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Topic: ESG
UN Global Compact: Forward Faster 2030
GAIL is excited to support the Legal Council as a knowledge partner alongside the United Nations Global Compact.
Check Your Integrity: to act or not to act, and the Solicitors’ Principles
This article explores whether solicitors are professionally obligated to work for clients even if they believe their advice will contribute to significant harm, such as environmental damage.
ESG and Law in Africa: Navigating sustainability and governance
In the most recent episode of the Africa Legal Podcast, James Kamau, Chair of DLA Piper Africa and Scott Cowan discuss the growing impact of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors on the African legal landscape.
Rules of the Game for Sustainable Business: Laws, Contracts and Morality
David Frydlinger, a Swedish attorney and GAIL member, has written a unique book on EU sustainability law and sustainable business. “Rules of the Game for Sustainable Business: Laws, Contracts and Morality” is a crucially important book for all impact lawyers. The book explains the changing landscape and provides a guide for companies on how to transform…
Assessing the influence of ESG washing on bank reputational exposure: A cross-country analysis
This article investigates the critical impact of ESG washing on banks’ reputations in this insightful study. Exploring data from 120 banks across 35 countries between 2014 and 2020, the research reveals how discrepancies between environmental and social disclosures and their actual implementation can either heighten or reduce reputational risks.
GAIL Latin America: Regional Challenges and Opportunities in Impact Law
GAIL Latin America provides this overview of key developments and opportunities across the region.
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.
Practical Impact of EU CSRD/CSDDD on Asian Companies
This session explored the implications of the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) on Asian companies.
Beyond Supply Chains: new EU rules increase pressure on companies to adopt responsible business practices
This article explores whether solicitors are professionally obligated to work for clients even if they believe their advice will contribute to significant harm, such as environmental damage.
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…