Interviews

In-house view: Statton Hammock on carbon markets and guiding operational decision-making

Verra’s general counsel talked to Forward Law Review about how Article 6 is reshaping the regulatory and voluntary carbon markets, the need to ask probing questions, and why legal’s role is to advise rather than decide. 

Opportunity Green eyes new legal action in agriculture and heavy-duty vehicles

In a conversation with Forward Law Review, legal director of Opportunity Green David Kay said the NGO is expanding beyond aviation, shipping and steel while pressing for greater accountability in sectors it says have largely escaped scrutiny.

Charlene Ripley: reputation is fragile

As Canada’s Teck Resources eyes a US$53 billion tie-up with rival miner Anglo-American, Teck’s former general counsel and chief sustainability officer Charlene Ripley talks to Forward Law Review about her career so far – and the evolution of her understanding of corporate sustainability.  

Lliuya v RWE: opening the door to corporate liability for climate harm

In this Q&A, Sebastian Gräler and Julius Fabian Stehl at Hogan Lovells in Dusseldorf analyse the recent court decision that "laid a conceptual foundation for civil climate liability under German private law".

Sharon Singh – pragmatist, lawyer, policy advisor

Sharon Singh is co-head of McMillan’s environment and indigenous practice. The Vancouver-based partner talks to Forward Law Review about her practice, her experience at Rio Tinto and what a potential change in the Canadian government might mean for the country’s environmental and human rights policies.