Private Environmental Governance and Corporate Sustainability Short Course

1 credits · Law School

This short course will explore the role of lawyers, business managers, and nonprofit group managers in the growing fields of private environmental governance and corporate sustainability. Students will learn about private standards for corporate climate and sustainability disclosure, the role of environmental requirements in supply chain contracting, the motivations of investors, lenders, and insurers to require their clients to account for climate change and sustainability, and other topics. The course will employ case studies alongside review of public and private standards. Pass/Fail. Enrollment limited. [1]