Launch of New Legal Opinion – UK Company Directors and Nature-related Risk
The Law Society 113 Chancery Lane, London, United KingdomThe 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…
Climate and ESG Legal Risk Management Summit 2024 – A practical guide for companies and their investors
Cavendish Conference Centre.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…
Private Roundtable: Global Regulatory Enforcement Approaches to Tackle Greenwashing: Lessons for Asia
National University of SingaporeThe 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…
Nature Actions Dialogue – UNEP-WCMC
Jesus College Cambridge, United KingdomThe CCLI and Influence at Work will be delivering a joint session at the UNEP-WCMC's second Nature Action Dialogue. This two-day event brings together leaders from the private sector and the conservation community.
Directors’ Duties Regarding Climate Change in Japan – Launch webinar
OnlineThe Commonwealth Climate and Law Initiative (CCLI) and Japan Climate Leaders' Partnership (JCLP) will be hosting a webinar on Directors' Duties Regarding Climate Change in Japan: 2025. The webinar will provide legal guidance on how climate change affects directors' duties and potential liability under Japanese law.
Non-Executive Directors Climate Governance Workshops (ChangeNow 2025)
KPMG France Tour Eqho, 2 Av. Gambetta, Courbevoie, FranceThe Commonwealth Climate and Law Initiative (CCLI) lawyer Sarah Hill-Smith will be speaking at The NED Climate Governance Workshops in Paris on 24 April 2025 and leading the session “Navigating Legal Duties & Sustainability in an Era of Divergence and Disruption.
Litigation risk in the new physical and transition risk landscape: who will pay? – Oxford Sustainable Finance Summit 2025
University of OxfordBusiness and investors face increasing risks of climate-related shock and disruption – both physical and transition. As damage crystallises, litigation is a key mechanism by which market actors seek to recover loss. So what are the ‘novel’ climate litigation risks of which companies and their investors should now be aware? And what can be done…