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Mid-Year Event: Legal Toolkits for a Just Transition
A GAIL members-only event exploring three legal toolkits to (1) embed purpose in constitutional documents (2) incorporate climate clauses into contracts and (3) embed impact in legal term sheets, providing practical tools that lawyers can use to incorporate into their legal practice, drafting and advice.
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Mid-Year Event: The SEC Takes On Greenwashing – Proposed Rulemaking on Impact & ESG
While the ESG landscape has evolved rapidly, regulators in the U.S. have been slower to act. Responding to growing concerns over greenwashing and the lack of standards in ESG measurement and reporting, the SEC announced three major rule proposals in 2022 targeting these issues. This panel provides an overview of the SEC’s proposals regarding public…
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Mid-Year Event: The Regulation of Impact Funds
This panel discusses the FCA’s proposal for regulating impact funds, the proposed “Just Transition” Label, Article 9 of the EU SFDR, and the SEC’s proposals on fund labelling in the US.
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Mid-Year Global Event: The Role of Lawyers in a Just Transition
GAIL launched in February 2022 with a week long series of international events.
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Steward Ownership – A Short Guidebook to Legal Frameworks
This guidebook, written by Purpose Foundation and NYU Law, is for lawyers from any jurisdiction looking into alternative ownership models and inclusive finance structures. It provides an introduction to the concept of steward-ownership and presents practical tools and insights about the implementation of steward-ownership structures.
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A Legal Framework for Impact
A Legal Framework for Impact, a ground-breaking report, set out to clarify how regulators in 11 jurisdictions view “investing for sustainability impact”, which involves the use of investment powers, stewardship and engagement with policy makers to produce assessable positive sustainability impacts.