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Topic: Climate and Environment
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Lanzamiento Alianza GRI – GAIL LATAM
This event marked the official launch of the partnership between the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and GAIL LATAM, exploring the vital role of legal frameworks in shaping sustainability narratives and discuss the extraterritorial impacts of sustainability regulations on supply chains across Latin America.
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The $20 million lawyer: signifier of system failure (and potential superhero saviour?)
This article by The Uncertain Solicitor examines the phenomenon of $20 million salaries for top lawyers, critiquing it as a symbol of systemic economic and environmental imbalance. It argues that such high earnings reflect and exacerbate unsustainable practices contributing to climate change and societal inequality.
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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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International Perspectives on True & Fair Accounting: Legal Insights from SVI’s Campaign Across Europe
This virtual roundtable will present the English law legal opinion commissioned by Social Value International, and explore how this maps across into other key European jurisdictions, based on legal analyses undertaken in partnership with GAIL in Italy, France, the Netherlands and Spain.
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Implementing CSDDD: Legal Tools for Sustainable Supply Chains
As part of London Climate Action Week, this webinar was for legal professionals dedicated to advancing supply chain and procurement sustainability. The GAIL Europe Board explored the latest tools and strategies for enhancing sustainability with a focus on implementing the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD).
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Business Interests, Global Regulation and Climate Challenges: The Role of African Impact Lawyers
Our panel navigated the tensions lawyers face in balancing business interests with the evolving regulatory demands of the Global North, and the impacts of climate change, biodiversity loss, and social issues in Africa.
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The Legal Character of Voluntary Carbon Credits: A Way Forward
By: GenZero and Allen & Gledhill LLP Clarity in the legal character of voluntary carbon credits (VCCs) is crucial for the scale-up of the voluntary carbon market. For principals that transact in VCCs, primary concerns include transferability of legal title and their ability to exercise proprietary rights over these VCCs, particularly where they are in…
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Rwanda, Strategic Destination Hub of Choice for Climate Finance in Africa
Rwanda is steadily progressing to meet its climate change mitigation goals and is also focused on ensuring the economy and its people can resiliently withstand the increasing effects of climate change through a number of adaptation measures.
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Lawyers can use their privileged position to combat climate change
Law’s vital role in combating climate change is hindered by practices fuelling self-termination. Bates Wells’ David Hunter explores how lawyers can use their imagination and agency to reshape legal frameworks for a sustainable future.
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Implementing CSDDD: Legal Tools for Sustainable Supply Chains
As part of London Climate Action Week, this webinar was for legal professionals dedicated to advancing supply chain and procurement sustainability. The GAIL Europe Board explored the latest tools and strategies for enhancing sustainability with a focus on implementing the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD).