Love it or hate it, ESG remains a hot topic. Regulators, NGOs, and private litigants worldwide are increasingly focused on how companies define ESG and are using standard and asymmetric strategies to combat the practice of "greenwashing".

In this sixth episode of the Clifford Chance podcast series "The Climate Lawyer", host Richard Kim (counsel, Düsseldorf) is joined by David Adams (counsel, DC) and Karina Bashir (associate, DC) to break down recent regulatory, enforcement, and litigation developments in this area, and to discuss how companies committed to ESG can proactively address the escalating litigation risk.

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There's a new hope in the battle against climate change from somewhere you might not expect. In-house counsel are stepping up to become agents for change in their organisation. In this fifth episode of the Clifford Chance podcast series "The Climate Lawyer", host Richard Kim (counsel, Düsseldorf) is joined by Adam Woodhall, founder and CEO of Lawyers for Net Zero, a non-profit that helps guide in-house counsel on their climate journeys.

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There's no path to net zero without innovation, and nobody knows innovation like venture capital. What does it mean to be a climate VC investor? Find out in the fourth episode of The Clifford Chance Podcast series, 'The Climate Lawyer', where host Richard Kim (counsel, Düsseldorf) is joined by Mona Alsubaei, a member of the investment team at Union Square Ventures (USV) and specialist in climate tech investing.

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At the intersection of tech and climate: This is where the third episode of Clifford Chance's podcast series, The Climate Lawyer, comes in. Host Rich Kim (Counsel, Düsseldorf) is joined by senior associate Jamie Andrew and trainee solicitor Laura de Arroyo Garcia (both London) to explore tech trends impacting climate change.

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Ready to bite into climate change? It's a hard topic with a lot of layers. For the second episode of our new podcast series, The Climate Lawyer, host Rich Kim (Counsel, Düsseldorf) is joined by Jeroen Ouwehand (Global Senior Partner) and Michelle Williams (Partner, Washington, DC) for an ambitious break-down of these layers and how to understand them.

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You've seen the news on COP26, but not like this.

For the first episode of our new podcast series, The Climate Lawyer, host Rich Kim (Counsel, Dusseldorf) is joined by Clare Burgess (Partner, London) and David Alfrey (Lawyer, London) for a lively and insightful discussion of the conference and its major takeaways.

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