Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 5002E – Certificate of adoption of transparency and sustainability standards
(a) The Secretary of State shall issue a certificate of adoption of transparency and sustainability standards to any entity if the Secretary of State shall have determined that the following conditions have been satisfied:
(1) Such entity shall have executed and acknowledged, and delivered to the Secretary of State, a standards statement;
(2) Such entity shall have paid all fees and costs assessed by the Secretary of State; and
(3) Such entity remains a reporting entity, and if such entity is registered or formed with the Secretary of State, it is in good standing upon the records of the Secretary of State.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 5002E
- Acknowledged: shall mean , with respect to any document or instrument required to be executed by an authorized person pursuant to this chapter, the authorized person executing such document or instrument has certified, under penalty of perjury, that the information set forth in such document or instrument is accurate and complete to the best of such authorized person's actual knowledge after due inquiry. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 5001E
- Entity: means any: (A) corporation (stock or nonstock), partnership (whether general (including a limited liability partnership) or limited (including a limited liability limited partnership)), limited liability company, or statutory trust validly existing under the applicable laws of this State, or (B) any association of the kind commonly known as a joint-stock association or joint-stock company, and any unincorporated association, trust or other enterprise having members or having outstanding shares of stock or other evidences of financial or beneficial interest therein, the internal affairs of which are governed by the laws of this State and which has not otherwise been dissolved (whether voluntarily or by any order or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction) or otherwise terminated. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 5001E
- Reporting entity: shall mean an entity that has been issued a certificate of adoption of transparency and sustainability standards and that has not become and continues to be a nonreporting entity pursuant to § 5004E of this title. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 5001E
- Standards: shall mean , with respect to an entity, the principles, guidelines or standards adopted by the entity to assess and report the impacts of its activities on society and the environment, which principles, guidelines or standards shall be based on or derived from third-party criteria. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 5001E
- Standards statement: shall mean the filing described in § 5003E of this title. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 5001E
- State: means the District of Columbia or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or any state, territory, possession, or other jurisdiction of the United States other than the State of Delaware. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 17-101
(b) Each reporting entity shall, for all purposes of the laws of this State, be authorized and permitted to disclose, publicly or privately, that it is a reporting entity.