In the current commercial world of Environmental, Social and Governance (“ESG”) compliance and Sustainable Development Goals (“SDG”), more duties and responsibilities are placed on the shoulders of directors of corporations and companies to ensure that their business is in compliance with ESG and/or SDG practices.

Reported by Lavannya Nair Richard Wee Chambers (“RWC”) recently organised a Community Tea Time Talk on “An Introduction to ESG: Are SMEs Bound?” on the 28th June 2023. Our own Mr Darren Lai, partner at…

Written by Darren Lai, Fatin Ismail, Jay Tee and Athirah Jaafar Introduction: ClientEarth V Board Of Directors Of Shell [2023] On 9th February 2023, a lawsuit (“the said Suit”) was filed by the Shell’s Shareholders…

Written by Darren Lai and Fatin Ismail Introduction With sustainable development, diversity and human rights at the forefront in recent days, the business community is rapidly ensuring that their respective businesses accordingly follow suit. Hence,…

Written by Darren Lai, Sabrina Lee and Sophia Ismail Climate change is real. We can no longer brush it off as a myth. Apart from growing environmental activism, it is comforting that more corporations are taking…