Climate Change, Business Disclosures, and Greenwashing Risks
Dr. Robin Cantor, Chris Ring, and Sydney Fallone review climate disclosure litigation trends—including how federal and state actions affect climate-washing risks—and evaluate how companies are navigating rules for mandatory and voluntary climate change disclosures.
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In a world experiencing increasing concern over the impacts of climate change, recently implemented regulations and policies aim to increase the transparency and credibility of corporate disclosures. Demands for climate change disclosures are increasing, and defendants must balance requirements and risks.
Dr. Robin Cantor, Chris Ring, and Sydney Fallone review climate disclosure litigation trends—including how federal and state actions affect climate-washing risks—and evaluate how companies are navigating rules for mandatory and voluntary climate change disclosures. They explore implications for enterprise risk from greenwashing or climate-washing challenges to corporate claims about the carbon intensity of products, use and production of “clean” energy, and commitments to a net-zero or carbon-neutral future.
This chapter was first published in International Comparative Legal Guides’ (ICLG) Class and Group Actions Laws and Regulations 2025.
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