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GAIL B Lab Advocates Programme
Apply to become a GAIL B Lab Advocate. To bring the B Corp certification to more countries and states, GAIL And B Lab are together convening a group of lawyers to analyse local laws, adapt the B Lab legal requirement to the new local legal contexts and, where the B Corp certification is available, to…
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Equality Impact Investing: Introducing the Equalising Deal Terms Project
By: Sung-Hyui Park To what extent do impact investment terms replicate forms of power, privilege and control that are poorly aligned with mutual trust, respect, and collaborative partnership? Given this, how can investment terms, legal documentation and processes within impact investing better embed the principles and values of equality? The Equalising Deal Terms (EDT) project…
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The Law Society of England & Wales publishes milestone climate change guidance for solicitors
19 April 2023 Milestone climate change guidance has been launched by the LawSociety of England & Wales. The release of the Guidance on the Impact of Climate Change on Solicitors follows onfrom the Law Society committing to its Climate Change Resolution in 2021. “The effects of climate change – even on legal practices – are…
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In defence of the proposed changes to directors’ duties in New Zealand
By: Steven Moe, 27 October 2022, ADLS Chair of the GAIL Asia Pacific Regional Board, Steven Moe, writes about the changes proposed to New Zealand’s Parliament to amend s 131 of the Companies Act 1993. We live in a world where we need to reimagine the role of business. We need to consider questions of…
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Mid-Year Event: Should Impact Investing be ‘Efficient’?
What does and should ‘efficiency’ means in the context of impact investing? Who controls that definitions? Do beneficiaries get a say?
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