ESG

We advise our clients and provide legal support in the field of sustainable development, in particular, on environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) issues. We advise on ESG performance standards that are used to verify potential investments, project financing, and companies’ compliance with the principles of sustainable business conduct. The specifics of the Ukrainian market also includeы an analysis of the consequences of the war and future recovery.

In particular, the environmental aspect determines how companies approach environmental issues and how much they care about the environment. We conduct legal due diligence of environmental aspects, advise on greenhouse gas emissions trading, pollution and use of natural resources, compliance with environmental laws, green energy issues, obtaining appropriate permits, as well as climate change issues.

The social aspect determines the attitude of companies towards staff, suppliers, customers and partners. This also includes employee health and safety, the use of child and slave labor, the professional development of employees, harmful working conditions, respect for human rights, responsibility to customers for the quality of goods. Our services in this area include advice on equality, diversity and inclusion, human rights, supply chain management and corporate reputation management.

The corporate governance aspect is related to management and governance effectiveness, transparency and corporate reporting, the reasonableness of executive remuneration, shareholder rights, audit quality, compliance issues, cybersecurity and personal data protection.

Our legal support in the field of sustainable development includes support on transactional, corporate, regulatory, commercial, labor law, intellectual property issues, as well as on financing issues. We also advise on building a team responsible for sustainable development, setting goals and developing an ESG strategy, conducting internal and supporting external ESG compliance audits.