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style="display: initial;">‘You are all climate lawyers now.’ So declared John Kerry, the US special presidential envoy for climate, at the General Assembly of the 2021 American Bar Association hybrid annual meeting in Chicago. Fast forward to 2023, and the veracity of this statement far exceeds even Kerry’s predictions.</span></p><p><br/></p><p><span style="display: initial;">‘You are all ESG lawyers now rings just as true’, quips Slaughter and May corporate partner and head of sustainability Jeff Twentyman. ‘All lawyers have to be conversant in it, and it should be part of all lawyers’ day-to-day job.’</span></p><p><span style="display: initial;">Today’s focus on ESG means that the impact every company makes on the environment and society, as well as its internal governance policies, is under scrutiny. Accountability can no longer be an afterthought – it has permeated the very fabric of doing business. ‘It’s not a discrete subject anymore; it affects everything’, states Twentyman.</span></p><p><br/></p><p><span style="display: initial;">Inevitably, this scrutiny is also being placed on lawyers both in-house and in private practice.</span></p><p><span style="display: initial;"><br/></span></p><p style="line-height: 1.5;"><a href="https://www.inhouselawyer.co.uk/feature/game-changers-why-in-house-counsel-must-take-ownership-of-esg/" target="_blank" runtime_url="https://www.inhouselawyer.co.uk/feature/game-changers-why-in-house-counsel-must-take-ownership-of-esg/" type="url" style="display: initial;">Continued</a><span style="display: initial;"><br/></span></p></div></div> </div> </div> <div class="dmRespRow" id="1010053048" style="background-color:transparent;padding-right:0;padding-left:0;" exclude="true"> <div class="dmRespColsWrapper" id="1944761566"> <div class="dmRespCol small-12 medium-12 large-12 dmBlockElement" id="1812498342"> <a id="1677471852" href="/huge-scope-for-smaller-law-firms-to-improve-esg" data-blog-post-alias="huge-scope-for-smaller-law-firms-to-improve-esg" style="float:left;width:50%;text-align:left;">< Older Post</a> <a id="1892624305" href="/water-security-a-global-challenge-that-demands-our-attention-and-action" data-blog-post-alias="water-security-a-global-challenge-that-demands-our-attention-and-action" style="float:right;width:50%;text-align:right;">Newer Post ></a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="dmRespRow u_1061888463" id="1061888463"> <div class="dmRespColsWrapper" id="1262657630"> <div class="dmRespCol large-12 medium-12 small-12 u_1861057944" id="1861057944"> <div class="u_1315103047 default dmDefaultGradient dmShare dmNoMark dmShareDesktop clearfix" id="1315103047" dmle_extension="shareextension" data-element-type="shareextension" whatsapp="false" google_plus="true" wr="true" data-display-type="block" icon="true" surround="true" icon-name="icon-share" facebook="true" twitter="true" email="true" like="true" use_new_design="true" use_popup="true" linked_in="true" data-title="" data-display-title="false" data-layout="layout-2" data-share-hover-effect="zoomout" text="I wanted to share this great website with you" design="large" share_button_text="Share" share_popup_title="Share by:"> <div class="share-icons"> <div data-target="facebook" class="shareLink fbShare clickTarget" data-href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.legalesg.com%2Fmarket-report-esg-winter-2023-feature-game-changers-why-in-house-counsel-must-take-ownership-of-esg" data-hover-effect="zoomout"> <span class="share-icon dm-social-icons-facebook"></span> </div> <div data-target="twitter" class="shareLink twitterShare clickTarget" data-href="http://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=I wanted to share this great website with you&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.legalesg.com%2Fmarket-report-esg-winter-2023-feature-game-changers-why-in-house-counsel-must-take-ownership-of-esg" data-hover-effect="zoomout"> <span class="share-icon dm-social-icons-twitter"></span> </div> <div data-target="linkedin" class="shareLink linkedinShare clickTarget" data-href="http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.legalesg.com%2Fmarket-report-esg-winter-2023-feature-game-changers-why-in-house-counsel-must-take-ownership-of-esg&title=I wanted to share this great website with you" data-hover-effect="zoomout"> <span class="share-icon dm-social-icons-linkedin"></span> </div> <a data-target="email" class="shareLink emailShare clickTarget" href="mailto:?subject=I wanted to share this great website with you&body=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.legalesg.com%2Fmarket-report-esg-winter-2023-feature-game-changers-why-in-house-counsel-must-take-ownership-of-esg" data-hover-effect="zoomout"> <span class="share-icon dm-social-icons-email"></span> </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="dmRespRow u_1749144169" id="1749144169"> <div class="dmRespColsWrapper" id="1072097650"> <div class="dmRespCol large-12 medium-12 small-12 u_1639724380" id="1639724380" data-blog-template="inject-fb"> <div class="u_1221827525 dmNewParagraph" data-element-type="paragraph" data-version="5" id="1221827525" style="transition: none 0s ease 0s; 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