Award – winning lawyer becomes first Director of climate legal initiative
An international initiative examining the legal basis for company directors to take account of climate risk has appointed an award-winning Australian lawyer as its first Director. Ellie Mulholland, who...
View ArticleWebinar recording on directors’ liability and climate change under UK and...
In case you missed the webinar in December 2017 on directors’ liability and climate change, the recording has now been made available here. In the webinar, the CCLI’s convenors Sarah Barker and Alexia...
View ArticleCCLI Australian convenor Sarah Barker and advisory board member Dr John...
CCLI Australian convenor Sarah Barker and advisory board member Dr John Purcell featured in an INTHEBLACK article on the increasingly tough scrutiny company directors face over how they recognise and...
View ArticleCCLI South Africa convenor Christine Reddell featured on IoDSA panel...
CCLI South Africa convenor Christine Reddell recently featured on a panel on directors’ duties and climate change hosted by the Institute of Directors in Southern Africa. Reddell explained that the...
View ArticleCompanies should be disclosing in line with the TCFD recommendations, writes...
To avoid the risk of inadequate disclosures which capture the attention of regulators and potential litigants, companies should be disclosing in accordance with the recommendations of the G20 Financial...
View ArticleNational inquiry into the human rights impacts of climate change hears...
CCLI Canadian Convenor Professor Cynthia Williams has given evidence at the New York hearing of the world’s first national inquiry into the human rights impacts of climate change. The fact-finding...
View ArticleReaction: Lawsuit against ExxonMobil “turning point” for climate litigation
The New York Attorney General yesterday announced a lawsuit against ExxonMobil for allegedly misleading investors of the risks that climate change regulations posed to its business. Responding to the...
View ArticleWorld Economic Forum calls on company directors to address climate disruption...
The World Economic Forum, in partnership with PwC, has released a white paper, How to Set Up Effective Climate Governance on Corporate Boards: Guiding principles and questions, highlighting that...
View ArticleAustralia launches industry-led initiative to develop sustainable finance...
Australia has followed the lead of Europe, the UK and Canada with the establishment of a new high-level collaboration of industry experts tasked with developing a sustainable finance roadmap for...
View ArticleBusinesses want certainty on carbon pricing – not constitutional challenges
As the Ontario Court of Appeal today begins hearing a constitutional challenge by the Ontario government to the federal Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act, the CCLI’s Dr Janis Sarra published an...
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