International Symposium on Directors’ Liability for Climate Change Damages
University of OxfordThe first of three high-level international symposia on the legal exposures of company directors for climate change damages. The first symposium was held at Lady Margaret Hall, a college within the University of Oxford, on the 8th June 2016. Each symposium facilitated a cross-institutional and cross-jurisdictional exchange of legal thought leadership on director liability risks…
Climate Change Risk and Corporate Governance Directors’ Duties and Liability Exposures in a post-Paris World
Melbourne , AustraliaClimate change presents material - if not unparalleled - economic risks and opportunities. These emerging exposures have implications for corporate governance in climate-risk exposed industries (from financial services to mining, infrastructure, agriculture, and beyond), investors (banks, asset owners and managers) and for the insurance sector (professional indemnity and directors' and officers' insurance). Despite these risks,…