Author: Kim Schumacher

July 31, 2018 Kim Schumacher No comments exist

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…

May 9, 2018 Kim Schumacher No comments exist

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…

April 10, 2018 Kim Schumacher No comments exist

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…

January 4, 2018 Kim Schumacher No comments exist

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

December 15, 2017 Kim Schumacher No comments exist

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…

December 14, 2017 Kim Schumacher No comments exist

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…

November 7, 2017 Kim Schumacher No comments exist

  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…