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Mandatory climate-related financial reporting: what we can learn from the EU, UK and New Zealand experience
Webinar 09 Sep 2024

Covered in this webinar: Practical tips, lessons learned and trip hazards in the early years of disclosures. How businesses have supported their boards to sign off on disclosures, and minimise greenwashing risk. How multinational organisations can manage overlapping climate disclosure duties in multiple jurisdictions. Key legal issues in mandatory disclosure, and the role of in-house counsel and legal advisers in supporting businesses with disclosures. ...

Harnessing technology to advance ESG objectives
Webinar 25 Jun 2024

Covered in this webinar: how organisations can successfully deploy ESG-driven technology for social impact, sustainability and resilience; the importance of cross functional and cross industry partnerships; and key challenges when integrating technology into ESG strategies, and lessons learned from real-world experience. ...

Renewables, grids and human rights: risk, obligations and best practice
Webinar 07 Mar 2024

Covered in this webinar: Recognising potential modern slavery issues related to supply chains, and how to identify and lessen associated risks. Respecting Indigenous rights, including Free Prior and Informed Consent, benefit sharing and co-ownership, and cultural heritage considerations. Unpacking social licence obligations - what communities and stakeholders now expect. ...

Financial services regulation update (December edition)
Webinar 08 Dec 2023

Covered in this webinar: Consultation on the first tranche the Albanese Government's 'Delivering Better Financial Outcomes' package of reforms, addressing several recommendations from the Quality of Advice Review; and ASIC's civil penalty proceedings against Telstra Super Pty Ltd, being the first case to test the application of the internal dispute resolution obligations in s912A of the Corporations Act. ...

Financial services regulation update (September edition)
Webinar 22 Sep 2023

Covered in this webinar: The latest from the Court of Appeal on conflicted remuneration and financial product advice The Financial Accountability Regime ...

Tax dispute series: diverted profits tax and PepsiCo
Webinar 25 Jul 2023

Covered in this webinar: PepsiCo facts and legal issues; DPT interaction with transfer pricing and the general anti-avoidance rule; and managing DPT risks with evidence and case preparation. ...

Proposed modern slavery reforms: Criminal liability and new compliance expectations
[Webinar] 20 Oct 2022

Covered in this webinar: - what a 'reasonable steps defence' is likely to require in practice, drawing on our experience with similar defences in areas such as corporate crime, and the likely influence of global human rights frameworks; - our early views on the proposed enforcement and penalties framework, and how Civil Society Organisations may be preparing; - how the reforms align with global trends in modern slavery reporting and human rights due diligence; - the implications of these proposed reforms over the longer term, including for follow-on claims and other private litigation; and - steps companies can be taking now to assess and strengthen their modern slavery management frameworks. ...

What this means for new regulatory enforcement landscape
Issues

Preparing your business to respond Although dealing with regulators will never be an exact science, there are steps you can take now to navigate this new regulatory enforcement landscape. We have been assisting clients with: preparing a ...

Enforcement and litigation risk in insurance 2021
Insight 03 Oct 2021

There is a growing appetite for litigation and regulatory enforcement in the insurance industry. In the wake of the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry (the Financial Services ...

Financing sustainability – a guide to green and sustainable finance in Australia
Insight 21 Oct 2021

One of the most significant developments in the loan markets over the past year or so has been the rapid increase in the use of green and sustainable financing products. These include sustainability-linked loans, green loans, social loans ...

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