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What does the new UK legal opinion on nature-related risks and directors’ duties mean for directors?

The CCLI’s biodiversity project officer Eniye Igbanibo talks to the CCLI’s biodiversity lawyers about the new independent legal opinion commissioned by the CCLI and Pollination (the Opinion). Eniye: What is so significant about the Opinion? Jenni: This is the first expert legal opinion to confirm that, under the law of England and Wales, company directors…

Trade offs in corporate governance and balancing directors duties on the climate–biodiversity–society nexus

Jenni Ramos, Alex Cooper and Zaneta Sedilekova explore how the interconnection between climate, biodiversity and just transition impacts on the performance of director’s duties. Last month the World Biodiversity Summit (part of New York Climate Week) convened to explore joint solutions to the biodiversity and climate crises. With COP27 in November (featuring a day on…

Directors’ Liability and Climate Risk: White Paper on Hong Kong

To complement the legal opinion on Legal Opinion on Directors’ Duties and Disclosure Obligations under Hong Kong Law in the Context of Climate Change Risks and Considerations, the CCLI has produced a white paper on Directors’ Liability and Climate Risk under Hong Kong law.

Directors’ Fiduciary Duties and Climate Change: Emerging Risks

To accompany our paper on Fiduciary Duties and Climate Change in the United States, the CCLI wrote an article summarising what climate change means for Delaware directors.

Fiduciary Duties and Climate Change in the United States

The CCLI, in collaboration with ClientEarth and Ceres, has produced a first-of-its-kind analysis of climate change as a risk within the purview of directors’ duties under Delaware law.

Legal Opinion on Directors’ Duties and Disclosure Obligations under Hong Kong Law in the Context of Climate Change Risks and Considerations

The CCLI has commissioned a legal opinion on Directors’ Duties and Disclosure Obligations under Hong Kong Law in the Context of Climate Change Risks and Considerations, by Mr Alex Stock SC and Ms Jennier Fan.

Directors’ Liability and Climate Risk White Paper on India

To complement the legal opinion on Directors’ obligations to consider climate change-related risk in India, the CCLI has produced a white paper on Directors’ Liability and Climate Risk under Indian law.

Legal Opinion: Directors’ obligations to consider climate change-related risk in India

The CCLI has commissioned a legal opinion by Mr. Shyam Divan, Senior Advocate, and Ms. Sugandha Yadav and Ms. Ria Singh Sawhney, Advocates, on directors’ duties and disclosure obligations regarding climate change under Indian law.

What the Shell Judgment Means for US Directors

The judgment of the Milieudefensie v Shell litigation has made headlines around the world. In this article, we analyse what it means for directors’ duties.

Primer on Climate Change: Directors’ Duties and Disclosure Obligations

In collaboration with the Climate Governance Initiative, the CCLI has produced a primer on directors’ duties and climate change, covering 20 jurisdictions plus the European Union.

UK directors’ duties in a changing climate and the net zero transition

The CCLI’s director, Ellie Mulholland, has written a summary of UK directors’ duties in a changing climate, as part of the Oxford Business Law Blog 2021 conference.

Following the Footpath to Mandatory TCFD Disclosure in the United Kingdom: Lessons for Canadian and Other Regulators

As TCFD-aligned disclosures start to become mandatory in some jurisdictions, the Canada Climate Law Initiative compares the paths regulators are taking to oblige companies to carry out TCFD disclosures.

Climate Change: Legal Implications for Canadian Pension Plan Fiduciaries and Policy-Makers

Our Canadian partner, the Canada Climate Law Initiative, has commissioned a legal opinion by Mr. Randy Bauslaugh, independent counsel on ‘Climate Change: Legal Implications for Canadian Pension Plan Fiduciaries and Policy-Makers’.

Legal Opinion on Directors’ Responsibilities and Climate Change under Singapore Law

Company directors in Singapore could face personal liability if they fail to take action to address climate change risks, according to a new legal opinion by Mr. Jeffrey Chan Wah Teck SC, Dr. Joseph Chun, Dr. Ernest Lim, Mr. Peter Doraisamy, and Mr. Gerard Quek.

Directors’ Liability and Climate Risk: White Paper on Singapore

Alongside the Chan legal opinion on directors’ responsibilities and climate change under Singapore law, the CCLI are pleased to publish a new white paper: Directors’ Liability and Climate Risk: White Paper on Singapore.

Haida law of gina ‘waadluxan gud ad kwaagiida and Indigenous rights in conservation finance

Our Canadian partner, the Canada Climate Law Initiative, has produced a paper on biodiversity loss and conservation finance within the Haida legal framework.

Life, Health, Property, Casualty: Canadian Insurance Company Directors and Effective Climate Governance

Our Canadian partner, the Canada Climate Law Initiative, has produced a paper on ‘Life, Health, Property, Casualty: Canadian Insurance Company Directors and Effective Climate Governance’ covering the legal duties of insurers in respect of climate change, and best practices.

Directors’ Duties Regarding Climate Change in Japan

In collaboration with our Canadian partners, the Canada Climate Law Initiative, we have produced legal analysis on ‘Directors’ Duties Regarding Climate Change in Japan’ by Dr. Yoshihiro Yamada, Dr. Janis Sarra and Dr. Masafumi Nakahigashi.

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