Carbon finance series: Canada’s voluntary carbon market (VCM)
We are back with the next installment in our carbon finance series. In our last article, we discussed the key carbon pricing regimes across Canadian provinces. This article will provide an overview of some salient aspects of the voluntary carbon...
Best practice for managing ESG in the boardroom
Investors and stakeholders increasingly understand that long-term success is directly affected by how a company and its board of directors (the “Board”) manage environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) factors. Best practices require that a Board establish and implement a framework...
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Bruno Caron présente le groupe Responsabilité sociale d’entreprise et marché du carbone à Droit-inc.
Droit-Inc
Dans le cadre de son entrevue avec Droit-inc., Bruno Caron présente le groupe Responsabilité sociale d’entreprise et marché du carbone qu’il copréside avec P. Jason Kroft. Lire l’article : Un cabinet lance un nouveau groupe de pratique
ESG and Carbon Finance Group Co-Chairs Jason Kroft and Bruno Caron speak to Canadian Lawyer
Canadian Lawyer
Canadian Lawyer interviews Jason Kroft and Bruno Caron on the launch of the firm’s ESG and Carbon Finance practice. 2023 will be a big year for developing standards, taxonomy, and objectives for ESG. […] The firm says its new group...
Greenwashing in Canada: Enforcement and trends for 2023
Over the last several years, increasing demand from consumers for environmentally-friendly products and services has led to an increase in “greenwashing,” which involves the practice of conveying false, misleading, incomplete, or unsubstantiated information to consumers about a product or business’...
Introducing MT Biosphere™: The Communiqué of Miller Thomson’s ESG and Carbon Finance Group
We are pleased to announce the launch of our communiqué, MT Biosphere™, published by Miller Thomson’s ESG and Carbon Finance Group. The name of our communiqué reflects the three elements behind the ESG acronym: environment, social, and governance. Throughout the...
Regulating the carbon market: Canada’s federal carbon pricing regime
The Lawyer’s Daily
Jason Kroft and Ghazal Hamedani co-author an article in The Lawyer’s Daily that discusses Canada’s federal carbon pricing regime. In our previous article “Sustainable finance and carbon market: An overview,” we introduced sustainable finance and provided an overview on carbon...
Is carbon capture a game changer for Canada’s climate change strategy: A practical primer for business
Introduction In 2020, Canada produced over half a billion tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from fossil fuels and industrial operations. The next year, the Canadian legislature passed the Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act, which legally enshrined Canada’s commitment to...
Myron Mallia-Dare and Cindy Kim co-write “ESG: Creating Value and Mitigating Risk In Mergers & Acquisitions”
Deal Points, Fall 2022, “ESG: Creating Value and Mitigating Risk In Mergers & Acquisitions"
Myron Mallia-Dare and Cindy Kim co-wrote “ESG: Creating Value and Mitigating Risk In Mergers & Acquisitions,” featured in the Newsletter of the American Bar Association Mergers & Acquisitions Committee, Fall 2022. This article looks at how companies must consider environmental,...
Will the new International Sustainability Standards Board succeed in unifying global sustainability and climate-related disclosure rules?
Sustainability and climate disclosure rules are about to be standardized On March 31, 2022, the International Sustainability Standards Board (“ISSB”), a recently formed sustainability standard-setting body of the International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) Foundation, published for public comment two exposure...
