Managing the legal risks of climate change
Season 1, Episode 19, Jan 08, 10:00 AM
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0:40 Introduction
1:14 What is climate legal risk?
8:25 Where companies should focus their attention
11:38 Who has climate legal risk?
16:10 How do companies put processes in place to address risk?
24:28 What's the role of the general counsel in this?
26'05 How do you overcome board reluctance to address this fully?
30:19 How do companies behaviours need to change to address this risk?
Companies around the world are facing new kinds of lawsuits and regulatory action based on their historic and current conduct and the degree to which it might be contributing to climate change. Academic Thom Wetzer and advisors Euan McVicar and board advisor Vicky Moffatt help untangle what those risks are and how they can be addressed.
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