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Closing Plenary: Building Communities, Building a Movement
An interactive and discursive plenary session explores actionable strategies to enable lawyers to innovate in their practices, foster community collaboration, and drive impactful change across regions. Michael Ryland, Director, Centre for Social Finance Law and Vice-President, GAIL, Moderator (Australia) Christina Bartholemew, Co-Founder, Stories Evolved (UK) Karyn Polak, Founder, Shift the Prism Advisory and former serial…
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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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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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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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Profile of a Benefit Biotech: United Therapeutics’ Journey of Becoming and Existing as a Public Benefit Corporation (PBC)
This profile describes the legal benefit corporation framework, distinguishes it from the B Corp business certification, and summarizes the journey of United Therapeutics towards and beyond corporate conversion in order to further its sustainability goals.