The Legal Path to Sustainable Development: Module 4

How can the law promote sustainable and inclusive economic growth?

  Live session: 8th May 2021, 13.00-16.15 (BST)  

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  • Pre-reading study time
    2 hours
  • Live session 
    3.5 hours
  • Community of Practice
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Session 1: The UN Guiding Principles on Business & Human Rights – Key developments, trends, and advising responsibly

It is 10 years since the UN adopted the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs). These principles set out the differentiated obligations and responsibilities for States and business in relation to business related human rights harms. They also provide a framework to assist businesses to know and show respect for rights, principally using 'human rights due diligence'.

The UNGP and the concept of human rights due diligence is now being referred to in legislation, setting a standard for responsible business conduct including in relation to human rights. In particular, the role that the UNGP will have in sustainability and ESG frameworks especially in the EU means that a proper understanding of how to implement the UNGP and human rights due diligence will be relevant for companies and investors alike. This session will consider the developing legislative landscape for the management of human rights impacts, its and relevance to lawyers.  
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Anna Kirkpatrick
Clifford Chance

Anna Kirkpatrick is a Senior Lawyer in the international arbitration and business and human rights teams at Clifford Chance LLP in London. Anna has broad experience in international commercial and state arbitration and advising clients on international law issues, particularly investment treaty related issues and in relation to business and human rights. She has expertise in the energy, mining and construction sectors.

She gained honours in her LLM in Law, Governance and Development, with a focus on Business and Human Rights, and holds a Certificate in the Law and Practice of International Human Rights Law. She co-chairs A4ID’s Responsible Business Knowledge Group, she is a trustee of Lawyers Against Poverty and sits on the Advisory Board of Sitopia Farm
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Session 2: Responsible project financing for sustainable growth

In areas with weak regulation, large-scale construction projects can result in significant environmental and social damage, with no recourse to justice for those harmed.

As an example of responsible financing, this session will explore the Equator Principles, which were developed by the International Finance Corporation to manage and mitigate the social and environmental risks of projects and to promote responsible development. 
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Helena Anderson
Ikigai Capital

Helena Anderson is the co-founder and COO of net zero bankability advisor, accelerator and developer, Ikigai, focused on delivering the energy transition for industrial zones, cities and heavy energy consumers in EMEA. Prior to Ikigai, she was head of energy capital investment at the UK Department for International Trade and a project finance lawyer at Herbert Smith Freehills. She helped define the drafting standards for social and environmental risk in loan documentation working closely with international banks and the Equator Principles Association.
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