United States ESG Content

We submitted a letter to the SEC today strongly recommending that the compliance date for any final Fund ESG rule1 not precede the compliance date for any final Public Company Climate rule.2 We pointed out that it would be irresponsible for the SEC to require environmental funds (i.e...

On January 26, 2023, attorneys general from 25 states (joined by three additional organizations and one individual) filed a lawsuit against the Department of Labor (DOL) attempting to invalidate the final rule on "Prudence and Loyalty in Selecting Plan Investments and Exercising...

Commissioner Uyeda delivered remarks which include his views on issues related to asset managers' use of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investment strategies. He noted, among other things, that "regulatory issues presented by ESG investing are nothing new," and that "[a]...

The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs released the Fall 2022 Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions on January 4, 2023. The agenda includes regulatory actions that the Securities and Exchange Commission and Commodity Futures Trading Commission expect to take...

On November 22, 2022, the Department of Labor (DOL) released its final rule on "Prudence and Loyalty in Selecting Plan Investments and Exercising Shareholder Rights" which addresses the consideration of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors in selecting plan investments...

​​​​​​​SEC Commissioner Mark Uyeda delivered remarks at a recent Cato Institute conference focusing on the rise of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing and the future of financial regulation. His remarks are summarized below.

​​​​​​​Commissioner Peirce recently delivered fund-related remarks, highlighting that each fund "is distinct from their investors, their asset managers, and the other funds in the same complex but that too often, funds' interests are treated as being identical to those of their...

This memorandum catalogues significant ESG related developments that have occurred since April 11, 2022. 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.