ESG and sustainability cut across different business areas, such as environmental compliance, finance, supply chains, human capital and corporate governance. As a full-service firm, we are well-placed to help you identify where the main ESG and sustainability risks lie in your business and can help you manage them.
Our lawyers have developed ESG 360 which is a free high-level compliance audit tool to help your organisation understand its ESG performance.
Environmental
We can help your business manage environmental risks and comply with the complexities of environmental legislation. We undertake transactional due diligence and project risk management, help you comply with environmental legislation and deal with regulatory investigations and enforcement actions if things go wrong. Click here to find out more.
Social
The ‘S’ in ESG has been gaining prominence and rightly so, as human and social capital are vital to any business’s success. A good health and safety culture and robust policies on diversity and inclusion are paramount, as is compliance with modern slavery laws. Our award-winning employment and business crime and regulatory teams can help you protect your human and social capital and provide pragmatic advice and guidance when the unexpected occurs. For more information, see Employment & Immigration, Health & Safety, Business Crime and Regulatory.
Governance
Good corporate governance is about transparency, accountability and strategic planning. We can help you with all aspects of your governance, including your ESG systems and procedures, your compliance with applicable legal requirements and best practice for corporate governance (including board training), your compliance with the Companies Act, your payment practices reporting and your supply chain management. To find out more about how we can help you ensure good governance, click here.
Cybercrime and data breaches are an increasing risk for all businesses. We provide support in all areas of global privacy law and practice (including through our Automated Data Compliance platform). If your business is unfortunate enough to suffer a cyber-attack or data breach our cyber team provides 24/7/365 incident response coverage via SHOC 24, our multidisciplinary emergency response service. For more information, see Privacy & Data.
