Alumni Matters 2024
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5 12月 2024
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ESG has emerged as a key, board-level issue. Corporates face a series of challenges, including climate change, shifting consumer attitudes, increasingly stringent investor demands, tighter lender requirements, and rising social expectations regarding governance and business and human rights. Yet, growing regulation still leaves businesses facing tricky judgment calls on polarising issues.
Our dedicated Global ESG team has been advising clients on ESG issues for over 40 years. With expertise spanning our international contentious and non-contentious practices, we advise governments, businesses, investors, lenders, civil society organisations and communities on concerns across the complete ESG landscape.
Our expertise spans a variety of areas, including business and human rights, climate change-related litigation, green and sustainable finance, impact investment, reporting and disclosures, corporate governance, the development of ESG-related legislation, due diligence, and the M&A process and ESG issues relating to funds and asset management.
We have developed proprietary tools that are directly helping clients adjust to the rapidly changing regulatory environments:
Alumni Matters spoke to three alumni in the following pages, each of whom has their own take on ESG, as it applies to their business or operation, to demonstrate the variety of issues involved in ESG and the importance for business as the world reaches a critical point in its history.
Building in sustainability
Allegra Day, Alumna of Sydney office, 2012-2014
Going beyond compliance
Andrew Davies, Alumnus of Melbourne office, 1999-2002
Striking the right balance
Richard Brophy, Alumnus of London office, 2006-2013
Features
Alumni Matters 2024
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Introduction with Ben Ward
I am privileged to be taking over as a senior alumni ambassador
A view from Ho Chi Min City
There has been a transformation in Vietnam’s economy over the past three decades
Full AI immersion
'US top 40 under 40 lawyer’ Sam Clearwater explores the huge potential of AI
Partnering with the arts
Herbert Smith Freehills takes immense pride in our enduring partnerships with the arts
Blazing a trail in Australia
Reflections from Juliana Warner's 44 years at HSF
It's easy as ESG
Three alumni explore the plethora of ESG considerations businesses are facing
12 Questions with...Andy Raine
Deep dive into environmental law and his journey to the UN
Leading with a fresh perspective
Stefanie Wilkinson, Global GC of BHP, on managing a cross-country team for a large, complex business
In-house in-touch
The importance of really knowing your business
Calm amid the storm
HSF’s cyber risk offering: Help around the clock
The real importance of words
Maguelonne de Brugiere on the outstanding work of a charity that addresses verbal abuse of children
Networked for success
Helping young people foster skills for their future career
Lawyer to founder
Tara Grossman and Srin Madipalli have struck out into business, with their primary ambition to do good
Why I came back
Benjamin Lohr on what brought him back to HSF
Boardroom discussions
After 30 years on company boards, Nora Scheinkestel imparts wise advice on how to build a career as a non-executive director
Firm highlights 2024
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