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Author: Louise Williams
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Just Contracts? Rethinking Relationships, Equality and Fairness In Contracts
A plenary session featuring managing partners and senior lawyers from five diverse law firms across France, Argentina, the UK, Ghana, and the USA discuss the essence and practicalities of what it means to be an impact law practice, how impact approaches are integrated across firm culture & structures and their practical implications for client advisory…
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Unlocking Legal Pathways for Blended Finance: Case Studies and Global Insights
A pathbreaking report by a global working group of GAIL lawyers, which examines the legal landscape for blended finance across different regions of the world.
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Circular Economy Principles for Family Business and Wealth Stewardship
This report is an useful tool for any wealth- and business-owning family committed to integrating sustainability into their core governance structures.
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Embracing the Cracks, Midwifing the Convergence, Creating the Coherence
This article by The Uncertain Solicitor illustrates how many significant voices are expressing opinions about the need for new ways to engage with the world around us and identifies roles for lawyers in bringing these individual interventions into a coherent and compelling new narrative.
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The Commonwealth Climate and Law Initiative (CCLI) new legal opinion: Nature-related risks and directors’ duties under the law of England and Wales
The Commonwealth Climate and Law Initiative (CCLI) and Pollination publish a landmark new legal opinion: Nature-related risks and directors’ duties under the law of England and Wales.
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Hacia un futuro sostenible:Casos de marcos regulatorios que habilitanla economía de impacto (Español)
Nuestro nuevo informe destaca casos de éxito donde abogados han interpretado marcos regulatorios para facilitar instrumentos que impulsan empresas y proyectos en la economía de impacto en la región.
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Towards a sustainable future: Cases of regulatory frameworks that enable the impact economy
By: GAIL Latin America A significant new report by Latimpacto and TrustLaw, in partnership with GAIL, highlights success stories where lawyers have interpreted regulatory frameworks to facilitate instruments that drive businesses and projects in the impact economy in the region. Immerse yourself in inspiring stories where the law catalyses social and economic progress.
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UN Race to Zero consultation on draft guidance on “Serviced Emissions” of professional service providers
Webinar and discussion to explore what the guidance means for the legal profession hosted by the LSA and Legal Charter 1.5. Panel speakers include members of the UN Race to Zero Climate Champions David Hunter (Senior Counsel Bates Wells, and member of the Race to Zero working group) and Rob Clarke (lawyer Client Earth and…
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Legal Opinion on Enabling Impact Investing in New Zealand
Read a new legal opinion on enabling impact investing in New Zealand and watch a recording of the event launching the opinion.
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Pension Fund Trustees and Fiduciary Duties: Decision-making in the context of Sustainability and the subject of Climate Change
By: The Working Group for the Financial Markets Law Committee, 6 February 2024 For pension funds, setting investment strategy, principles and policies and making investment decisions have all become more challenging in the context of sustainability and the subject of climate change. This has given rise to renewed uncertainty over what the “fiduciary duties” or…