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VIDEO Inside Look: ESG Issues

By Aaron M. Flynn & David C. McSweeney on March 16, 2020
Posted in Climate, General, Manufacturing, Natural Resources, Oil & Gas

Hunton Andrews Kurth lawyers Aaron Flynn and David McSweeney discuss corporate management of external stakeholder interests in environmental social and governance issues, including climate change concerns and associated legal risks that can become presented.
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BlackRock Supports ESG as a New Standard for Investing in its Annual CEO Letters

By Lisa Montgomery Shelton & David C. McSweeney on January 17, 2020
Posted in Climate, Coal, Mining, Natural Resources, Oil & Gas, Policy

In his annual letter to CEOs, Larry Fink, CEO of BlackRock expressed his belief that climate change and sustainability were important considerations in investment risk assessments. Investment based on these concepts is often captured under Environmental, Social and Governance Criteria, commonly called ESG. In his letter, Mr. Fink emphasized that he believes “we are on the edge of a fundamental reshaping of finance.”

BlackRock’s letter builds on the ever-advancing trend in corporate institutional investing over the past decade regarding the examination of corporate valuation and investment risk within the context of ESG issues, otherwise referred to as sustainable investing.
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