ESG Services
Impact Business Law wants to be a part of your ESG (Environmental, Social & Governance) journey. We will work with you to develop your ESG roadmap and implement it. This is part coaching (you are the expert), part legal consulting (we advise), part legal services (we draft policies and other documents in specific areas), and part referrals (we point you to other resources).
It’s a journey, not a destination.
Be visionary but make it attainable.
Keep learning.
Step 1: Establish your Baseline
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What policies & procedures do you need to have?
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Industry best practices? What are others asking you for?
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Materiality assessment – what is key for your company?
Step 2: Level Up
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Where can you have additional impact?
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What are you passionate about?
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What is imperative to the communities you work or sell in?
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What additional policies and procedures do you need to have?
Step 3: Monitor and Report
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Internal accountability and reporting
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Revisit your policies & procedures
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External reporting
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Inspire others
Ongoing: Continuous Learning
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Train on policies & procedures.
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Workshops and deeper dives for your staff
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Resources - books, podcasts, organizations
There are lots of consultants in the ESG space and many different approaches. Why is a legal lens so important in the ESG journey?
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ESG efforts may start with purpose and mission, but the success of your organization’s ESG
initiatives comes down to policies and procedures that are implemented. A legal mindset will
help you to create a framework for what must take place in your company and legal writing will
help you create policies and procedures that are clear and easy to follow. -
Following through on ESG policies and procedures often comes down to governance. A legal
approach helps delineate the roles of boards of directors, executive, and front-line supervisors. -
If you are serious about your ESG initiatives, the rules need to be enforced. Legal processes are
needed to set up complaint and investigative processes in areas such as respective workplace
and supply chain management.
There are lots of consultants in the ESG space and many different approaches. Why is a legal lens so important in the ESG journey?
-
ESG efforts may start with purpose and mission, but the success of your organization’s ESG
initiatives comes down to policies and procedures that are implemented. A legal mindset will
help you to create a framework for what must take place in your company and legal writing will
help you create policies and procedures that are clear and easy to follow. -
Following through on ESG policies and procedures often comes down to governance. A legal
approach helps delineate the roles of boards of directors, executive, and front-line supervisors. -
If you are serious about your ESG initiatives, the rules need to be enforced. Legal processes are
needed to set up complaint and investigative processes in areas such as respective workplace
and supply chain management.
ESG RESOURCES
ESG Frameworks
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Global Reporting Initiative GRI
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Sustainability Accounting Standards Board SASB
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UN Sustainable Development Goals SDGs
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Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosure TCFD
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World Economic Stakeholder Capitalism Metrics newest
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B Corp Certification - https://bcorpdirectory.ca/about-certified-b-corps/
Industry Associations
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Global Compact Network Canada - https://unglobalcompact.ca/
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Canadian Business for Social Responsibility - https://cbsr.ca/
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Mining Association of Canada - https://mining.ca/our-focus/
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Retail Council of Canada - https://www.retailcouncil.org/province/national/responsible-sourcing
Business & Human Rights Resources
Benchmarks
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Know the Chain - https://knowthechain.org/
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Corporate Human Rights Benchmark - https://www.worldbenchmarkingalliance.org/corporate-human-rights-benchmark/
Global BHR Frameworks
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Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises - https://www.oecd.org/corporate/mne/
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United Nation’s Guiding Principles for Business and Human Rights - https://www.ungpreporting.org/resources/the-ungps/
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United Nation Global Compact Ten Principles - https://www.unglobalcompact.org/what-is-gc/mission/principles
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International Labour Organization Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work - https://www.ilo.org/declaration/lang--en/index.html