Environmental, Social and Governance

Responsible. Sustainable. Diverse.

The concept of “ESG” is rapidly gaining momentum across Australia, and more broadly, the world – placing greater expectation on organisations and leaders to reframe their role in society, as well as the ways social and environmental challenges are addressed alongside existing commercial considerations.

ESG refers to a set of standards for a company’s behaviour used by socially conscious investors to screen potential investments. It impacts almost every way we do business and challenges us to step up and do “the right thing” by our planet and our people.

Below are the speciality areas where we can support you and your business with ESG policies and processes.

Environmental

How a company safeguards the environment, including corporate policies addressing climate change. We support:

• Aboriginal Cultural Heritage and Native Title
• Civil and regulator prosecutions
• Climate resilience and transition
• Environmental
• “Greenwashing”
• Renewable energy
• Sustainable “green” financing
• Transportation
• Waste management

Social

How a company manages relationships with employees, suppliers, customers, and the communities where it operates. We support:

• Diversity and Inclusion
• Discrimination
• Modern slavery and human rights
• Privacy and data protection
• Pro Bono
• Responsible lending
• Supply chain management
• Workplace culture and worker wellbeing
• Workplace health and safety

Governance

Addressing themes surrounding company’s leadership, executive pay, audits, internal controls, and shareholder rights.  We support:

• Business ethics
• Business protection
• Crisis management
• Cybersecurity
• Governance best practice
• Leadership (including C-suite remuneration)
• Procurement
• Regulation and investigations
• Stakeholder governance
• Whistleblowing
• WHS officer due diligence

As a full-service national firm, we bring together a team of experts from across our specialty areas to help our clients not just meet but exceed their ESG best practice standards. We are a national one-stop shop for all your ESG needs.