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Company directors can be held legally liable for ignoring the risks from climate change

  • Written by Travers McLeod, Honorary Fellow in the School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Melbourne
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Company directors who don’t properly consider climate related risks could be liable for breaching their duty of due care and diligence, a new legal opinion has found.

Although the alarm for business leaders has been sounding for some time, the release of the opinion by senior barristers and leading solicitors confirms the potential liability...

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