New climate risk disclosure recommendations distract from illegal industry...
ClientEarth has warned that regulators and companies may use new recommendations published today on climate risk disclosure to avoid compliance with, and enforcement of, existing laws. The...
View ArticleFossil fuel companies: be part of the low carbon future
Fossil fuel companies were today urged to put limiting climate change at the heart of their business model by more than 75 civil society organisations. ClientEarth’s CEO James Thornton was among the...
View ArticleOil industry smoke screen on climate change
The oil industry was putting its own profits before the health of the planet as far back as the 1960s. That’s the view of James Thornton, CEO of environmental lawyers ClientEarth, following recent...
View ArticleInvestors vote for climate transparency
Mining giant Anglo American’s shareholders have voted overwhelmingly for more climate change transparency from the company. The shareholder resolution, which requires greater transparency on several...
View ArticleAmy Rose
Amy Rose joined ClientEarth in March 2016 as the Head of Strategic Litigation, and is focusing her efforts on developing our growing strategic litigation portfolio and litigation support systems....
View ArticleKarla Hill
Karla Hill is ClientEarth’s director of programmes, in which role she coordinates strategy and activities across our Climate, Energy and Trade programmes. Prior to taking this position she led our work...
View ArticleCoal giant files for bankruptcy protection
Peabody Energy, the world’s largest privately owned coal producer has filed for bankruptcy protection. As coal is phased out, other carbon intensive companies need to look urgently at how they will...
View ArticleLessons from Exxon: Honesty’s the best policy
Yesterday, Attorneys General from multiple US states announced they will unite to address key climate questions across America – and most interestingly for us, they are eyeing potential investigations...
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ClientEarth: Overall winners at prestigious awards
ClientEarth Director of Programmes Karla Hill, CEO James Thornton and Company and Financial Lawyer Alice Garton ClientEarth’s legal work on UK pollution and highlighting the risks climate change poses...
View ArticleRio Tinto board backs climate resolution
The board of mining giant Rio Tinto has supported a resolution that requires much greater transparency in future on how it will deal with climate change risk. The climate resolution, which will be put...
View ArticleFossil fuel companies must reveal long-term risks
A group of investors has written to a financial regulator to highlight their expectation that fossil fuel companies use a new reporting requirement to communicate climate change risk to their business....
View ArticleAlice Garton
Alice joined our London office in April 2015 as Project Leader for the Company and Financial workstream. Alice joined ClientEarth in April 2015 as the Company and Financial Project Leader. Prior to...
View ArticleSophie Marjanac
Sophie joined ClientEarth’s Climate Litigation team in November 2015. Prior to joining ClientEarth, Sophie was a senior lawyer at Clayton Utz, Australia’s largest independent law firm, where she...
View ArticleJon Bennett
Jon joined our London office in March 2015 as Communications Manager. Before joining ClientEarth, Jon worked as Head of Media for Compassion in World Farming, highlighting the effect of industrial...
View ArticleElspeth Owens
Elspeth join ClientEarth in January 2014. As a Barrister, Elspeth supports a number of projects at ClientEarth with her litigation and advocacy expertise, including the work of ClientEarth’s Climate...
View ArticleMarina Agiejew
Marina joined the Strategic Litigation team at ClientEarth in April 2016 as a Project Assistant. She is based in our London office. Marina joined us after participating in a VSO project in rural...
View Article“A matter of time” before directors sued for climate failings
Barristers in Australia have warned company directors that it is ‘only a matter of time’ before one of them faces legal action for failing to consider and disclose risks posed to their business by...
View ArticleFinancial Services Lawyer, Strategic Litigation Programme – London (fixed-term)
Strategic Litigation Programme – London This is an exciting opportunity for a Financial Services Lawyer to make a key contribution to the work of our Company and Financial Project, within the...
View ArticlePensions Lawyer, Strategic Litigation Programme – London
Strategic Litigation Programme – London This is an exciting opportunity for a Pensions Lawyer to make a key contribution to the work of our Company and Financial Project, within the established...
View ArticleClientEarth wins at FT ‘Innovative Lawyer’ awards
ClientEarth’s CEO James Thornton has won a prestigious European ‘special achievement’ award from the Financial Times, at a high profile ceremony for innovative lawyers. ClientEarth also received a...
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