Alongside the Chan legal opinion on directors’ responsibilities and climate change under Singapore law, the CCLI are pleased to publish a new white paper: Directors’ Liability and Climate Risk: White Paper on Singapore.
Company directors in Singapore could face personal liability if they fail to take action to address climate change risks, according to a new legal opinion by Mr. Jeffrey Chan Wah Teck SC, Dr. Joseph Chun, Dr. Ernest Lim, Mr. Peter Doraisamy, and Mr. Gerard Quek.
Our Canadian partner, the Canada Climate Law Initiative, has produced a paper on biodiversity loss and conservation finance within the Haida legal framework.
Our Canadian partner, the Canada Climate Law Initiative, has produced a paper on ‘Life, Health, Property, Casualty: Canadian Insurance Company Directors and Effective Climate Governance’ covering the legal duties of insurers in respect of climate change, and best practices.
In collaboration with our Canadian partners, the Canada Climate Law Initiative, we have produced legal analysis on ‘Directors’ Duties Regarding Climate Change in Japan’ by Dr. Yoshihiro Yamada, Dr. Janis Sarra and Dr. Masafumi Nakahigashi.
Our Canadian partner, the Canada Climate Law Initiative, has contributed to C.D. Howe’s brief ‘Duty to Protect: Corporate Directors and Climate-Related Financial Risk’.
Our Canadian partners the Canada Climate Law Initiative have released Audit Committees and Effective Climate Governance, A Guide for Boards of Directors, a practical guide for corporate boards to respond to growing investor requests for effective management and disclosure of climate-related financial risks and opportunities.
In a new in-depth legal analysis by the Canada Climate Law Initiative, report author Cynthia A. Williams finds that Canada Pension Plan’s approach to managing the financial risks of climate change may not be consistent with the best interests of Canadian beneficiaries and contributors.
August 2020 | Sarah Barker, Ellie Mulholland, and Temitope Onifade | Reports
Recent economic literature identifies liability as a key category of foreseeable financial risk associated with biodiversity loss. However, it has not, to date, provided further guidance on the nature and extent of litigation and legal risks that should be considered in determining the…
This paper provides a high-level summary and comparison of the CCLI’s previously published country papers on directors’ duties and climate risk.