Environmental, Social & Governance

Business leaders face greater pressure to increase their organizations’ resilience while simultaneously addressing environmental and social issues of importance to stakeholders.

Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) is rapidly developing as a key set of international standards and metrics to appraise the investments.

Investors, banks and public procurement initiators increasingly evaluate companies based on their real commitments to sustainability, ethics, transparency, and accountability. Our practice helps organisations navigate the legal, business and political ramifications of developing and implementing ESG initiatives.

We advise on matters such as stakeholder engagement, corporate governance, crisis management, corporate social responsibility, sustainability, climate change, diversity and inclusion, ethics and compliance.

B2RLaw’s multi-disciplinary Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) lawyers advise clients across a number of industries and technologies to help them capitalize on the opportunities and mitigate the risks through ESG. Our team also comprises lawyers that have worked at high-level in-house positions at national and multinational companies, bringing an understanding of the challenges of ESG from an internal perspective.

Services

Private Equity, Venture Capital & Investment Funds

Advising on ESG disclosure requirements
Assistance with strategic planning, adoption of policies, procedures, standards and metrics
Advising on compliance for Investment Managers and Funds
Internal examinations of ESG practices and procedures
Impact investing (public and private)

Banking & Financial Services

Advising on sustainability finance, green and sustainability bonds
Advising on infrastructure development financing
Support in creating AML procedures

Corporate Governance

ESG governance advice including board oversight of ESG risk, adoption of principles, policies, and procedures relating to ESG matters, and board diversity and inclusion
Support in supply chain and operational compliance with new laws and regulations related to green-house gas emissions
Support in climate change impact measurements, offsets, mitigation
Support in anti-corruption rules and regulations

Mergers & Acquisitions

Conducting M&A due diligence for ESG risk and valuation

Energy

Advising on environmental health & safety policies and procedures
Support in energy and natural resources law
Advice in respect to renewable Energy development, finance, permitting and implementation

Environmental Health & Safety

Environmental litigation, arbitration and dispute resolution
Advice concerning geolocation strategies and compliance with new regulations

ESG as an Employment Strategy

Advising on employment matters, including benefits, compensation, diversity and inclusivity at all corporate levels
Advising on whistleblowing regulations

Technology

Advising on information technology, data security and resilience
Strategic intellectual property counselling
Support in technology innovation and adoption of new technologies

Disputes

Representing in environmental disputes
Representing in energy and natural resources disputes
Representing in Human Rights matters

Experience

A Polish start-up

Support to a Polish start-up in the preparation of software for managing ESG implementation.

Case study

A Polish company

Support to a Polish company in establishing a foundation promoting ESG.

Case study

Entities from the financial and accounting industry

Advising entities from the financial and accounting industry on provisions of the Anti-Money Laundering Act, including the preparation of AML procedures.

Case study

An entity from the fuel and energy sector

Preparation and supervision of an environmental audit conducted on the production plant of an entity from the fuel and energy sector.

Case study

Team

Our firm consists of nearly 60 people, including lawyers, tax experts and support staff specialising in a range of key practice areas and industry sectors, and located in three offices in Poland.

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