Special Focus

Luke Hili of Ganado Advocates notes a shift towards companies viewing ESG as a value strategy for long-term growth rather than just as a regulatory burden, and casts a spotlight on Maltese activity

Eddie Chan and Helen Hai-Ning Huang of Lee and Li report that Taiwan has made great strides with recent ESG policy initiatives, but add that further measures are needed to deter greenwashing

Assunção Cristas, João Almeida Filipe, and Carolina Vaza of Vieira de Almeida consider the possible introduction of voluntary biodiversity credit schemes as a means of halting and reversing biodiversity loss

After ratification of the first sustainable investment facilitation agreement, between the EU and Angola, Carla Gonçalves Borges, Mariana França Gouveia, and Assunção Cristas of Vieira de Almeida analyse ESG considerations in African states’ investment treaties