Legal Colloquium: The New Climate Fiduciaries
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PLEASE NOTE: This is an in-person event but will also be livestreamed.
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- To attend virtually, use this ZOOM LINK. You will be asked to register your name, email and affiliation after which the link will be sent to you from ‘Columbia Law Zoom D.’.
In response to the growing threat of climate change, corporate managers have faced increasing pressure from investors, customers, and regulators to reduce corporate contributions to climate change and adapt their business to consider climate-related risks. At the same time, civil society organizations and “activist investors” have increasingly sought legal tools to force private sector action on climate change, while the “anti-ESG” political movement has sought to prevent private organizations and asset managers from considering climate risks entirely. These discussions have frequently centered on one key element of corporate governance: fiduciary duties.
On February 21, 2025, the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law and the Millstein Center for Global Markets and Corporate Ownership at Columbia Law School in partnership with ECGI will host a four-panel colloquium at Columbia Law School in New York, NY centered on these issues. This colloquium will bring leading legal scholars, practitioners, asset managers and corporate fiduciaries together to address debates and recent developments in corporate climate law, and to discuss the role of fiduciary duties in helping, or hindering, corporate climate action.
The conference will feature opening remarks from Brad Lander, New York City Comptroller, and keynote speaker The Hon. Leo E. Strine, Jr. (Former Chief Justice of the Delaware Supreme Court).
