The New Climate Fiduciaries

In response to the growing threat of climate change, corporate managers have faced increasing pressure from investors, customers, and regulators to reduce corporate contributions to climate change and adapt their business to consider climate-related risks. At the same time, civil society organizations and “activist investors” have increasingly sought legal tools to force private sector action on climate change, while the “anti-ESG” political movement has sought to prevent private organizations and asset managers from considering climate risks entirely. These discussions have frequently centered on one key element of corporate governance: fiduciary duties. 

On February 21, 2025, the Sabin Center and the Millstein Center at Columbia Law School will host a four-panel colloquium at Columbia Law School in New York, NY centered on these issues. This colloquium will bring leading legal scholars, practitioners, asset managers and corporate fiduciaries together to address debates and recent developments in corporate climate law, and to discuss the role of fiduciary duties in helping, or hindering, corporate climate action.

📆 Conference details: 
Friday, 21 February 2025, 08.30 - 17.00 (EST)

📍 Conference Location: 
Columbia Law School, 435 W 116th St., New York, NY 10027; Jerome Greene Hall, Room 104