Business engagement in environmental sustainability and social responsibility has come into sharp focus since the Paris Agreement in 2015 (now commonly referred to as “environmental, social, and governance”, or “ESG”).

While ESG as a concept has existed for almost a decade, the prominence and development of “ESG civil litigation” and “ESG criminal enforcement” is more recent. However, there is now a growing appetite among regulators and law enforcement agencies to call corporates and individuals to account for ESG failures.

In order to keep track of the key trends in the criminal and regulatory ESG enforcement landscape, Peters & Peters has launched its ESG Enforcement Tracker.

While other online resources chart ESG-relate civil litigation, our tracker charts the key ESG-related criminal and regulatory enforcement action that has taken place in prominent jurisdictions (including the UK, US, Canada, Australia, France, Germany, and Italy) over the last few years. The value of the tracker is to bring the key relevant cases into one place and show the distinct approaches taken by regulators and law enforcement agencies with respect to regulatory and criminal enforcement in connection with ESG matters.

Users of the tracker will not only be able to keep themselves informed as to the key cases in this area but will also be able to see the evolution of regulatory and criminal enforcement actions and derive important insights on current trends/issues.

Users can also subscribe to receive bi-monthly email alerts listing all new and updates cases as well as new legal commentary from our team.