SF Climate Week 2024
AKD Partners hosted events in San FranciscoSF Climate Week represents an important milestone in the global effort to address climate change. We are proud to participate and continue in our commitment to a more sustainable future.
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Events
During SF Climate Week, we hosted a 'Get to Know
LabStart Happy Hour' with our friends from LabStart.
25 April 2024
During San Francisco Climate Week, we hosted an
exclusive morning of investment insights and networking
with Kim Zou, the visionary CEO and co-founder of
Sightline Climate and the Climate Tech VC newsletter.
24 April 2024
Evening cocktail reception and fireside chat, where we
explored how companies are navigating the regulatory
tightrope around climate change legislation across US
states.
23 April 2024
Cleantech Group and AKD Partners hosted a panel
discussion on the future of renewable energy at San
Francisco Climate Week.
25 April 2024
ESG Resources
Washington cap-and-invest program s first compliance deadline is this year. What does your business need to know?
Fuel suppliers, natural gas and electric utilities, and
other large greenhouse gas (GHG) emitters will have to
obtain allowances equal to at least 30 percent of their
2023 GHG emissions under Washington State’s
cap-and-invest program starting this year.
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Climate COP
A global, intersectional challenge like climate change
requires a global, intersectional response. While the
annual United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Change (UNFCCC) Conference of the Parties (COP) convenes
governments to tackle global warming, the private and
NGO sectors have key roles to play in implementing
commitments to arresting climate change, innovating new
approaches and accelerating the transition towards net
zero and sustainability.
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The SEC s Final Climate Disclosure Rules: A Retrospective Review and Summary of Expected Challenges
Whitney Cloud, Matthew A. Goldberg, Joseph Baker, and M. David Josefovits wrote the article, "The SEC’s Final Climate
Disclosure Rules: A Retrospective Review and Summary of
Expected Challenges," that was featured in The Journal of Federal Agency Action.
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SEC stays climate rules: An overview of ongoing legal challenges
On April 4, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission
(SEC) voluntarily stayed implementation of its recently
adopted Climate Disclosure Rules (Climate Rules), which
we describe in our first alert in our Climate Rule
series, pending completion of judicial review of
consolidated challenges to the rules by the Court of
Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
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AKD Partners Americas' Sustainability Report
Welcome to AKD Partners Americas’ inaugural
Sustainability Report, covering our Environmental,
Social and Governance (ESG) efforts in 2022 and 2023.
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Focus on ESG issues impacting US companies
As ESG issues increasingly touch upon nearly every part of
your business, we deliver holistic, practical,
business-minded solutions tailored to help you thrive in
this new era of rapidly evolving change.
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