Market report: ESG
ESG (environmental, social and governance) enforcement and litigation risks are looming large. IHL explores the challenges in-house counsel need on their agenda this year and explains why they need to start shaping the discussion.
‘You are all climate lawyers now.’ So declared John Kerry, the US special presidential envoy for climate, at the General Assembly of the 2021 American Bar Association hybrid annual meeting in Chicago. Fast forward to 2023, and the veracity of this statement far exceeds even Kerry’s predictions.
‘You are all ESG lawyers now rings just as true’, quips Slaughter and May corporate partner and head of sustainability Jeff Twentyman. ‘All lawyers have to be conversant in it, and it should be part of all lawyers’ day-to-day job.’
