What is at stake for business?
“My uniqueness lies in my common sense ability to see the applicability of the entire rule of law framework to your business and transactions”
Changing laws, litigation trends and societal pressures means that corporate resilience requires the incorporation of people, planet, fairness and integrity into business models, strategy, policies, procedures, due diligence requirements, risk management plans and overall corporate governance process. Yet there is a gap in the provision of ethical legal services on ESG for the many companies that choose a healthy business. My uniqueness lies in my common sense ability to see the applicability of the entire rule of law framework to your business and transactions, apply it to the material and non-linear contexts in which companies operate and deliver useful advice using language and processes that companies understand.
“Our uniqueness lies in a common sense ability to see the applicability of the entire rule of law framework to your business plans and transactions”
What is at stake for business?
Changing laws, litigation trends and societal pressures means that corporate resilience urgently requires the incorporation of new economic thinking into all parts of business. Yet there is a gap in the provision of ethical legal services on ESG for the many companies that choose a healthy business. Our uniqueness lies in a common sense ability to see the applicability of the ESG rule of law framework to key stakeholders, business plans and transactions. We apply this framework to the material and non-linear contexts in which companies operate and deliver useful advice using language and processes that companies understand.
climate legislation, litigation, civil society pressure…
Society addresses its problems through laws, regulations and the courts (judicial and of public opinion). The fairness of those rules is a fundamental issue and lawyers have a crucial part to play in advocating for, advising on, drafting, upholding and explaining those rules to their clients. The public may not be interested in gigatons of carbon but an interest in fairness and justice, and the appearance that justice has been done, is widespread. Civil society is aware that companies and financiers no matter how big, have a part to play in the ESG transition.
Civil society is coming together in union to ask questions and make concrete demands from political leaders and companies on climate, environment, biodiversity, human rights and reducing inequality. Lawmakers in Europe and the UK are taking coverage. They are responding to societal pressures through increasing European Union, European Central Bank and national mandatory legal standards on multiple ESG topics. Financial regulators are shifting supervisory focus and banking rules to ask for granular evidence of ESG alignment within the ecosystem of internal financial policies and processes. Whilst these laws and regulatory expectations have different focus points: corporate governance, integrity, duty of care, carbon reduction, biodiversity and human rights, they share a deep commonality. That commonality aims at entrenching people, human rights, integrity, dignity and planetary considerations into business practices. The objective: to create the conditions for healthy and long term sustainable business in society.
In parallel with increasing legislation, legal challenges on climate are winning by placing people, through human rights arguments, at the core of successful legal cases. Whilst cases may implicate different actors, cover different sectors and geographies, they unite in strategically placing the integrity and fairness of business activities and their forward looking plans into the public eye. Tone from the top and walking the talk are now legal issues, not marketing strategies.
We keep you in line with how growing legal principles of due diligence, do no harm, duty of care and equity will materially impact your work. We apply this to your context and deliver advice that uses language and processes that you understand.
Society addresses its problems through laws, regulations and the courts (judicial and of public opinion). The fairness of those rules is a fundamental issue and lawyers have a crucial part to play in advocating for, advising on, drafting, upholding and explaining those rules to their clients. The public may not be interested in gigatons of carbon but an interest in fairness and justice, and the appearance that justice has been done, is widespread. Civil society is aware that companies and financiers no matter how big, have a part to play in the ESG transition.
Civil society is coming together in union to ask questions and make concrete demands from political leaders and companies. Lawmakers in Europe and the UK are taking coverage. They are responding to societal pressures through increasing European Union, European Central Bank and national mandatory legal standards on multiple ESG topics. Financial regulators are shifting supervisory focus and banking rules to ask for more granular evidence of ESG alignment within the ecosystem of internal financial policies and processes. Whilst these laws and regulatory expectations have different focus points: corporate governance, biodiversity and human rights, they share a deep commonality. That commonality aims at entrenching people, human rights, integrity, dignity and planetary considerations into business practices. The objective: to create the conditions for healthy and long term sustainable business in society.
In parallel with increasing legislation, legal challenges on climate are winning by placing people, through human rights arguments, at the core of winning legal cases. Whilst cases may implicate different actors, cover different sectors and geographies, they unite in strategically placing the integrity and fairness of business activities and their forward looking plans into the public eye. Tone from the top and walking the talk are now legal issues, not marketing strategies.
We keep you in line with how growing legal principles of due diligence, do no harm, duty of care and equity will materially impact your work. We apply this to your context and deliver advice that uses language and processes that you understand.
FOUNDER | DIRECTOR
Dr. Kinnari Bhatt
A Transformative Approach to Legal Services Anchored in New Economic Thinking
Our approach is anchored in new economic thinking. New economic thinking transforms the goal posts for business beyond profit and towards a long-term whole of society approach which includes people, planet and values of societal impact and equity, Metrics, targets, products, and tools are a good start to any climate & ESG strategy. Yet a vital part of the picture is missing. Those missing pieces are people, human rights, and values. Without a people and value orientated approach, business strategy, governance, risk management policies & procedures no matter how bespoke or technical, pose systemic risks to corporate and financial systems and trigger green and purpose wash legal risk hot spots. People and values are the rocket fuel for systemic change and so directly aligning business plans, governance, risk management strategies, contracts and due diligence with legal approaches grounded in people and values is a powerful combination for resilient business and creating urgently needed systemic change.
We welcome the opportunity to work with those that:
- ENVISION THEMSELVES AS PIONEERS, CHAMPIONS AND GAMECHANGERS IN THIS SPACE
COMMIT TO TRUSTING A PROCESS OF ORGANISATIONAL SELF-REFLECTION TOWARDS ESG INTEGRATION
- WANT BOLD AND SYSTEMIC CHANGE
- WISH TO INCREASE PEER TO PEER COMPETITIVITY
SEEK PRACTICAL GUIDANCE ON HOW THEY CAN TRANSLATE AND HANDLE RAPID LEGAL & REGULATORY ESG DEVELOPMENTS WITHIN THEIR COMPANIES AND SUPPLY CHAINS
- WISH TO TRANSCEND TICK BOX EXERCISES, MINOR SOLUTIONS AND PURPOSE OR GREENWASHING