Outside Publication

ESG Investing in a Fragmented US Regulatory Landscape, Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance

March 17, 2026

Partners Elizabeth Goldberg and Mana Behbin and associates Yara Ismael and Rachel Mann co-authored an article for the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance discussing the evolving and fragmented US legal and regulatory landscape for environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing, including state and federal tensions, fiduciary and ERISA risks, antitrust scrutiny of sustainability initiatives, and the growing focus on proxy voting and disclosure practices.

The authors provide an analysis of the current US ESG investing environment and offer guidance on how asset managers and institutional investors can navigate evolving state and federal scrutiny with defensible governance, disclosure, and proxy voting practices.

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