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ESG and Sustainability: Climate-Related Litigation and Enforcement Toolkit
Practical Law Toolkit w-040-7676 (Approx. 7 pages)
ESG and Sustainability: Climate-Related Litigation and Enforcement Toolkit
by Practical Law Litigation
| Maintained • USA (National/Federal) |
A Toolkit collecting resources on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) and sustainability litigation and regulatory enforcement actions, focusing on climate-related suits litigants commonly pursue to address climate-related company policies, practices, and disclosures. This Toolkit includes resources that are relevant to climate-related actions, arising in the contexts of securities litigation, shareholder derivative suits, false advertising claims, regulatory enforcement actions by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and suits brought by state and local governments.
Litigation and regulatory enforcement actions about environmental, social, and governance (ESG) topics include numerous causes of actions and legal areas that litigants use to challenge or defend companies' ESG policies, practices, and disclosures.
This Toolkit collects resources useful in addressing climate-related private, government, and regulatory suits, arising under:
- State and federal securities laws.
- Consumer protection laws.
- False advertising laws.
Suits challenging companies' alleged false or misleading statements about the environmental benefits or performance of a product or an operation are commonly called greenwashing claims.
For resources counsel may use to address other ESG-related litigation topics, see:
For an overview of the current and developing landscape of ESG-related litigation and regulatory enforcement actions in general, see Article, Expert Q&A: Trends in ESG Litigation and Enforcement.