Environmental, social and governance

Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) activities and practices are crucial to business performance.

ESG goes to the heart of a company’s purpose, reputation, values and approach to risk management. Negative ESG events and negative ESG practices can significantly impact the value of a company.

Recent studies show that businesses who fully integrate non-financial performance practices in their business strategy and financially outperform their peers with poor practices.

ESG is more than a simple box-ticking exercise.  It involves intentional practices designed to have specific impacts and forward-looking statements or plans, which must be based on reasonable grounds.

ESG litigation involves disputes about how a company’s activities affects and are affected by environmental, social and governance issues. ESG litigation risks can come from a variety of sources including our clients’ operational activities, investors, customers, employees, enforcement agencies such as ASIC and ACCC.

We help our clients understand, navigate and act upon ESG litigation risks.

Our team advises clients across all sectors with respect to:

• Litigation and dispute resolution
• Corporate governance
• Emerging markets
• Employment and labour
• Information governance, privacy and cybersecurity
• Modern slavery reporting and risk mitigation
• Regulation and investigations, including disclosures
• Reputation and defamation protection

For Environmental, Social, and Governance matters, please contact Principal, Dalitso Banda.