Climate change and sustainability disputes
Global | Publication | July 2021
Climate change and sustainability developments present great opportunities but also manifest as a complex myriad of global legal, financial and reputational risks for companies, governments, directors and officers and other professionals operating in all sectors globally.
Climate change and sustainability disputes risk is now part of the corporate reality.
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