As global companies seek to navigate the growing regulatory and societal attention being paid to their environmental and sustainability efforts, general counsel are being tasked with an expanding umbrella of new assignments. With all that responsibility comes great risk—and great opportunity.
At a growing number of companies, issues from diversity, equity and inclusion to greenwashing mitigation are being placed under the auspices of the general counsel, giving them a more prominent seat at the corporate table.
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