Corporate Governance (Environmental Social Governance – ESG – Reporting)

 

• Drafting and negotiating all the corporate documents required for ESG reporting, such as the: annual ESG corporate report; anti-corruption policy; antitrust corporate statement; content index; corporate carbon footprint statement; corporate climate change policies; corporate code of ethics; corporate community engagement policy; corporate diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) policy; corporate employee benefits policies; corporate environmental policies; corporate ethics hotline policy; corporate ethics policies; corporate governance policies; corporate human rights policies; corporate public policy statement; corporate political participation statement; corporate responsibility statement; corporate social issues statement; corporate standards for employees; corporate standards for suppliers; corporate standards for vendors; corporate statement on combatting human trafficking; corporate supplier diversity policy; director conflicts of interest corporate policy; ESG-related corporate bylaws; ESG corporate reporting index; ESG performance review; health check; materiality check; Modern Slavery Act statement; questionable accounting activities corporate policy; questionable auditing activities corporate policy; related party transactions corporate policy; sustainability report; GHG inventory and reduction plan; risk mitigation plan; stock ownership guidelines; strategy implementation plan; supply chain assessment report.

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• Managing all aspects of the annual corporate ESG report, such as: assembling; compiling the data for; continuous reviewing; disseminating to all stakeholders; drafting; external and internal negotiations; tracking all comments and updating the revision log; publishing; registering with the ESG rating entity; responding to requests for clarification and information from the ESG rating entity after discussion with the relevant internal stakeholders; confirmation of the final ESG rating issued by the ESG rating entity; and the like.

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• Drafting and negotiating all the general corporate documents related to ESG reporting, such as the: articles of incorporation; audit committee charter; compensation committee charter; corporate governance committee charter; finance committee charter; nominating committee charter.

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• Drafting and negotiating all the corporate documents required for SEC reporting, such as forms: 3; 4; 8-K; 10-K; 10-Q; 163/433 free writing prospectus; 424(b)(2) prospectus; DEF 14A; DEFA14A; S-3ASR; S-8; S-8 POS; SC 13G/A; SD; PX14A6G; PX14A6N.

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• Consultation for boards, committees, executive management, investors and other stakeholders, regarding: adoption of ESG corporate policies, protocols and standards; alternate strategies to either oppose or promote shareholder activism; B corporation certification; banking; board independence; benefit corporation certification; collection of all possible public information regarding the company prior to commencing ESG-related image enhancement public relations efforts; conflicts of interest; data privacy; data security; debt finance; design and implementation of ESG monitoring strategies within the enterprise; drafting and review of the proposed ESG action plan; ESG-related corporate performance gap analysis; ESG-related due diligence for M&A; ESG-related finance issues (such as: green bonds; green loans; ESG funds; renewable energy projects; social loans; sustainability bonds; and the like); ESG-related incident responses; ESG-related insurance, risk management and risk mitigation strategies; ESG-related internal training; ESG political developments in various jurisdictions; ESG regulatory ramifications and requirements; establishment of a peer group matrix relating to all relevant ESG-related issues; fixed income; governmental relations; international trade; initial public offering (IPO) due diligence; interaction with all chosen ESG rating entities; investment management; labor; management of ESG-related arbitrations, class actions and litigation; nonprofits; preparation and review of required ESG disclosures; preparation and review of required ESG-related SEC disclosures (such as human capital disclosures pursuant to Regulation S-K); preparation and review of sustainability reports; preparation of ESG governance structure with recommendations for various committees; prioritization of ESG issues for corporate structure and reporting; private equity; project development and finance; real estate; renewable energy; responses to audits and questions from external governmental agencies and ESG rating entities; responses to ESG-related bullying, discrimination, gender equity, sexual harassment, whistleblowing, and the like; securities; setting ESG goals; review of proposed ESG-related advertising, promotional materials and website pages; shareholder activism; shareholder proposals.

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• Management of all aspects of environmental social governance (ESG) domestic and international compliance reporting.

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• Use and working knowledge of numerous analysis tools, best practices, business principles, calculation tools, guidelines, industry trade associations, legal methodologies, publications, recommendations, reference materials and social principles, to support the narrative provided in the annual corporate ESG report, and which, if applicable to the company’s operations and if included prominently in the narrative of the annual corporate ESG report in the proper context (assuming of course that based on the location and operations of the company, any such reference and accompanying contextual explanation included in the narrative has an appropriate, rational basis for being included, and is not just being thrown in gratuitously in the hope of boosting the final ESG rating of the company), may serve to increase the final ESG rating awarded by the ESG rating entity to the company, similar to the way search engine optimization (SEO) works to increase search hits on an internet web page, when certain phrases and words are added on the internet web page, which may be more-recognizable to the internet search engines, such as: activist ownership; activity-based costing (ABC); activity metrics; asset-based community development (ABCD); biodiversity action plan (BAP); blue bond; bottom-up approach (BUA); business model innovation and resilience; cap and trade; carbon credits, financing, offsets and pricing; certified B corporation; certified benefit corporation; International Energy Agency (IEA) International Petroleum Industry Environmental Conservation Association (IPIECA) for Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions; life cycle assessment; Positive Impact InitiativeUN Environment Program Finance Initiative (UNEP-FI).

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• Legal support for all activities after issuance of the final ESG rating from the ESG rating entity, to obtain ESG-supportive capital for the company from ESG-supportive lenders, such as: drafting and negotiation of all required lending documents; governmental filings; listings on ESG-supportive stock exchanges; and the like.

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