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Beyond the Backlash: The Future of ESG
What has changed, what still matters, and what comes next
ESG as a label may be in retreat, but the obligations behind it are not. This report gives lawyers a practical route through the post-backlash landscape: Europe's rewritten reporting and due diligence rules, divergent US federal and state regimes, board decision-making, reporting without the theatre, climate and nature risk, human rights, the workplace, AI's ESG consequences, contracts and supply chains, investment and fiduciary judgment, claims and litigation, and transactions under a changing policy regime. Sixteen chapters, each ending in a worked example, show how to advise clients on what has changed, what still matters, and what comes next.
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- December 2026
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