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 Staker explain how directors’ duties apply to the management and disclosure of risks and opportunities from the impacts of climate change under…
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 moves from top tier law firm Allens, was recognised among the best young Australian legal talent, winning the Lawyers’ Weekly ’30 Under 30’ award in the…
Australian media have recently covered the CCLI country papers released around in April 2017 around CHOGM 2018. The Australian paper, authorred by Sarah Barker (Special Counsel at MinterEllison), provided additional insight on the impact and potentail legal ramifications of the papers, both in the Australian as well as in an international context. Please see the…
To coincide with the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in London in April 2018, the Commonwealth Climate and Law Initiative (CCLI) launched and published a series of research reports, including an actionable framework for directors to integrate climate change issues into governance practice and policy recommendations for directors’ associations and financial regulators. CCLI has been…
The Australian flagship current affairs TV program FourCorners (ABC) did a story on climate risk on 5 March 2018, with Sarah Barker featured as the business and investment expert. Please view under: http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/weather-alert/9511070
One of our Canada convenors, Prof. Cynthia Williams, published a piece in the The Lawyer’s Daily on climate litigation and the risks it represents for companies and investors. Link: https://www.thelawyersdaily.ca/naturalresources/articles/5485/climate-change-is-very-real-and-so-is-the-risk-of-litigation-cynthia-williams
We are excited to announce that Ceres, a sustainability organization working with influential investors and companies to build leadership and drive solutions throughout the economy, has joined the CCLI in December 2017. Ceres is a member of Global Investor Coalition on Climate Change (GIC) and we are looking forward to working and collaborating together in…
ClientEarth, one of the founding partners of the CCLI has released three new reports bringing to light climate liability risks facing pensions advisers and the professional liability risks for auditors in the context of climate change. Please find the press releases and documents under the following links: New reports bring to light climate liability risks…
Comment by Alice Garton (published on the 29th November 2017 on boardagenda.com) Are directors courting legal action by keeping quiet on climate risk?
Building upon previous conferences held in Oxford, UK and Melbourne, Australia, the CCLI recently organised two events to introduce Canadian stakeholders to the risk of climate liabilities for company directors. The events took place in Vancouver (18 October 2017) and Toronto (20 October 2017), with the CCLI Canada convenors Prof. Janis Sarra (UBC) and…