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Race to Zero: Professional Service Providers and engaging with Serviced Emissions
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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Joint public statement on EFRAG’s Exposure Draft for a Voluntary Sustainability Reporting Standard for non-listed SMEs (VSME ED)
Impact Europe, the Global Alliance of Impact Lawyers, and Euclid Network – the European Social Enterprise Network, endorsed by the signatory organisations, jointly issue this statement to welcome the EFRAG’s Exposure Draft for a Voluntary Sustainability Reporting Standard (VSME ED) and share our key recommendations to further align it with the needs of the impact…
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Pioneers Post: ‘Make the distinction between law and justice’ to avoid environmental destruction – lawyers urged at GAIL summit
Pioneers Post writes about the GAIL Annual Summit 2024 and recaps some key highlights, including Indy Johar challenging summit delegates to aim for radical environmental justice, while other speakers discuss how lawyers hold the businesses they work for accountable and whether EU sustainability laws could have a negative impact on the Global South.
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Pioneers Post: Why Mother Nature should be a ‘she’ not an ‘it’
Pioneers Post’s Editors Post highlights the role of lawyers in leading the way for nature and takes note of The Global Alliance of Impact Lawyers’ Annual Summit 2024.
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Embracing Global Sustainable Corporate Governance
In the evolving global ESG landscape, the European Union stands at the forefront, pioneering a set of regulations reshaping how companies worldwide approach sustainability and social responsibility. Paola Fonseca and Roberto Randazzo illuminate the path for businesses navigating the complex terrain of global ESG implications.
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GAIL Africa elects its inaugural board
GAIL launches its first Regional Board for Africa, chaired by NanaAma Botchway, and led by board members from across the continent.
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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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Morgan Lewis Webinar Series: ESG Investments
Morgan Lee have partnered with the GSG to organise a panel at the GSG Global Impact Summit 2023 in Malaga on 2 – 3 October 2023. “Navigating the regulatory landscape: how are investors and corporates responding to market transformation?”
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Job Opportunity with Bates Wells: Impact Finance Solicitor
Bates Wells are looking for an experienced debt finance UK qualified solicitor with at least two, and no more than three, years post qualification experience to join their market leading impact finance team to work with banking, finance, and impact investing clients (including ethical lenders, traditional bank lenders, impact investors, investment intermediaries, DFIs, social enterprises…
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GAIL Blended Finance Project
A global project undertaken by the Global Alliance of Impact Lawyers that aims to identify and map the legal and regulatory barriers to combining philanthropic, government and commercial funding to achieve positive impact; and share legal case studies to support and enable the scaling of blended finance instruments and structures.