Speaking Sustainability

Akin Gump

Speaking Sustainability features the viewpoints and insights of Akin Gump's environmental, social and governance practitioners on timely issues and topics of interest to global investors, corporations and their stakeholders. With regulators and policy-makers worldwide sharply focused on creating a framework that promotes equity, environmental sustainability and transparency, this series helps businesses to navigate some of the complex trends, developments and new regulations across the globe.

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Speaking Sustainability

Episodes (6)

Mar 30th 2026 Director's Agenda Podcast
May 11, 2023 The Akin 2023 ESG Survey: Highlights, Trends and Developments
Feb 2, 2023 SEC's Climate Disclosure Proposal: Part 2 – Potential Legal Challenges and Vulnerabilities

Speaking Sustainability

Mar 30, 2026
25½ minutes
34 MB

In our latest episode, we discuss the rising expectations for corporate oversight and what that means for directors and officers in an increasingly complex regulatory and litigation environment. Corporate directors today face scrutiny from regulators, plaintiffs' firms, proxy advisors, investors and shareholder activists. That scrutiny is translating into increased litigation risk, regulatory interventions and targeted campaigns—and, increasingly, personal exposure for directors and officers. We're seeing expanded theories of individual liability tied to compliance failures, cyber incidents, AI governance gaps, inconsistent disclosures and greenwashing. And with enforcement-first approaches from regulators like the SEC, as well as...

Speaking Sustainability

2026 Director's Agenda Podcast

Akin Gump

00:00 -24:30