Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) considerations are increasingly significant for both public and private sector organisations. Our breadth of practice and depth of experience enable us to provide robust, strategic and effective solutions to ESG challenges, old and new.
At Holding Redlich, we understand that organisations are experiencing increased scrutiny from their clients, investors, regulators, employees and other stakeholders on a growing range of ESG concerns, including as new reporting requirements emerge.
ESG is an umbrella term that stands for the "Environmental", "Social" and "Governance" aspects of commercial activities. Broadly speaking, ESG can be viewed as a set of criteria against which interested stakeholders evaluate risk and value in a company. Increasingly, investors and consumers are aligning investments and spending with ESG values and capitalising on companies which actively address ESG risk through high ESG standards. This shift in behaviour has also attracted the attention of regulators, who are keen to hold organisations to account for their ESG related claims.
Whether relating to greenwashing, modern slavery, renewable energy, other supply chain integrity issues, commercial risk strategy, corporate accountability and directors duties or mandatory regulation we work closely with our clients to identify ESG issues before they arise and develop forward-thinking solutions. Alternatively, when our clients come to us with an ESG related dispute, our in-depth experience as a multi-industry and multi-practice advisory, dispute resolution and litigation firm enables us to deliver tried and tested, practical and effective outcomes.
Issues relating to biodiversity loss, climate change, renewable energy, sustainable investment, pollution, water usage, and native title, including:
Issues involving diversity and inclusion, discrimination, modern slavery, bullying and harassment, data privacy and security, and workplace health and safety, including:
Issues involving corporate decision-making, board independence, shareholder activism, corruption, and risk mitigation, including:
Our Governance expertise.
Our ESG clients include investment managers, listed and unlisted corporations, superannuation funds, real estate developers, institutional shareholders, government departments, and statutory authorities.
