Sustainable solutions: an interview with Marks & Spencer’s General Counsel and experts from private practice
Episode 2, Jul 05, 2021, 10:57 AM
A look at how in-house counsel can navigate the evolving and increasingly fragmented legal framework regarding business and human rights and ESG, and how lawyers can support companies in their journey towards sustainability
The second episode of the series of podcasts on business and sustainability from the International Bar Association (IBA) Legal Policy & Research Unit (LPRU).
In this episode, Nick Folland (General Counsel, Marks & Spencer) and Sarah Dickson (Deputy General Counsel, Marks & Spencer), Sara Carnegie (IBA Director of Legal Projects) and Maria Pia Sacco (LPRU Senior Project Lawyer), discuss:
In this episode, Nick Folland (General Counsel, Marks & Spencer) and Sarah Dickson (Deputy General Counsel, Marks & Spencer), Sara Carnegie (IBA Director of Legal Projects) and Maria Pia Sacco (LPRU Senior Project Lawyer), discuss:
- how in-house legal teams are navigating the evolving and increasingly fragmented legal framework regarding business and human rights and ESG;
- the importance of multi-stakeholder initiative and collaborations in the fight against modern slavery in global supply chains;
- the importance of embedding sustainability in the business model of a company.
The conversation continues with IBA members, Jonathan Drimmer (Partner, Paul Hastings), Rae Lindsay (Partner, Clifford Chance) and Hanim Hamzah (Regional Managing Partner, ZICO Law Network), to understand:
- how lawyers can support companies in their journey towards sustainability;
- the implications of a potential European legislation on mandatory human rights and environmental due diligence for companies outside of the EU;
- how business and human rights and sustainability have gained momentum in the global legal community; and
- the way in which law firms are developing to offer legal services in these areas of specialisation.