ESG Enforcement Tracker
Charting the rise of criminal and regulatory enforcement
Business engagement with environmental sustainability and social responsibility has sharpened markedly since the Paris Agreement in 2015, now commonly grouped under the umbrella of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG). While ESG as a concept is now well established, the rise of ESG civil litigation and criminal enforcement, aimed at holding companies and directors to account for ESG failures, is a more recent development.
Many resources chart the growth of ESG civil claims, but far fewer focus on criminal and regulatory enforcement. Our tracker fills that gap, focusing on cases of significance across key jurisdictions in recent years. Given the central role of criminal law in addressing the most serious ESG breaches, this toolkit is an essential resource for ESG practitioners and observers.
