Never Before Have Corporate Values and Business Strategies Come Under Greater Scrutiny
Investors, regulators, employees, and the public have heightened demands for companies to manage the societal impact of their operations more effectively. On issues ranging from climate risk mitigation to supply chain transparency to workplace health and safety, “doing the right thing” is now more than an aspirational goal for companies; it is a business imperative.
While environmental, social, and governance (ESG) standards have gained prominence in recent years—driven by catalysts like climate change, COVID, Black Lives Matter, and #metoo—O’Melveny has been counseling clients on ESG-related matters for decades with a cross-disciplinary team of lawyers offering comprehensive and fully integrated legal support advising on:
ESG strategy, design, and implementation
ESG reporting and disclosures, including how best to frame ESG goals without risk of litigation backlash and use of third-party audits
Diligence and documentation on ESG matters in deals and financings
Defense against consumer and business claims related to alleged non-conformance with ESG goals
International trade counseling, including compliance with economic sanctions, customs, export controls, and the Foreign Corrupt Practice Act
Labor matters, including diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, remote work policies, executive compensation, union organizing, and employee mental health
Sustainable, responsible, and impact investing
ESG product innovation
Supply chain transparency
Data privacy and security
Investor activism
Energy conservation
Community investment
Carbon Capture
We work with leading energy companies to capture and sequester carbon emissions, including projects to provide for offshore sequestration of CO2 from oil, gas, and petrochemical producers. Read
Environmental Health and Safety
We help clients plan, finance, and implement projects that clean up contaminated soil and groundwater. We have worked for financial institutions and private equity firms that arrange for remediation and repurposing of refineries and power generation facilities, in some cases providing for enhanced transmission grids. We also counsel clients on their hazardous and medical waste disposal compliance programs, ensuring proper handling of regulated waste to mitigate any impacts on human health or the environment. Read
Pay Equity
We are representing a multinational technology company in a pay equity class action alleging that the company discriminated against women employees in terms of pay and promotions. We also assisted the company with a pay equity review that focused on identifying significant pay disparities and developing a process to investigate and correct those disparities. Read
Public Company Disclosure Requirements
We guide public companies on ESG and SEC-related disclosure, board and corporate governance requirements, “lack of diversity” shareholder derivative actions, institutional investor voting policies, and ESG-related shareholder proposals. Read
Renewable Energy
We help line up financing for projects that bring more renewable energy and clean water to market. We are a leading firm in tax equity finance for the solar, wind, smart grid, energy storage, electric vehicle and other clean tech sectors, with additional current projects involving backup battery systems for renewables and wood pellet-based alternative energy, hydrogen fuel trucking (and other alternative fuel sources for transportation), and public-private partnerships related to electric vehicles. Read
Apollo Global Management
Berkshire Hathaway Energy
Building Energy
Coso Geothermal
Mitsui & Co.
Walt Disney
Wells Fargo
Western Digital
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