Events for 23 December 24 - 23 December 24

Sustainable finance is a rapidly developing area of legal innovation. Courts are being asked by shareholders to ensure that corporations are sufficiently ambitious in their climate targets and to rule on class actions alleging that companies’ ESG-related disclosures are inaccurate. Outside the courtroom, corporate and finance lawyers have an important role to play in ensuring…

The Commonwealth Climate and Law Initiative (CCLI), together with Pollination, launched the legal opinion at an in-person event, ‘Legal Opinion: Directors' Duties & Nature Risk’. The launch event was held on 13 March 2024, from 08:00 AM to 11:00 PM at The Law Society, London. The legal opinion, authored by a team of corporate and…

In the context of a rise in climate change-related litigation and activism, City & Financial Global hosted an event titled, 'Climate and ESG Legal Risk Management Summit' in London, on the 25th March 2024. The event provided an analysis of key issues and practical guidance on how to mitigate such risks effectively. Our Biodiversity Risk…

The Commonwealth Climate & Law Initiative (CCLI), a UK-based charity, and the EW Barker Centre for Law and Business, National University of Singapore (EWBCLB), a premier business law research centre in Asia are co-organising the ‘Private Roundtable: Global Regulatory Enforcement Approaches to Tackle Greenwashing: Lessons for Asia’ on 10 May 2024 at the Faculty of…