ESG: A guide for Directors

How can boards and directors identify and capitalise on ESG opportunities and develop a leading ESG risk and compliance culture across their organisation?

ESG: A guide for General Counsel

How can GCs identify, assess and capitalise on ESG opportunities and develop a leading ESG risk and compliance culture across their organisation?

ASIC’s verdict on Australia’s first mandated sustainability reports under the CRFD

ASIC’s recent verdict on the first sustainability reports lodged under Australia’s mandatory climate-related financial disclosures regime (CRFD) will set the standard for entities’ reporting going forward.

Failure to prevent modern slavery in supply chains: Australia's proposed criminal offence

Australia is proposing to introduce a world first corporate criminal offence for failing to prevent modern slavery in supply chains. Organisations need to be across the design of Australia's proposed criminal offence.

Environmental law reforms: implications of upcoming changes

The environmental compliance landscape changes on 1 July 2026, with the next stage of reforms to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth) (EPBC Act) set to commence.

Supply chain due diligence: compliance, risk and governance in an evolving regulatory landscape

Supply chain due diligence is becoming a key governance and compliance focus, with overlapping global regulations increasing expectations for integrated frameworks to manage risk, compliance and accountability.

EPBC Act reforms: Senate Committee recommendations

The Senate Committee has released its report on the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) reforms, exploring draft legislative instruments and the first two draft National Environmental Standards.

Pabai decision: Federal Court finds no duty of care to protect Torres Strait Islanders from climate change

The Federal Court has found that the Commonwealth does not owe a duty of care to Torres Strait Islanders to protect them from the impact of climate change.

Deep sea mining: considerations for critical minerals investors

As global demand for critical minerals intensifies, interest in deep sea mining is accelerating. For companies navigating the energy transition or operating across advanced manufacturing or technology supply chains, the ocean floor may represent a new opportunity, and a matter of strategic consideration.

Evolution of climate change laws: three significant recent developments

A significant International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion, a potential new climate trigger for projects assessed under federal environmental legislation, and a NSW Court of Appeal judgment, signal ongoing rapid developments in the evolution of climate change law.

Australia’s evolving ESG regulatory landscape: managing the legal risks

The re-election of the Australian Labor Party will bring fresh momentum to Australia’s environmental, social and governance (ESG) regulatory agenda.

Australian Government responds to statutory review of Modern Slavery Act

The Federal Government has published its long-awaited response to the May 2023 independent statutory review of the Modern Slavery Act 2018 (Cth).

ESG regulatory trends: in-house counsel front and centre as ESG regulation proliferates

2024 has so far been the year of ESG implementation as organisations respond to the increasing regulation of ESG issues, both in Australia and overseas.

ESG regulatory trends: the likely impact of the EU’s extensive ESG laws on Australian businesses

The proliferation of EU-based ESG legislation will impact Australian businesses that are exposed to EU markets through their operations, supply and value chains.