Legal ESG Newsletter: 02/02/2024

Welcome to the Legal ESG newsletter.?

The Inside Legal ESG Newsletter is packed with?the past?week's?news, podcasts, thought leadership, and the latest ESG events and programming.

PODCAST

Lawrence Heim / Editor / PracticalESG.com

As editor of PracticalESG.com - CCRcorp's ESG/sustainability information service – Lawrence Heim and his team provide original & curated content following the beloved model of CCRcorp and TheCorporateCounsel.net. In this podcast conversation, Lawrence shares how and why PracticalESG.com was started, its unique candor with an emphasis on practicality, and what is in store for the future. His predictions for the coming year, including what the SEC rules will mean, will appeal to legal, financial and technical ESG practitioners alike.

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COMING SOON

LEGAL ESG: LONDON

The question is no longer whether lawyers?should engage with ESG but how they must?do so effectively, authentically, and holistically.?

ESG has become a critical and strategic priority for the legal profession, and lawyers?must take a proactive approach to serving their clients and ensuring their?own ESG practices align with stakeholder demands.?

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THOUGHT LEADERSHIP

ESG Rating Agencies and Financial Regulation

ESG Rating Agencies and Financial Regulation presents an essential and nuanced understanding of rating agencies through the utilisation of signalling theory. Daniel Cash provides fresh insight on the role of ESG rating agencies in the financial market and explores the relationship between ESG and modern business practices to explain the continued drive for effective ESG rating agencies.

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HEADLINES

IN THE 02/02/2024 EDITION:

EY: Building better businesses with ESG

Deutsche Bank’s DWS Gets New Visit From Prosecutors Over ESG

ESG Political Partisanship: Guidance for In House Counsel

'Caught in the Middle': ESG-Related Risks Soar for Legal Departments

ESG Political Partisanship: Guidance for In House Counsel

UK/EU ESG Regulation Q4 2023 Round-Up and horizon scanning for 2024

ESG and Class Actions to Fuel Disputes Work in 2024, Baker McKenzie Survey Finds

ESG Data Management And Reporting Are The CFO’s Responsibility—Period

Green government: Sustainability wish list for the UK election - ESG Clarity

ESG - Disclosure, reporting, labelling, anti-greenwashing requirements and beyond

Using technology to help meet deforestation, carbon, and methane reduction regulatory goals

Top concerns for audit teams in 2024 and how to best prepare

Banks Set to Lose Reprieve From EU’s Toughest ESG Rule (1)

AI and the “G” in ESG

COMING SOON

• Legal AI Pathfinder’s Assembly: Chicago // MAR / 6/7
• Legal ESG: London //?JUNE / 18/19?

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