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January 29, 2024
TO: ICI MembersICI Global Members
ESG Advisory Group
SEC Rules Committee SUBJECTS: Disclosure
ESG
Financial Stability
International/Global RE: ESG-Related Developments (August 22, 2023 – February 2, 2024)
This memorandum catalogues significant ESG related developments that have occurred since August 22, 2023. It references ICI memoranda that provide a more fulsome description of each matter. You can find all of these memoranda on our website in our ESG Resource Center.
US Materials
- Memo: State of Tennessee Files a Civil Enforcement Complaint Against an Asset Manager Regarding ESG Activity (December 22, 2023)
- Memo: SEC and CFTC Rulemaking Agendas (December 08, 2023)
- Memo: The SEC's Division of Examinations Publishes Its Examinations Priorities for 2024 (November 07, 2023)
- Memo: California's Climate Accountability Package (October 10, 2023)
- Comment Letter: ICI Recommends Withdrawal of Wyoming's Proposed Amendments Prescribing ESG-Related Advisory Disclosure (September 29, 2023)
- Memo: SEC Adopts Final Amendments to the Fund Names Rule (September 28, 2023)
- Memo: District Court Upholds DOL Final Rule on ESG Investing and Proxy Voting, Ruling Against Twenty-Five States' Attorneys General (September 25, 2023)[1]
- Memo: Complaint Challenges Two New Missouri Securities Division Rules (August 22, 2023)
- Comment Letter: ICI Letter to SEC on Aggregated Impact of Rulemaking (August 17, 2023)
Global Materials
- Memo: UK Adopts Voluntary Industry Code of Conduct for ESG Ratings and Data Providers (January 05, 2024)
- Comment Letter: ICI Global Responds to European Commission SFDR Targeted Consultation (December 15, 2023)
- Comment Letter: ICI Global Responds to UK Call for Evidence on Scope 3 GHG Emissions Reporting (December 13, 2023)
- Memo: Asia ESG: MAS Finalizes Code of Conduct for ESG Ratings and Data Providers (December 13, 2023)
- Memo: Asia ESG: Hong Kong Develops Voluntary Code of Conduct for ESG Ratings and Data Providers (December 01, 2023)
- Memo: Asia ESG: Singapore Proposes Transition Planning Guidelines for Asset Managers (November 02, 2023)
- Comment Letter: ICI Global Responds to Proposed UK Voluntary Code of Conduct for ESG Ratings and Data Providers (October 04, 2023)
- Comment Letter: ICI Global Responds to MAS Proposed Code of Conduct for ESG Ratings and Data Providers (August 21, 2023)
Dorothy M. Donohue
Deputy General Counsel - Securities Regulation
Giezi Rios
Legal Intern
Notes
[1] On October 26, 2023, the 25 Attorneys General filed a notice of their intent to appeal the decision to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, and on January 18, 2024, they filed their opening brief with the Fifth Circuit.