Please join the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law and the Millstein Center for Global Markets and Corporate Ownership at Columbia Law School, in partnership with ECGI, for a four-panel legal colloquium at Columbia Law School in New York, New York on February 21, 2025. This colloquium will bring leading legal scholars, practitioners, asset managers and corporate fiduciaries together to address debates and recent developments in corporate climate law, and to discuss the role of fiduciary duties in helping, or hindering, corporate climate action.
In response to the growing threat of climate change, corporate managers have faced increasing pressure from investors, customers, and regulators to reduce corporate contributions to climate change and adapt their business to consider climate-related risks. At the same time, civil society organizations and “activist investors” have increasingly sought legal tools to force private sector action on climate change, while the “anti-ESG” political movement has sought to prevent private organizations and asset managers from considering climate risks entirely. These discussions have frequently centered on one key element of corporate governance: fiduciary duties.
The conference will feature opening remarks from Brad Lander, New York City Comptroller, and keynote speaker The Hon. Leo E. Strine, Jr. (Former Chief Justice of the Delaware Supreme Court).
Registration for the colloquium, either in person or virtual, is required. Please click here.
