ESG Risk Management – Tools for Mitigating Risk and Managing a Crisis

This webinar is part of our In-House Lawyers 2025 programme of events. To find out more about the other sessions in this series, click here.

As part of Freeths’ ESG series, this second instalment will focus on how businesses can effectively manage and mitigate ESG-related legal risks. Building on the themes introduced in our April session this webinar will provide in-house counsel with an overview of typical ‘ESG’ risks and some of the tools available to manage and mitigate these.  We will cover supply chain risks, evolving climate and biodiversity legal challenges, breaches of environmental protection laws, pollution and waste incidents.

Key tools we will cover include:

• Compliance Audits and due diligence: Assessing adherence to ESG regulations and standards.
• Legal and Risk Registers: Identifying, assessing and managing ESG legal risks.
• Horizon Scanning: Ensuring you stay ahead of legal developments.
• Certifications: Understanding Environmental Management Systems such as ISO:14001 and B Corp certification.
• Crisis Management Plans: Strategies to respond to an ESG crisis, such as pollution and waste incidents, or governance failures.

We will explore how these tools are relevant to real life case studies to manage ESG risks and avoid crises.

The session will conclude with tips on how to respond effectively to ESG crises to ensure legal liability and reputational damage are effectively mitigated.

Who Should Attend?

This session is tailored for legal and business professionals, including General Counsel and Chief Legal Officers, Associate, Assistant, and Deputy General Counsel, Senior Corporate/Legal Counsel, Legal-Affairs Directors, Heads of Risk and Compliance

Why Attend?

Deepen your understanding of ESG risk management, enhance your compliance efforts, and be prepared to navigate potential crises with confidence.