Environment, Sustainability and Governance
Environment, Sustainability and Governance (ESG) – is becoming a pertinent issue for many sectors with government policies across Europe gearing up to drive a green economy agenda. Together with an increasing emphasis on sustainability, businesses are making material changes to how they operate and ultimately on how they are measured and valued by their stakeholders in the future.
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The recent US election result will have greater impact on the
global sustainability agenda than we perhaps anticipate. Looking at both
political agenda of new US administration and the early political appointees,
one thing is clear, ESG will be central to corporate agendas in the coming
years.
Environment, Sustainability and Governance
While the term ESG may immediately bring to mind environmental issues like climate change and resource scarcity, it affects many more areas of a business including finance, employment practices, pensions, data security and supply chains as well as governance issues like executive pay, corporate ethics and board diversity.
Speaking at the Green Summit in November 2020 the UK’s Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak made a number of major announcements on green finance confirming that the UK will issue its first, and by no means its last – green gilts in 2021, and will introduce new climate disclosure requirements. These announcements form part of ‘The Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution’.
ESG
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and how they could impact your business.
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Key contacts
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Partner, Derivatives and Structured Finance
Dougall Molson
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Managing Partner Ireland, Head of Public and Regulatory/Planning & Environmental
JP McDowell
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Dublin, Ireland
- +353 (0)1 828 0630
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Senior Associate, Financial Services
Simon Lafferty
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Joint-Managing Partner - Brussels, EU Regulatory, Competition and Trade
Claudio Mereu
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Partner, Construction
Jamie Key
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London, England
- +44 (0)207 110 0840
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Partner, Energy and Natural Resources
Hugo Lidbetter
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Partner, Public and Regulatory/Planning & Environmental
Zoe Richardson
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Partner, Environment
Marie-Léonie Vergnerie
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Paris, France
- +33 1 70 37 81 31
- Email Marie-Léonie
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Director, Competition and Regulatory
Jessica Gardner
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London, England
- +44 (0) 20 7861 4309
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Director, Planning Lawyer
Dinah Patel