ESG Series Part 1: Climate Change – What On Earth Is Going On?

‘ESG' has well and truly arrived, and has triggered a new age in business and financial investment strategy. In a four-part series, Advocate and Partner Anthony Williams and Senior Associate Alex Thornton de Mauroy, of the Appleby Dispute Resolution team in Guernsey, examine what is meant by ESG, how it is measured in terms of data and investment performance, and finally the legal consequences for stakeholders (directors and trustees) in getting it wrong. In the first of this series, we look at ESG with a focus on climate change.

INTRODUCTION – ESG

ESG is widely understood to stand for ‘Environmental', ‘Social' and ‘Governance' and covers a vast array of often inter-linked issues. Here, we aim to explore one aspect of ‘E' – climate change.