2020 saw rapid growth in stakeholders' engagement with environmental and social issues as well as corporate governance. More in-house legal leaders and their teams actively support their organization's ESG efforts today, yet we're finding that most of you have not yet defined how you can or will contribute.

Legal teams increasingly recognize that ESG is both an opportunity for the legal function and a major new risk. Obviously Legal can clarify ESG regulatory requirements and ensure compliant reporting. More importantly, in-house counsel and legal operations professionals have  competencies to contribute far more to their company's ESG effort.