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Topic: ESG
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JOINT PRESS RELEASE EU watchdog slams Commission’s undemocratic environmental rollbacks
The EU Ombudswoman has ruled that the European Commission acted improperly in weakening environmental and human-rights protections through opaque, non-democratic “Omnibus” processes, prompting NGOs to demand stricter transparency and evidence-based lawmaking for all future reforms.
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Law in an Age of Transformation – Keynote by Marcel Fukayama
This keynote session, on 15 October 2025, addressed the widening gap between traditional legal frameworks and the rapidly evolving social, environmental, economic, and technological conditions shaping the modern world.
AI, Benefit Corporations and B Corps, Blended Finance, Business and Human Rights, Business for Good, Climate and Environment, Corporate Governance, Development Finance, ESG, Impact Finance, Innovative Legal Structures, Legislation and Regulation, Mission driven businesses, Philanthropy, Public Interest Litigation, Steward Ownership, Systems Change -
Regulation – A Tool or a Barrier for Impact?
This webinar brought together practitioners and thought leaders from across Latin America to explore how legal frameworks can both enable and constrain social and environmental impact.
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I Am an Impact Lawyer: Getting to Know Patrick Miller, Founding Attorney at Impact Advocates APC
This series by GAIL North America will spotlight our members across the United States and the diverse ways they are practising impact law. For this first article, we hear from Patrick Miller, Founding Attorney at Impact Advocates APC
Benefit Corporations and B Corps, Blended Finance, Business and Human Rights, Business for Good, Climate and Environment, Corporate Governance, Development Finance, ESG, Impact Finance, Innovative Legal Structures, Legislation and Regulation, Mission driven businesses, Philanthropy, Public Interest Litigation, Steward Ownership, Systems Change -
Law, Community and Collective Power – Keynote Plenary by Tetiana Sakharuk
Tetiana Sakharuk, Executive Director of the UN Global Compact Network Ukraine and a former practising lawyer, delivered an address highlighting the vital role of the legal profession and business leaders in strengthening the “social” pillar of ESG — particularly during times of crisis. Read more here.
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United Nations Global Compact and GAIL – A Keynote Presentation
This session highlighted the strategic collaboration between the Global Alliance of Impact Lawyers (GAIL) and the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC).
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Post GAIL Summit 2025 London Gathering – What did we learn?
This in-person event provided insights from those present at the GAIL Summit 2025 to our local members and explored some of the main themes that arose from the Summit sessions, which covered cutting-edge issues in impact investing, blended finance, climate law, ESG, corporate governance, philanthropy, purposeful business, and emerging legal models.
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I Am an Impact Lawyer: Getting to Know Rick Davis, Managing Partner at LOHAS
This new series by GAIL North America will spotlight our members across the United States and the diverse ways they are practising impact law. For this article, we hear from Rick Davis from LOHAS.
Benefit Corporations and B Corps, Blended Finance, Business and Human Rights, Business for Good, Climate and Environment, Corporate Governance, Development Finance, ESG, Impact Finance, Innovative Legal Structures, Legislation and Regulation, Mission driven businesses, Philanthropy, Public Interest Litigation, Steward Ownership, Systems Change -
Charting a Path in Impact Law: Insights & Opportunities for the Next Generation
This in-person event will provide an update on the state of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) and Impact law in the current climate and introduce law students, early- and mid-career attorneys to the growing and dynamic field of impact law, ESG, and sustainability-focused legal practice.
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GAIL Impact Showcase 2025: Initiatives and Gallery
GAIL’s 2025 Impact Showcase explores pioneering initiatives advancing the practice of Impact Law worldwide.