Corporate culture – the manifestation of what people do and why they do it – consistently and continuously reflects itself in financial performance. - Tina Mavraki In this Insight, CCLI climate lawyer Sarah Hill-Smith speaks to Konstantina (Tina) Mavraki, UK Institute of Directors Chartered Portfolio Director, strategic advisor to prominent banks and companies, and author…

Investors around the world are increasingly scrutinising corporate directors’ governance and management of nature-related risks. In this Insights, we talk to Rachel Crossley , Head of Stewardship, Europe at BNP Paribas Asset Management (BNPP AM) about BNPP AM’s expectations of boards regarding their management of nature-related impacts and risks, disclosures, and why it is so…

Over the past six years, the Grantham Research Institute, in partnership with the Sabin Centre for Climate Change Law, has published annual snapshot reports in its Global trends in climate litigation series. Each report provides a synthesis of the latest research and developments in the climate change litigation field, and serves as a valuable resource for understanding the evolving…

The CCLI’s Biodiversity and Africa Lawyer, Victoria Puxley, talks to Annabel Nelson, Strategic Advisor to the CDP, about what water risk means for financial institutions and directors’ duties. This follows the release of a CDP water briefing for directors authored by Annabel and linked at the bottom of this Insights. Victoria: What prompted you to write…

The CCLI’s Executive Director, Cynthia Williams, talks to the CCLI’s climate lawyers, Jasmin Fraser and Sarah Hill-Smith, about the new independent legal opinion on nature-related risks and directors’ duties in England and Wales commissioned by the CCLI and Pollination (the Opinion), and its significance for climate risks. To understand the importance of the Opinion with…

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…