Busi­nesses today are chal­lenged with bal­an­cing pres­sure from stake­hold­ers to deliv­er long-term value along with mar­ket and soci­et­al forces that have heightened the import­ance of sus­tain­ab­il­ity in envir­on­ment­al, social and gov­ernance (ESG) issues.

The terms “sus­tain­ab­il­ity” and “ESG” are often used inter­change­ably with the term “cor­por­ate respons­ib­il­ity.” ESG is the approach that includes envir­on­ment­al (E), social (S) and (cor­por­ate) gov­ernance (G) factors in fin­an­cial and busi­ness decisions.

The ESG sub-cat­egor­ies can be divided in and entail the fol­low­ing mat­ters:

 

 

At HVG Law we have estab­lished a core team of ESG spe­cial­ists that spe­cific­ally focusses on ESG-related risks and oppor­tun­it­ies for our cli­ents. Our ESG-spe­cial­ists work togeth­er with spe­cial­ists from the EY NL and the EY Law net­work in a mul­tidiscip­lin­ary team of law­yers, tax spe­cial­ists and fin­an­cial and strategy experts. This approach has proved its worth for dec­ades and it goes without say­ing that by nature ESG requires such mul­tidiscip­lin­ary team­ing. Learn more on our spe­cial­ists, our solu­tions and cre­den­tials and our joint approach and cooper­a­tion with EY NL and EY Law below.

The devel­op­ments and reg­u­la­tions relat­ing to ESG are chan­ging rap­idly. Fol­low our news and updates on ESG below.