Private high-level meeting on climate liability and litigation at Paris COP21
Paris , FranceThe Bank of England's Prudential Regulation Authority recently pointed out that fiduciaries, including company directors and pension fund trustees, could be held liable for i) contributing to anthropogenic climate change and ii) not reasonably managing the risks associated with climate change. The Bank, and others, have said that this could potentially have significant implications for…
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,…
Climate Risk and the Law Breakfast Seminar
London London, United KingdomCCLI through ClientEarth, together with IIGCC, PRI, CDP, Influence Map and Bentham Europe, co-organised a breakfast seminar to explore the liability risks that climate change poses to companies, and what the law can do to help you to avoid risks and recover losses. Recent high profile corporate scandals involving VW, as well as the collapse…
Value Creation in a Sustainable Manner
Melbourne , AustraliaPanel featuring Prof Mervyn King SC and CCLI's Australian convenor, Sarah Barker (Minter Ellison), hosted by CPA Australia and Melbourne Law School's Centre for Resources, Energy and Environmental Law (CREEL) and Centre for Corporate Law and Securities Regulation (CCLSR). This event explored the changing role of the corporation and how this may play out in…
Climate Change Liability: Directors and Officers
London London, United KingdomAlice Garton, part of CCLI, joined a panel examine international developments in the emerging field of climate change litigation. This seminar addresses warnings given in 2015 in a major report by the Prudential Regulation Authority, highlighting potential liabilities for companies and directors in relation to: - contribution to loss and damage caused by anthropogenic climate…
Castle Debate: Legal Liability for Climate Change
London London, United KingdomAs business steels itself to deal with seismic changes in the world's climate, what is legally expected of directors is becoming more stringent. The Paris Climate talks in December 2015 confirmed what we already knew - that more serious action is required from the corporate world in future. Business leaders must understand how to respond…