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ESG — US State-Level Developments for Private Capital and Financial Institutions
Private capital providers, investors, asset managers, and financial institutions will likely continue to face a fragmented regulatory landscape on ESG matters.
The Global ESG Handbook
An introduction to this multidisciplinary handbook, published by Globe Law and Business, that brings together everything advisers need to know about ESG, including sector and regional trends around the world.
Whistleblow Insights: Recurrent Themes and Common Drivers
With a marked recent increase in the number of whistleblows across the financial services sector, this guide highlights recurrent themes and common drivers.
SEC Investigations Guide
A guide for public company directors, officers, and in-house counsel.
Environmental, Social, and Governance Matters: The Rapidly Evolving ESG Reporting Landscape
This chapter from “Emerging Trends in Securities Law,” 2022-2023 edition, offers an overview of the ESG trends in the market.
The Book of Jargon Series – Word of the Day®
The Book of Jargon® is a series of practice area and industry-specific glossaries published by Latham & Watkins.
CDP Climate Disclosure Score
a scoring system used to assess participants’ environmental Stewardship. Categories include disclosure, awareness, management, and leadership. The scoring system results in an A list for companies and cities.
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CFC
acronym for Chlorofluorocarbon.
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Circular Economy
an economic framework aimed at eliminating waste. This framework calls for keeping resources in use for as long as possible, to extract the maximum value from them, then recovering and regenerating products at the end of each service life. Implementing a Circular Economy can result in a more competitive economy, as it addresses Climate Change, decreases the amount of waste, drives productivity, allows for growth, and offers a solution to potential resource scarcity.
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Commingled Material
Recyclable material that is mixed together instead of separated by type. The waste is subsequently sorted for Reuse at a processing center and then bundled and sold to manufacturers that refine the materials to make new products. Commingled Material is also known as commingled waste or commingled recycling.
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Desalination
the process of removing dissolved salts and other minerals from water (usually seawater) to obtain fresh water suitable for irrigation or human and animal consumption.
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