Sustainable Energy & Infrastructure

There is no “one size fits all” approach with respect to board responsibility for ESG oversight, say Mintz attorneys Megan Gates, Jacob Hupart, and Jen Rubin. Some may form a new committee, some may give the duties to an existing committee, or still others might have each board member assume all ESG responsibilities. In any case, they say, investors are raising the stakes on ESG matters.

Learn about upcoming energy industry events, including Mintz’s webinar: A Closer Look at the SEC’s Proposed Climate-Related Disclosures and Implications for Public Companies. 

Read about recent M&A activity in the energy and sustainability space, including Professional Datasolutions’s acquisition of GreenPrint, a provider of carbon-neutral fuel services designed to reduce carbon emissions in the environment.

Read about Context Labs, an Enterprise Data Fabric Climate Tech company based in Cambridge, MA, and Amsterdam, a recent $28 million investment in the company, and a multiyear commitment by energy company Williams to use Context’s platform.

This issue of Energy & Sustainability Connections includes features on Context Labs and the SEC’s Proposed Climate-Related Rules, energy policy news from Washington, and a roundup of recent M&A activity.

Read about energy legislation and energy policy news, including President Biden’s FY 2023 request for $48.2 billion for the DOE, the Senate Climate Change Task Force’s proposal for energy independence, and the EPA’s Clean Air in Buildings Challenge.

Read the latest round of M&A activity in the energy and sustainability space. Read here.

Our newsletter highlights Massachusetts’s $4 billion 2022–2024 energy efficiency plan; Aspen Aerogels; M&A activity in the industry; the COMPETES Act and DOE Science for the Future Act; and upcoming industry events.

Don’t miss this month’s exciting virtual events, including NECA’s 2022 Renewable Energy Conference, which will include topics such as offshore wind activity and the necessary distributed generation (DG) policies to attain state policy goals. Learn more here.

This article from Mintz’s March 2022 Energy & Sustainability Connections newsletter provides an update on Aspen Aerogels, a technology leader in aerogel-based sustainability and electrification solutions.

This article discusses Massachusetts’s 2022–2024 Three-Year Energy Efficiency Plan, which allocates $4 billion in energy efficiency incentives.

Our newsletter discusses the new Massachusetts Commission on Clean Heat and highlights energy pioneer Rhombus Energy Solutions, recent M&A activity in the industry, policy news from DC — including the implementation of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the new Building Codes Coalition — and upcoming industry events.

In this month’s Energy & Sustainability Connections newsletter, we are excited to feature Rhombus Energy Solutions, a leader in power electronics. With the mission of replacing internal combustion vehicles with electric vehicles, Rhombus Energy Solutions develops and manufactures next-generation electric vehicle charging infrastructure, high-efficiency power conversion systems, and energy management system (EMS) software.

Don’t miss this month’s exciting virtual events, including NESEA’s BuildingEnergy Boston, a conference designed by and for practitioners in the fields of high-performance building and design, energy efficiency, and renewable energy to learn from and share ideas with each other.

Read the latest round of M&A activity in the energy and sustainability space.

Read about key regulatory and other developments, including board diversity and other ESG matters, which public companies need to consider as they prepare for their fiscal year-end SEC filings and 2022 annual shareholder meetings.

Don’t miss this month’s exciting virtual events, including the C3E’s Women in Clean Energy webinar series: Maximizing Your Impact in the Clean Energy Transition, which highlights the outstanding work of clean energy professionals and brings in experts to discuss clean energy opportunities.