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Leah Malone Quoted in Agenda on SEC Final Climate Disclosure Rule Impact on Boards
03.11.24
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Leah Malone, Head of Simpson Thacher’s ESG and Sustainability Practice, was quoted in an Agenda article titled, “Boards Expected to Rework Climate Oversight After SEC Rule,” which discussed how the recently finalized SEC climate disclosure rules may impact company boards. When discussing how most large companies will have to disclose certain items related to climate risks within fiscal year 2025 10-Ks, Leah noted, “This does encourage companies to think pretty hard about their board level oversight of these risks.” She went on to further add that for companies that have not assigned climate and other environmental oversight responsibilities to current standing committees, the SEC climate disclosure rules will spur companies to go through that allocation process.
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