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Topic: Systems Change
The 2025 GAIL Summit in Mexico City – Save the Date!
Join leading legal professionals from around the world at GAIL Summit 2025, held at the prestigious Universidad Iberoamericana in Santa Fe, Mexico City.
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
True & Fair Project:
The True & Fair Project has released a new guide to assist UK company directors who recognise the importance of incorporating sustainability-related information into their financial statements to ensure a true and fair view.
GAIL Inaugural Africa Impact Journal
Introducing the Africa Impact Journal, a dedicated platform for African lawyers driving social and environmental change. As impact law has long been part of African legal practice, this journal highlights the challenges and opportunities of working in a complex and evolving landscape.
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.
New Podcast Series Spotlights Africa’s Impact Lawyers
By Africa Legal, 2024 “African lawyers are uniquely positioned to drive positive social change while maintaining excellence in legal practice,” said NanaAma Botchway, Managing Partner of N. Dowuona & Company and GAIL Africa’s first Regional Chair. “This podcast series will capture the stories of legal professionals who are proving that excellence and impact are not just…
Diagnosis: Unnatural Law and the deep codes of misalignment that mean good work can have bad consequences
This article by the Uncertain Solicitor, delves into the intricate relationship between law and technology. This piece explores how artificial intelligence is reshaping legal practices and the ethical considerations that accompany this transformation.
VYLD CASE STUDY
VYLD, a groundbreaking German startup founded in 2021, is reshaping the future of menstrual care with an unwavering commitment to sustainability, fairness, and innovation. By introducing the world’s first tampon made from seaweed – the “Kelpon” – VYLD is empowering menstruators worldwide while making a radical impact on environmental conservation. Their vision extends beyond products,…
The Role of Lawyers in Protecting Business and Client Interests in Africa Amid ESG and Sustainability Global Regulatory Expectations – Key Takeaways and Next Steps
This post summarises the discussions from a 26 June 2024 webinar hosted by GAIL Africa, the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership, Stories Evolved, and Puxley ESG
ESG is dead. Long live ESG
This article by the Financial Times highlights a critical shift businesses must embrace: moving from traditional ESG approaches toward competitive sustainability.
UN Global Compact: Forward Faster 2030
GAIL is excited to support the Legal Council as a knowledge partner alongside the United Nations Global Compact.