{"id":213626,"date":"2025-04-10T16:16:11","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T16:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/?page_id=213626"},"modified":"2026-05-21T14:44:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T14:44:27","slug":"agenda","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/esg-summit-2026\/agenda\/","title":{"rendered":"Agenda"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Panels and break-out sessions will include discussions on the following topics:<\/div>\n<div data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul data-editing-info=\"{&quot;applyListStyleFromLevel&quot;:true}\">\n<li>\n<div role=\"presentation\">Re-prioritising ESG in 2026<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div role=\"presentation\">ESG Liability and Litigation<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div role=\"presentation\">Global ESG Regulation<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div role=\"presentation\">AI and\u00a0Sustainability<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div role=\"presentation\">The GC as ESG Strategist<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div role=\"presentation\">Green Claims<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div role=\"presentation\">Transition Finance<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div role=\"presentation\">Defence, Security and ESG<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"x_Signature\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>10.00am Registration<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>10.30am Opening remarks<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>10.40am-11.25am <span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Speaking up when it matters most: how general counsel can navigate pressure, influence decisions and protect long-term value in ESG<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">In boardrooms today, General Counsel are increasingly expected to be more than legal technicians. They are ethical navigators and may find themselves the only voice asking difficult questions about sustainability, risk and long-term impact. Yet speaking up isn\u2019t straightforward.<\/p>\n<p>When ESG considerations appear to conflict with short-term profit, even the most principled professionals can hesitate because of group dynamics, time pressure, commercial incentives and the human desire to conform.<\/p>\n<p>This keynote explores why good people stay silent and how organisations can create conditions where they don\u2019t.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Philippa Hann, CEO, Paradigm Norton Financial Planning<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>11.25am Panel 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>12.10pm Lunch<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1.10pm <span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Breakout Sessions<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Breakout Session A<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Breakout Session B: Energy transition and security \u2013 the drivers and the solutions<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_elementToProof\">As geopolitical uncertainty continues to move energy security higher up the agenda, this breakout session explores the continued relevance and utility of the energy transition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_elementToProof\">Energy security has never mattered more, so this session will help untangle the regulatory backdrop, identify the diverse low-carbon solutions for businesses, and pose strategies to overcome the challenges and hurdles in implementing and actioning marketable transition plans.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li>John Buttanshaw, partner, Travers Smith<\/li>\n<li>Richard Brown, partner, Travers Smith<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Breakout Session C<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1.55pm Panel 3<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"font-size: 1rem\">2.40pm Coffee Break<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"ewa-rteLine\">\n<p><strong>3.00pm\u00a0 Panel 4<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>3.45pm Panel 5<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>4.30pm\u00a0 Closing Remarks<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>4.35pm Networking Drinks<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>5.30pm Event Concludes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">*<\/span>\u00a0Please note that session times and programme details are provisional and may change<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Panels and break-out sessions will include discussions on the following topics: Re-prioritising ESG in 2026 ESG Liability and Litigation Global ESG Regulation AI and\u00a0Sustainability The GC as ESG Strategist Green Claims Transition Finance Defence, Security and ESG 10.00am Registration 10.30am Opening remarks 10.40am-11.25am Speaking up when it matters most: how general counsel can navigate pressure, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/esg-summit-2026\/agenda\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Agenda&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":60748,"featured_media":0,"parent":213466,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-213626","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/213626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/60748"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=213626"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/213626\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":269192,"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/213626\/revisions\/269192"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/213466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=213626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}