As the focus on climate change and related disputes expands both nationally and internationally, companies in all sectors are facing an increasing number of climate-related claims from stakeholders. The growing recognition of climate change as a human rights issue has led to new legal frameworks being developed, as well as new avenues for seeking redress. In order for businesses to effectively manage risk, it is important to understand the evolving legal and regulatory landscape surrounding climate change and greenwashing.
We address the complex legal challenges posed by climate change. Our team of experienced lawyers provides comprehensive legal advice and representation on a range of climate-related matters and greenwashing claims, including:
- Climate-related litigation: We assist clients to navigate the evolving legal landscape, including defending against climate-related claims, bringing claims for climate-related damages and managing climate-related regulatory risks.
- Greenwashing: We help clients avoid the reputational and financial risks associated with greenwashing by conducting greenwashing risk assessments, developing robust sustainability reporting and marketing strategies, advising on consumer protection and competition law issues and representing clients in greenwashing investigations and litigation.
Our team has a deep understanding of the intersection of law and policy, enabling us to provide practical and effective solutions to climate-related challenges. We work closely with our clients to develop tailored strategies that mitigate risk and achieve their organisations’ sustainability goals.
We advise clients across a broad range of sectors in relation to climate related litigation and greenwashing claims. This includes assisting with novel ‘greenwashing’ and ‘bluewashing’ legal issues that have not yet been tested before Australian courts, devising legal and corporate affairs strategies, including considering the legal and reputation risk associated with claims that informed these strategies and developing policies to mitigate potential greenwashing risks.
