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Modern Slavery a Key ESG Factor
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-08-20T18:22:32-04:00Sunday, March 20th, 2022|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: ESG, ESG law, esg legal solutions, Kaplow, modern slavery, Stuart Kaplow|
Slavery exists today. The British government recently reported there are more enslaved people today than there have been at any time in history! And if you doubt that modern slavery is here and now, 20 days ago, on March 1st, U.S. Customs and Border Protection ...
Ukraine is Now a Real ESG Issue
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-03-05T20:33:50-05:00Saturday, March 5th, 2022|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: environmental social governance, ESG, ESG law, esg legal solutions, Kaplow, Maryland environmental lawyer, MSCI, Stuart Kaplow|
While there has been near universal condemnation of the war against Ukraine by Russia, and our empathy is unequivocally with the people of Ukraine, this invasion of a sovereign nation, something that echoes the darkest days in European history, today presents an issue of ESG. ...
Zero Waste in an Era of Net Zero Everything
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-02-26T22:49:42-05:00Saturday, February 26th, 2022|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: ESG, ESG law, esg legal solutions, Kaplow, Stuart Kaplow|
Despite that the Zero Waste movement peaked in about 1998, in the modern context of Net Zero from Net Zero Energy to Net Zero Carbon, we are today with surprising frequency asked about a business being able to claim it is Zero Waste. In a ...
The ESG Benefit of Paying Employees to Work at the Polls
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-02-20T17:30:55-05:00Sunday, February 20th, 2022|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: ESG, ESG law, esg legal solutions, Kaplow, Stuart Kaplow, sustainability law|
The “S” in ESG is among the most impactful sustainability factors despite being among the least measured. There are a myriad of Social factors in sustainability, but what they have in common is they are about “social relationships.” A company’s relationship with its employees is ...
The UK Sets the Scene for Mandatory ESG Laws in the Western World
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-02-13T17:19:05-05:00Sunday, February 13th, 2022|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: environmental social and governance, environmental social governance, ESG, esg legal solutions, Kaplow, mandatory esg, next zero, Stuart Kaplow, sustainability law|
As we in the U.S. await action by the federal government on mandatory ESG laws, the United Kingdom has become the first European Union country to enact mandatory ESG disclosure laws. These new reporting requirements are of import beyond the shores of Great Britain in ...









