OCT
17
2024
Towards NetZero: Legal Aspects of Corporate Climate Action in Asia
Description
Towards Net Zero is the first conference in Asia to bring together lawyers, judges, directors, investors, regulators and academics to examine legal issues around corporate climate action. Speakers will provide insights into how companies, regulators and other stakeholders are responding to climate change, and the opportunities as well as the challenges of corporate climate action.
Panel 1: Directors’ Duties
Moderator:
Umakanth Varottil, Professor, Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore (TBC)
Panellists:
Sarah Barker | Managing Director, Pollination Law
Shyam Divan | Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India
Tina Mavraki | Non-Executive Director, Mytilineos SA and First Bauxite LLC
Michael Tang | Head, Sustainable Development Office, Singapore Exchange Regulation
Panel 2: Climate Litigation The Rt. Hon. Lord Carnwath of Notting Hill Former Justice of the UK Supreme Court
Moderator:
Jolene Lin, Director of Asia-Pacific Centre for Environmental Law (APCEL) and Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore
Panellists:
Joana Setzer | Associate Professorial Research Fellow, Grantham Research Institute, LSE
Peter Barnett | Programme Lead, Quadrature Climate Foundation
Rajiv Lall | Professorial Research Fellow, Sim Kee Boon Institute for Financial Economics, SMU
Sean Tseng | Senior Legal Counsel (Sustainability), SHEIN
Panel 3: Investors’ Duties
Moderator:
Ernest Lim, Vice-Dean and Professor, Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore
Panellists:
Cynthia Williams | Professor, Maurer School of Law, Indiana University Bloomington
Dilhan Pillay | CEO, Temasek Holdings
YK Park | Asia-Pacific Head of Global Responsible Investment & Governance Team, APG Asset Management Asia
Ghislaine Nadaud | Senior Sustainable Investing Specialist, Robeco
Terms and Conditions
1. Fees are to be paid before the commencement of the event with exception of e-invoices.
2. Fees paid are non-refundable.
3. Registration is transferable within the same organisation if the request is made at least one week in advance of the event.
4. By filling up this Registration Form,
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iii. NUS Law School and designated event organisers reserve the right to alter any of the programme or other arrangements for this event, including cancellation or postponement of the event, should circumstances so warrant.
Date and Time
Thursday, 17th October 2024 9:30AM GMT+08:00
to
Thursday, 17th October 2024 5:15PM GMT+08:00
Organisation
Faculty of Law
Contact Email
lawapcel@nus.edu.sg
Location
The Westin Singapore, Asia Square Tower 2, 12 Marina View