The Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) is the world's largest organization serving the professional and business interests of attorneys who practice in the legal departments of corporations, associations, nonprofits and other private-sector organizations around the globe.
This program outline addresses the following questions: What is a green lease? Why a green lease? How do you measure carbon/energy reduction and sustainability? How do you make a sustainable design/operation part of your leasing program? Other key green considerations are also covered.
How can general counsel support the company’s corporate social responsibility initiatives, setting and communicating the tone-at-the-top, as well as facilitating practical implementation of CSR initiatives that benefit both your company’s image and bottom line? Open only to chief legal officers, the CLO Club was an interactive discussion that employed large and small group dialogue for sharing ideas on successful practices and advice on how to meet challenges.
Environmental laws for businesses in Ontario have changed and corporate officers and directors need to understand their personal and affirmative obligation to exercise due diligence to prevent environmental breaches. Offenses are punishable by fines, jail terms, or both, and officers and directors can be convicted for breaching this duty even if the company has not committed or been convicted of an offense under the Act. At the heart of this due diligence obligation is the requirement for an environmental management system.
Companies, including those unrelated to electric industries, are involved in programs that involve the marketing, purchase and sale of renewable energy attributes or credits produced when “green” energy is generated. This program focused on the nature of these attributes, how these attributes intersect with carbon offsets, the legal issues encountered with such programs, and key terms of agreements used in transactions involving renewable energy attributes.
Climate change is about more than smokestacks. Lawyers need to understand what legislators, regulators, and plaintiffs plan to do about climate change, carbon, green house gasses, and energy efficiency statutes and regulations. Learn from a panel of authorities about the demands that may be placed upon your buildings, operations, public disclosures, and energy purchases, and the role that you as inside counsel will be required to play in the implementation of, and compliance with, emerging environmental regimes.
Environmental regulatory and liability concerns increasingly touch upon thousands of products in the marketplace based on the chemicals they contain. In some cases, if not reformulated, products are banned. A panel described how the list of controlled chemicals (like lead and mercury) has grown in the last decade, what laws regulate products, and how manufacturers are reacting to demands for bans or restrictions on certain chemicals.
Not sure how to respond to environmental, health and safety matters? This program brings you up to speed. It covers the basics of dealing with regulations issued by federal and state environmental and safety agencies, such as EPA and OSHA. The panel covered such issues as key regulations, permits, inspections, record keeping, and responses to enforcement activities.
Reporting “green” can ensure your company meets certain legal or social goals, but such reporting is not without its risks; it must be done with care. This program provided an update on the latest requirements, standards, codes, and guidelines for making environmental disclosures, particularly disclosures regarding the impact of climate change on business operations. This includeed those made under the SEC’s S-K regulations, GAAP and FIN standards, and under the “green” guidelines of the FTC.
From oil spills to restatements, from tampered products to failed mergers, highstakes matters require advance preparation and skillful execution. This panel of crisis veterans helped you and your team prepare for the next corporate challenge, from setting your communication strategy as the situation unfolds, to preparing the crisis management plan and assembling the team long before you need either one.