Regulation / Corporate Governance and ESG
The ESG (environmental, social and governance) area has developed a great deal in recent years. It now has major immediate effects on corporations.
Companies can no longer afford to disregard the principles of corporate responsibility in the areas of environment, society and corporate governance, as today, in some business sectors, these principles have become binding regulation and a code of conduct corporations must accept.
Accordingly, both private and public companies face new challenges in the corporate responsibility area. Meeting these challenges requires a thorough understanding of different types of regulation, crisis management experience, a willingness to implement structural changes, and the ability to navigate different, and at times conflicting, business goals.
Development in the area includes the increasing commitment to ESG, reflected in the duty to act with transparency, reduce business operations’ ecological footprint, promote gender equality, and other values. This commitment stems from “upward” pressure (from investors, customers, employees, and so on), from regulation and legislation, and from the recognition that, ultimately, abiding by these values helps the bottom line. As a result, ESG has become the standard for some investments and an indicator of the profitability of investing in a company and of promoting values.
The Barnea Jaffa Lande Corporate Responsibility Team is comprised of attorneys with a wealth of experience in advising and counseling companies, private and public alike. The team is familiar with the complexities associated with managing a business; relationships between investors and executives; companies’ duties to shareholders, boards of directors, and the law; and being subject to scrutiny by the public, the press, and regulators.
The team advises and counsels clients based on its knowledge and experience handling various ESG issues. It works in close cooperation with the firm’s Capital Markets, Regulation, Environmental Law, and Labor Law Departments. We help clients draft and establish different compliance programs to meet ESG duties, advise on clients’ various contractual relationships and their effect on ESG matters, support communication on these aspects between different corporate organs, and help design forward-looking corporate and business policies, considering the ever-changing regulatory landscape.
Insights & News - Regulation / Corporate Governance and ESG:
Conference: ESG – What’s the Story?
Our firm hosted a morning workshop of experts from the ESG and sustainability field. Dr. Zvi Gabbay lectured on the legal angle of ESG. Michal Weiss, the ESG manager at Doral, discussed how to undertake ESG activities within an organization. Hagit Genish Gil lectured on how to make ESG activity suitable for a large organization. Michal Gat, the CEO of Titan, closed the event with a lecture on how to build a branding story that is right for a company’s activities.
Sagi Gross Lectures at Bar-Ilan University
Sagi Gross, a firm partner, was a guest lecturer in an environmental law course at Bar-Ilan University. He spoke about the environmental aspects of merger and acquisition transactions.
Tel Aviv Stock Exchange Publishes ESG Questionnaire
The publication of the questionnaire aligns with global trends and reflects the importance of this subject for investors. According to the TASE press release, only 70 companies currently publish full ESG reports.
Regulation / Corporate Governance and ESG
The ESG (environmental, social and governance) area has developed a great deal in recent years. It now has major immediate effects on corporations.
Companies can no longer afford to disregard the principles of corporate responsibility in the areas of environment, society and corporate governance, as today, in some business sectors, these principles have become binding regulation and a code of conduct corporations must accept.
Accordingly, both private and public companies face new challenges in the corporate responsibility area. Meeting these challenges requires a thorough understanding of different types of regulation, crisis management experience, a willingness to implement structural changes, and the ability to navigate different, and at times conflicting, business goals.
Development in the area includes the increasing commitment to ESG, reflected in the duty to act with transparency, reduce business operations’ ecological footprint, promote gender equality, and other values. This commitment stems from “upward” pressure (from investors, customers, employees, and so on), from regulation and legislation, and from the recognition that, ultimately, abiding by these values helps the bottom line. As a result, ESG has become the standard for some investments and an indicator of the profitability of investing in a company and of promoting values.
The Barnea Jaffa Lande Corporate Responsibility Team is comprised of attorneys with a wealth of experience in advising and counseling companies, private and public alike. The team is familiar with the complexities associated with managing a business; relationships between investors and executives; companies’ duties to shareholders, boards of directors, and the law; and being subject to scrutiny by the public, the press, and regulators.
The team advises and counsels clients based on its knowledge and experience handling various ESG issues. It works in close cooperation with the firm’s Capital Markets, Regulation, Environmental Law, and Labor Law Departments. We help clients draft and establish different compliance programs to meet ESG duties, advise on clients’ various contractual relationships and their effect on ESG matters, support communication on these aspects between different corporate organs, and help design forward-looking corporate and business policies, considering the ever-changing regulatory landscape.
Insights & News - Regulation:
Conference: ESG – What’s the Story?
Our firm hosted a morning workshop of experts from the ESG and sustainability field. Dr. Zvi Gabbay lectured on the legal angle of ESG. Michal Weiss, the ESG manager at Doral, discussed how to undertake ESG activities within an organization. Hagit Genish Gil lectured on how to make ESG activity suitable for a large organization. Michal Gat, the CEO of Titan, closed the event with a lecture on how to build a branding story that is right for a company’s activities.
Sagi Gross Lectures at Bar-Ilan University
Sagi Gross, a firm partner, was a guest lecturer in an environmental law course at Bar-Ilan University. He spoke about the environmental aspects of merger and acquisition transactions.
Tel Aviv Stock Exchange Publishes ESG Questionnaire
The publication of the questionnaire aligns with global trends and reflects the importance of this subject for investors. According to the TASE press release, only 70 companies currently publish full ESG reports.