Legal opinion on climate change for businesses
Climate change is a key priority, particularly for business.
The Sustainable Finance Forum - part of The Aotearoa Circle initiative - engaged Circle member, Chapman Tripp, to provide a legal advisory opinion. This purpose of this opinion was to focus board directors, fund managers and trustees on the importance of this issue for New Zealand companies and managed funds.
The legal advisory opinion was asked to address the following question: “To what extent (if at all) are New Zealand company directors and managed scheme providers permitted or required to take account of climate change considerations in their decision-making?”
Download the Sustainable Finance Forum Legal Opinion 2019 [PDF].
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