Biodiversity Net Gain and the Task Force for NatureDisclosures Help Prevent the Sixth Mass Extinction?
Scientists recognise a dual planetary crisis: climate breakdown and biodiversity loss. The current extermination of nature by humans is often called the sixth mass extinction. Climate breakdown is caused by...Read more

Simon Boyle
Legal Director, Landmark Information Group, UK
To (form an) Environmental Social Governance Committee or not to (form an) ESG Committee? That is the question (for boards)
As ESG (environmental, social and governance) concerns continue to play a major role in business discourse, and given the breadth of the term, should boards be setting up ESG sub-committees...Read more
Tom Proverbs-Garbett
Associate Director, ESG, RSM UK Consulting LLP, UK
Lawyers and Climate Change

The growing threat of climate change will define this century and our generation more dramatically than any other challenge. It is widely recognised by scientists and environmentalists that we have...Read more

Vesselina Haralampieva
Senior Counsel, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, UK

Michael Strauss
General Counsel, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, UK
Mainstreaming Environmental Social Governance (ESG) in Nigeria – Legal and Policy Drivers
This article describes some laws and policies in Nigeria mandating or recommending companies to implement or consider sustainability or ESG factors, including the Companies and Allied Matters Act and the...Read more

Adebisi Sanda
Governance Manager, Oando Energy Resources Inc., Nigeria
Are Lawyers A Shoo-In for Sustainability?
In their 2021 Focus 15 Report, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) described sustainability as a growing business concern that has become a strategic priority. Much of this increased importance is...Read more

Jeffery Tan
Group General Counsel & Chief Sustainability Officer , Jardine Cycle & Carriage Limited, Singapore
Responsible and Sustainable Business Conduct – Everyone’s Business

Many leading businesses have recognised the importance of an integrated view of sustainability and responsible business conduct across their operations and business relationships as a key strategic priority for their...Read more

Nicole Bigby
Partner and General Counsel - EMEA & Asia, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, UK
Governing and Innovating for Good: The Public Private Frontier

What does it mean for an organisation to govern and innovate for good? What principles can organisations enshrine – structurally or otherwise – to ensure the common good is always...Read more

Anna White
General Counsel, EIT Climate-KIC, UK
Assessing the Risk and Impact of Climate, and Social and Human Capital on a Corporation: An In-house Counsel’s Perspective

With the exception of the few skeptics, climate change has been acknowledged worldwide, and climate change is impacting our environment globally. Companies, and the things we produce, and the way...Read more

Mary Kennard
Vice President & General Counsel (retired), American University, USA
Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) Looking Beyond Compliance
Generally in India (with few respectable exceptions) EHS is looked at as an item of checking the box i.e. a matter of formality to be followed primarily ...Read more

Manish Asarkar
Legal & Compliance Head- India , Black & Veatch -India , India
Greening the Corporation: Advising Companies on Compliance with Corporate Sustainability Requirements
For a growing number of businesses, implementing smart environmental policy aids legal compliance and promotes competitiveness. Gone are the days when the only companies concerned about environmental laws were heavy...Read more
Dana Newman
Partner, The General Counsel, USA