{"id":5314,"date":"2020-09-17T19:54:39","date_gmt":"2020-09-17T19:54:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mcguirewoods.com\/events\/\/1970\/1\/esg-climate-issues-best-practices-trends-emerging-risks\/"},"modified":"2025-04-04T11:56:24","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T16:56:24","slug":"esg-climate-issues-best-practices-trends-emerging-risks","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.mcguirewoods.com\/events\/firm-events\/2020\/9\/esg-climate-issues-best-practices-trends-emerging-risks\/","title":{"rendered":"ESG and Climate Issues"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"ESG and Climate Issues: Best Practices, Trends, and Emerging Risks\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/Av0UDcCNGFI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/media.mcguirewoods.com\/events\/2020\/ESG-and-Climate-Issues.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Download Slides <\/a>\n\n\n<p>In today\u2019s business and political climate, pressure from global and national levels is forcing environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues to the top of many public companies\u2019 agendas. 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