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Advancing Towards Social Change
Powered by our commitment to social justice, Mintz’s ESG team stands ready to assist companies as they answer the rising call to action to integrate socially responsible business practices and enact social change within their organizations. Mintz’s ESG team includes seasoned practitioners from across a variety of legal disciplines with extensive experience in advising companies and corporate boards on how to manage these initiatives and promote lasting change within and outside their organizations.
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Viewpoints
Who Should Be In Charge of Board ESG Responsibilities?
April 28, 2022| Blog|
A Brief Summary of the SEC’s Proposed Climate-Related Rules
March 30, 2022| Advisory|
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Our Approach
Our multidisciplinary ESG team has deep experience in helping corporate boards with the full range of issues related to implementing socially conscious initiatives. Our collaborative approach ensures that our clients receive well-rounded advice as they implement employee programs related to diversity, inclusion, and volunteerism and policies that impact their business relationships. We share our clients’ passion for social justice and believe that the steps we take today towards change will have a lasting positive impact.
- Critical analysis of corporate business relationships and values
- Corporate diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives
- Stakeholders’ Interests
- Employee and community health and safety
- Supplier values aligned with corporate values
- Social impact investing
- Corporate donations and investments
- Employees incentivized to perform volunteer work
- Advice on best practices for devising and implementing a DEI strategy
- Conducting assessments and identifying indicators of diversity performance
- Creating a legal construct to identify where and how to implement qualitative and quantitative diversity goals
- Strengthening core competencies with underrepresented components in human capital
- Strategies to provide guidance for individually tailored long- and short-term diversity plans
Our Team
Member / Chair, Energy & Sustainability Practice
Member / Managing Member, San Diego Office
Other ESG Business Issues
Environmental
As public concern about climate change continues to grow, more and more companies are called to action. Customers are demanding environmentally conscious business practices, and new regulations are emerging to address these concerns. Mintz’s ESG Practice comprises experienced attorneys with diverse backgrounds in energy, environmental, and regulatory laws, who are well versed in advising companies on how to meet their environmental goals.
Corporate Boards
Corporate boards are being called on to answer the growing demand for ESG-centered initiatives within their organizations now more than ever. As the concept of ESG continues to evolve, Mintz’s multidisciplinary team of highly skilled attorneys stay on top of legal and regulatory trends, providing well-timed advice to corporate boards in various industries.