Federal and state environmental protection agencies are no longer the only government regulators paying attention to business decisions that may affect our environment and natural resources. Securities regulators — including the SEC — along with investors, lenders and consumers, are increasingly focused on actions and policies that involve sustainability, air and water pollution, energy conservation, chemical usage, waste disposal and land preservation.

Your company’s sustainability and climate change policies can have unintended consequences and create significant financial and reputational risk. The same can be said for the manner in which you report those policies to investors, ESG rating agencies, employees and the general public.

Fox Rothschild’s ESG practice group includes attorneys with a sophisticated understanding of environmental law and science derived from decades of representing clients on issues as varied as renewable energy development, solid waste disposal, industrial land recycling and clean air and water compliance. Fox’s in-depth knowledge and diverse experience can help your company make wise decisions on environmental stewardship as well as how those efforts are disclosed, mitigating the risks of litigation, regulatory exposure and reputational damage.

We help companies manage risk related to environmental practices and reporting including:

• Natural resource utilization and protection
• Environmental releases and emissions
• Waste management
• Energy use
• Alternative energy
• Water use and protection
• Land use, land preservation and deforestation
• Utilization, storage and housing of chemicals
• Plastics use and disposal
• Renewable energy and materials usage.
• Supply chain management
• Climate impacts and asset resilience
• Ranking entities including Bloomberg Sustainable Finance, Corporate Knights Global 100, Dow Jones Sustainability Index, ISS ESG, MSCI, Morningstar Sustainalytics, RepRisk and Refinitiv ESG.