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Charting Paths: Opportunities and Challenges for Early-Career Impact Lawyers
This session focuses on the fact that ‘impact law exists’ as a career path/practice. Lawyers in their early-career share their personal journeys and the different paths they have taken to get to where they are.
Navigating the New EU Sustainability Reporting and Due Diligence Regulations
This article delves into the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), a groundbreaking regulation within the European Green Deal aimed at enhancing corporate responsibility for environmental and human rights impacts.
Next Steps for CSDDD Success: Powering ESG Compliance with Data Across Europe and Latin America
This webinar explored the critical role of proper data collection and management in preparing for ESG-related regulations such as CSRD (Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive) and CSDDD (Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive), with a focus on their impact on global south value chains. The discussion emphasised global policies and the importance of data in setting proper…
The EU Sustainability Regulatory Framework – Finding your Way Through the Maze
The article provides an overview of the EU’s comprehensive regulatory framework for sustainability, designed to drive the sustainable transformation of the economy.
ESG Credibility Toolkit for Lawyers
Introducing the new ESG and sustainability toolkit from Stories Evolved designed for legal professionals. This toolkit builds on insights from the recent event, Business Interests, Global Regulation, and Climate Challenges: The Role of African Impact Lawyers.
Virtual General Members’ Meeting – Vote on Articles
For Members-Only – We are holding a General Members’ meeting to approve the proposed new Articles of Association
Emiliano Giovine
Chair, GAIL Europe
Partner, RP Legal & Tax
Italy
Emiliano is the head of the Impact & Sustainability team at RP Legal & Tax.
He mainly deals with nonprofit entities, social enterprises, socially oriented corporate vehicles, NGOs and international organizations. He advises these entities in the phases of incorporation, reorganizations, extraordinary transactions and adjustments required by the Third Sector Code.
He also provides support on ESG matters to leading national and international companies. More specifically, he deals with the adoption and implementation of sustainability models, corporate policies and ethical codes, the acquisition of the Benefit Corporation status and the B Corp certification, as well as ESG/human rights due diligence, non-financial reporting and impact measurement.
Emiliano has ten years of experience in the impact economy sector. In particular, he has been involved for years in several international cooperation projects and policy-making activities, led by NGOs and by the United Nations, focused on the integration of migrants and refugees through entrepreneurial initiatives. He is also tutor of the “Human Rights and Migration Law Clinic” legal training program at the Faculty of Law of the University of Turin. He cooperates with Tiresia – Politecnico di Milano on legal issues related to social business and social innovation.
In the past years, Emiliano was a consultant of the United Nations at UNEP and a Legal Officer at the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission. He holds a master’s degree in Environmental Law and management from Cà Foscari University of Venice and is currently a PhD candidate in Public International law at Utrecht University.
Since 2019 he has been board member and legal coordinator of the NGO “ResQ Onlus – People Saving People”.
Alberta Longanesi Cattani
Senior Associate, Ince
Alissa Pelatan
Founder & Partner, AMP Avocats
France
Anh-Thu Thai
Counsel, id est avocats Sàrl
Switzerland
Benoit Spitaels
Founding Partner, Impact Advocaten
Belgium
Dan Fuochi
Partner, Impulsius
Switzerland
Dr. Alexandra von Westernhagen
Partner, EU Sustainability at LiberiusLegal
Belgium
María Peña
Head of Legal, Risk & Compliance, Symbiotics SA
Switzerland
Raluca Radu
General Counsel, The Impact Facility and Co-founder and Board Member at The LISI Foundation
Netherlands
Roberto Randazzo
Head of ESG and Impact, Legance
Italy
Rutherford Hubbard
Manager Legal (Private Equity and Structured Finance) at FMO , The Dutch Development Bank
The Netherlands