEC Filings," The Corporate Library (6/09)
      • "Imperatives for Climate Change-Related Disclosures in SEC Filings Continue to Mount," Sullivan & Worcester (5/09)
      • "Climate Change Risk Disclosure: A Sector by Sector Analysis of SEC 10-K Filings From 1995-2008,” Kevin Doran and Elias Quinn (3/09)
      • "Environmental Disclosure in SEC Filings," Davis Polk & Wardwell (1/09)
      • "The Responsible Corporate Officer Doctrine," D&O Diary blog (1/19/09)
      • "Climate Change Disclosure: Out with the Old; In with the New?" McGuire Woods (1/15/09)
      • "Environmental Issues Lead OSC, Accounting Profession to Focus on Climate Change Disclosure by Reporting Issuers," Stikeman Elliot (1/09)
      • "Introduction - Winds of Change," Baker & McKenzie (12/08)
      • "Disclosure of Climate Change Risk in SEC Filings," Simpson Thacher & Bartlett (12/08)
      • "Public Company Climate Change Disclosure Developments," O'Melveny & Myers (12/08)
      • "Disclosure, Management Practices, and Corporate Governance Relating to Climate Change Financial Risks (Updated)," Morgan Lewis & Bokius (1/09)
      • "Emerging Practices: Climate Change Issues May Result in Increased SEC Disclosures," Michael Best & Friedrich (12/08)
      • "Recent Developments in Canadian Disclosure," Torys (12/1/08)
      • "Climate Change in SEC Disclosures: Charting a Course Through Murky Waters Without a Compass," Thacher Proffitt & Wood (10/08)
      • "Disclosure, Management Practices, and Corporate Governance Relating to Climate Change Financial Risks," Morgan Lewis & Bockius (10/17/08)
      • "Climate Change Disclosures in SEC Filings 'Heat Up'," Gibson Dunn & Crutcher (9/22/08)
      • "Climate Change Disclosure: Emerging Practices," Hogan & Hartson (10/1/08)
      • "Environmental Disclosures: What Risks Lie Unseen Beneath the Surface," Jenner & Block (9/08)
      • "Landmark Agreement - Publicly Traded Energy Company Agrees to Disclose Financial Risks Related to Climate Change," Perkins Coie (9/19/08)
      • "Developments Increase Pressure for Climate Change Disclosure Under SEC Regulations," Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll (9/18/08)
      • "Climate Disclosure Obligations under Securities Laws Imposed by New York Attorney General under Precedent-Setting Settlement," Alston & Bird (9/16/08)
      • "Climate Change Disclosure Issues and Securities Law," White & Case (9/08)
      • "Disclosure of Financial Risks Due to Climate Change," Nixon Peabody (9/2/08)
      • Xcel Energy Settlement to Disclose Climate Change Risk - NY Attorney General (8/08)
      • "Global Climate Change Prompts New Corporate Disclosures: Securities Laws May Require Disclosure of Climate Risk," Porter Wright Morris & Arthur (8/08)
      • "Torys on Developments in Climate Change Disclosure," Torys (2/28/08)
      • "Disclosure of Climate Change Risks and Opportunities," Cravath Swain & Moore (1/11/08)
      • "The SEC Is Getting Hot And Bothered Over Climate Change," McKenna Long & Aldridge (1/08)
      • "Disclosing Risks In SEC Filings," Latham & Watkins (9/24/07)
      • "5th Survey: Climate Change Disclosure in SEC Filings," Friends of the Earth (10/06)
      • "Using the Global Framework for Climate Risk Disclosure," Combination of Various Investor Groups (10/06)
         
   3. Business/Investor Initiatives
      • "Climate Change and Its Impact on Investing," Goldman Sachs (12/11)
      • Ceres Press Release re: Letter asking SEC to require better climate change risk disclosure (10/23/08)
      • Carbon Disclosure Project Climate Change Reports
      • "Supplemental Petition to SEC for Interpretive Guidance on Climate Risk Disclosure" (6/08)
      • "European Commission Presents Far-Reaching New Climate Change Package," Mayer Brown (1/23/08)
      • "Petition to SEC for Interpretive Guidance on Climate Risk Disclosure" (various state investment officers) (9/18/07)
      • "Support for Climate Change Proposals Inches Higher," ProxyGovernance (7/07)
      • "2007 Preview: Environmental Issues," ISS (3/07)
      • FASB's "Emissions Allowance & Trading" Handout (2/07)
      • "Climate Risk Disclosure by the S&P 500," Ceres and Calvert Group (1/07)
      • "Letter to SEC Chairman Cox on Climate Change Risk," Investor Network on Climate Risk (6/14/06)
      • Principles for Responsible Investment
      • Investor Network on Climate Risk
      • Carbon Disclosure Project
      • US Climate Action Partnership (USCAP)
         
   4. Business Impact
      • "Developing an Effective Climate Change Strategy," The Conference Board (2/14)
      • "U.S. House of Representatives Approves Landmark Climate Change Legislation," Davis Polk & Wardwell (7/16/09)
      • "Climate Change Litigation & Corporate Risk," Jones Day (2/09)
      • "Existing Federal Climate Change Programs and Proposals," Pepper Hamilton (12/08)
      • "Does Carbon Trading Implicate U.S. Securities Laws?" Sullivan & Worcester (9/23/08)
      • "The Road Ahead on Climate Change," Wilmer Hale (12/21/07)
      • "Study Identifies Large Differences in Global Sustainability Governance," RiskMetrics Group (11/15/07)
      • "Climate Change Now on Court Dockets," Hunton & Williams (10/07)
      • "Environmental Update - Developments in Reporting Climate Change Impacts in Securities Filings," Sidley Austin (9/27/07)
      • "What New Assumptions about Global Climate Will Mean for Business," Hunton & Williams (9/07)
      • "Climate Change and Carbon Management Blog," Alston & Bird
      • "D & O Heats Up," McCarter & English (8/07)
      • "Loopholes in Corporate Environmental Reporting and What is Being Done to Close Them," Villanova Environmental Law Journal (6/07)
      • "A Theory of Evolution: How Securities Laws and Markets Are Influencing," by Tim Wilkins (6/07)
      • "Limiting Liability in the Greenhouse: Insurance Risk-Management Strategies in the Context of Global Climate Change," Profs. Ross, Mills and Hecht (6/07)
      • "Challenging Perspectives: US and EU Approaches to Climate Change," Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw (2007)
      • "Climate Change: Why It Matters for Your Business," Jenner & Block (5/07)
      • "The Boardroom Climate on Climate Change," Foley & Lardner (5/07)
      • "Climate Change and D & O Risk," D&O Diary (4/07)
      • "Supreme Court KO's Duke: Sets Stage for Broader Application of NSR Requirements," McGuireWoods (4/5/07)
      • "Code Green: Massachusetts and the Coming Surge of Greenhouse Gas Regulations," McGuireWoods (4/4/07)
      • "Climate Change: What To Expect in 2007," Jenner & Block (2/07)
      • "Sustainability Reporting: Straight to the Bottom Line," Business Finance Magazine (2/07)
      • "Beyond The Green Corporation," Business Week (1/29/07)
      • "An Inconvenient Suit: Why Global Warming Should Concern Directors and Officers," Greenberg Traurig (1/26/07)
      • "Climate Change Update," Jenner & Block (1/07)
      • "Climate Change Strategies for the Financial Services Industry," Goodwin Procter (1/4/07)
      • "Global Framework for Climate Risk Disclosure," Ceres (11/06)
      • "Getting Ahead of the Curve: Corporate Strategies That Address Climate Change," Pew Center on Global Climate Change (10/06)
      • "From Risk to Opportunity: How Insurers Can Proactively and Profitably Manage Climate Change," Ceres (8/06)
      • "Corporate Governance and Climate Change: Making the Connection," Ceres (3/06)
      • "Unexamined Risk: How Mutual Funds Vote on Climate Change Shareholder Resolutions," Ceres (1/06)
      • "Managing the Risks and Opportunities of Climate Change: A Practical Toolkit for Corporate Leaders," Ceres (1/06)
         
   5. Litigation
   • "Warming Up to a Not-So-Radical Idea: Tort-Based Climate Change Litigation," David Gardiner & Assoc.
     
     
3. Information Resources
   • Ceres' Disclosure Search Tool
   • The Encyclopedia of Earth
   • Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
   • Climate Change Information Network
   • Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
   • Earth Portal
   • Review of the Year: Global Warming - The Independent (1/07)
   • U.S. Climate Action Partnership
      
4. Advocacy Groups
   • Environmental Defense
   • Natural Resources Defense Council
   • Pew Center on Global Climate Change
   • World Resources Institute
      
5. Environmental Disclosure Practice Area
   
   
6. Social Responsibility Practice Area