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DESCRIPTION:Le professeur en droit des affaires Peer Zumbansen accueille la
  professeure Cynthia A. Williams\, University of Illinois. La professeure 
 Williams donnera une conférence sur les obligations des administrateurs de
  sociétés en matière de changement climatique.\n\nRésumé\n\n[En anglais se
 ulement] Our understanding of climate change has evolved from an “ethical\
 , environmental” issue to one that presents foreseeable financial and syst
 emic risks (and opportunities) over mainstream investment horizons. This e
 volution has substantially changed the relevance of climate change to the 
 governance of corporations. A critical corollary of that evolution is that
  there are implications for the fiduciary duties of directors and officers
 .\n\nThis report provides an overview of contemporary evidence that climat
 e change and the transition to a net-zero emissions economy presents fores
 eeable\, material\, and systemic financial risks that will affect corporat
 ions. It considers that evidence in the context of directors’ and officers
 ’ fiduciary duties under Delaware law\, particularly in light of recent ca
 se law on the duty of oversight.\n\nIn so doing\, it sets out the practica
 l circumstances in which a failure by directors or officers to have adequa
 te regard to climate change-related issues could fail to satisfy the stand
 ard of conduct required to fulfill their duties and lead to potential liti
 gation and liability exposures.\n\nLa conférencière\n\n[En anglais seuleme
 nt] Professor Cynthia A. Williams joined Osgoode Hall in July 2013 as the 
 inaugural Osler Chair in Business Law\, a position from which she recently
  retired. She also holds a part-time position as Professor of U.S. Corpora
 te and Securities Law at the Vrije Universiteit (VU)\, Amsterdam. Prof. Wi
 lliams is an emerita faculty member at the University of Illinois College 
 of Law\, and began her career practicing law at Cravath\, Swaine & Moore i
 n New York City. She writes in the areas of securities law\, corporate law
 \, and corporate responsibility\, often in interdisciplinary collaboration
 s\, and engages in policy work in Canada\, the U.K.\, and the U.S. through
  her board membership in the Climate Bonds Initiative\, based in London\; 
 and as principal co-investigator and board member of the Commonwealth Clim
 ate and Law Initiative\, part of the Oxford Sustainable Finance Program.\n
 \n \n
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LOCATION:Zoom: https://mcgill.zoom.us/j/88666268750
SUMMARY:Corporations & Climate Change: Directors' Legal Obligations & Litig
 ation
URL:/law/fr/channels/event/corporations-climate-change
 -directors-legal-obligations-litigation-334341
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