ESG

  • Future law for due diligence on the environment and human rights takes first steps

    The legislation, currently under a public consultation period, will set out an infringements and penalties system for companies that fail to fulfill their duties to respect, protect and promote human and environmental rights and will ensure access to justice so that potential victims can claim an effective remedy, among other measures.

  • FESBAL honors Garrigues with the 2020 Espiga de Oro award for Commitment

    The Spanish Federation of Food Banks (FESBAL) honored Garrigues with the 2020 Espiga de Oro award for Commitment at an event held at CaixaForum in Madrid, which was presided over by Luis Planas, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. Garrigues’ executive chairman Fernando Vives collected the award from FESBAL President Pedro Llorca.

  • Sustainability brings a new perspective for boards and shareholders’ meetings

    Garrigues partners Sergio González Galán and Eduardo Gómez de Salazar talked to Carlos Sáez Gallego, Spain country head at proxy solicitor Georgeson, as part of the Garrigues Sustainable Dialogs

  • The Garrigues Sustainable Dialogs: following the Paris Agreement, COP26 calls for action

    In the latest of the Garrigues Sustainable Dialogs webinars, the director general of the Spanish Climate Change Agency, Valvanera Ulargui, has reviewed the conclusions of the 26th UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), in which she took part, analyzing outcomes versus expectations. She draws an optimistic conclusion.

  • The EIB spells out its commitment to green finance in ‘The Dialogues of Garrigues Sustainable’

    This first ‘webinar’, dedicated to sustainable finance, addressed the requirements of the European Union and the EIB in matters of green bonds and loans.

  • Social bonds gain ground in Latin America

    Latin America and the Caribbean was the region with the fastest growing thematic bond market globally. This context prompts interest in the impact of sustainable investment and the potential of social bond issuances in Latin America, as well as how the legislation has evolved in each jurisdiction. In this article, we deal with the current situation in Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru.

  • Garrigues Sustainable brings together Garrigues’ 20 years of experience in ESG matters

    Sustainability, as the only way to ensure the future of organizations, is one of Garrigues’ strategic pillars, on two fronts: as a tax and law firm, we help our clients address sustainability-related challenges and opportunities in the broadest sense. As an organization, we are firmly committed to ESG principles in the pursuit of our activity.

  • Garrigues Mexico: Socially Responsible Enterprise for the sixth consecutive year

    ​​​​​​​The Garrigues office in México has, for the sixth consecutive year, received the Empresa Socialmente Responsable (ESR® 2021) award granted by the Mexican Center for Philanthropy (Centro Mexicano para la Filantropía or Cemefi) and the Alliance for Corporate Social Responsibility (Alianza por la Responsabilidad Social Empresarial or AliaRSE) to enterprises that comply satisfactorily with the standards established in the areas of corporate social responsibility.

  • Garrigues participates in the Climate Ambition Accelerator, the United Nations Global Compact’s emissions reduction initiative

    Garrigues has joined other participants in the United Nations Global Compact - the largest business sustainability initiative worldwide - in supporting the Climate Ambition Accelerator. Using science-based targets, the program will enable emissions to be halved by 2030 and net-zero emissions to be achieved by 2050.

  • Garrigues is the only law firm listed among ‘Europe’s Climate Leaders’ by Financial Times

    Garrigues is the only law firm listed in the new Europe’s Climate Leaders 2021 ranking produced by Financial Times, which names the 300 European companies demonstrating the greatest reduction in emissions over the period 2014 to 2019.