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Author: Louise Williams
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GAIL X B Market Builder Japan: Exploring the Future of Benefit Corporations
This article discusses how GAIL and B Market Builder Japan are advancing the conversation on Benefit Corporations in Japan, exploring how businesses can shift the rules of the game to balance profit with purpose.
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GAIL Volunteer Opportunity: Board Treasurer
The Global Alliance of Impact Lawyers (GAIL) is looking for a volunteer Treasurer to join our Board of Directors.
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New Research on True and Fair in the EU
SVI’s True & Fair Project has released a research paper examining how the “true and fair” requirement in EU law is interpreted in Italy, the Netherlands, France and Spain, and what it means for directors, auditors and investors as sustainability issues become increasingly material.
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I Am an Impact Lawyer: Getting to Know Navine Karim, Founder & Principal of Global Impact Law, P.C
This new series by GAIL North America will spotlight our members across the United States and the diverse ways they are practising impact law. For our first article, we hear from Navine Karim.
Benefit Corporations and B Corps, Blended Finance, Business and Human Rights, Business for Good, Climate and Environment, Corporate Governance, Development Finance, ESG, Impact Finance, Innovative Legal Structures, Legislation and Regulation, Mission driven businesses, Philanthropy, Public Interest Litigation, Steward Ownership, Systems Change -
Nature / Shareholder: Who Speaks for the Trees?
This paper invites us to rethink business by exploring what it would mean for nature to be a shareholder in companies, challenging conventional structures and sparking new conversations.
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Cirio briefing: ICJ’s climate change opinion signals a new legal era
Cirio has prepared a comprehensive briefing outlining the recent advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on State responsibility for climate change and what it means in practice.
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WITHIN OUR POWER: Cut Emissions Today to Insure Tomorrow
This article explores how major insurers are responding to the climate crisis, often in ways that deepen existing risks, by analysing their fossil fuel policies, underwriting practices, and the broader impacts on energy transition and insurance affordability. Drawing on two decades of climate science, it also outlines key policy recommendations for lawmakers and regulators.
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SCALED: Institutionalised standardisation to scale blended finance
This article introduces SCALED, a new multi-stakeholder initiative launched at the 2024 Hamburg Sustainability Conference to tackle the SDG financing gap in emerging markets. It explores how SCALED aims to streamline and scale blended finance through a dedicated entity, standardised tools, and a more efficient process to attract institutional investors.
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Inside Out: Global Perspectives on the EU Sustainability Regulations
GAIL Europe interviews Navine Karim, a US expert in impact law and sustainability, on his insights on the EU Sustainability Regulations from a North American perspective.
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Legal Charter 1.5 and Save the Children Global Ventures: A Pioneering Legal-Climate Partnership
Discover how top UK law firms are reshaping climate action through a groundbreaking partnership with Save the Children, combining legal expertise, carbon finance, and child-focused impact in Kenya in this new article by GAIL UK.