In this article – “ESG: Increased activity and activism” – we review key factors impacting companies incorporating ESG considerations into their business operations and for those who are facing increasing stakeholder pressure for greater ESG disclosure. The authors cover several issues including several new proposals for climate-related disclosure, shareholder activism focused on ESG-related matters targeting various topics such as climate change and health and safety. The article also examines how, increasingly, ESG activists are using litigation to challenge how companies market or portray their products, services or policies as being environmentally friendly. Further, the article looks at how “greenwashing” claims are attracting interest from both regulators and class action plaintiffs.
This article is authored by John Valley, partner, Corporate and Chair, Environmental, Social and Governance, Andrew MacDougall, partner, Corporate, Jennifer Fairfax, partner, Litigation and Chair, Environmental Disputes, Investigations and Enforcement, and Clare Barrowman, associate, Litigation.
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