Isabella Kelly

Isabella is a senior associate in the firm’s ESG, Sustainability and Responsible Business practice.  She has worked with large corporates and financial institutions on a broad range of sustainability-related laws and frameworks across Australia, the United Kingdom and the European Union. 

Isabella’s experience includes advising clients on: 

• ESG disclosure, including in relation to greenwashing and under Australia’s climate reporting regime, the TCFD and TNFD frameworks, the Modern Slavery Act, and the EU’s Sustainable Finance Regulation, Taxonomy Regulation and Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive.
• ESG governance, including directors’ duties and obligations in respect of the identification, assessment and disclosure of sustainability risks and opportunities. 
• ESG classification frameworks, including the EU Taxonomy, a broad range of sustainable finance taxonomies across Asia, and Australia’s proposed sustainable finance taxonomy.
• ESG diligence in the context of M&A activity and in relation to supply chain risk management, including in relation to human rights and environmental risks and impacts. This has included co-designing policies and procedures for supply chain due diligence and advising on the requirements of the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive.
• ESG contracting, including drafting provisions about data sharing, compliance with ESG-related laws, policies and procedures, and the integration of ESG factors into investment management processes.