Greenwashing is now not only a potential reputational risk but is increasingly becoming a compliance and legal risk for organisations. With the FCA’s Anti-Greenwashing regulation having come into effect in May 2024, updated guidance from the CMA and the EU agreeing to ban unverified green products and organisations having to substantiate, communicate, and verify their green claims, organisations can no longer leave green claims ambiguous or lack supporting evidence. With punishments for nonadherence ranging from fines of up to 10% of global turnover to suspensions and the risk of litigation by investors and other stakeholders, navigating this area is essential.

• Ensuring marketing teams are aware of new legislation /sources of potential greenwashing claims and explain how their material can be non-compliant when exaggerating green claims

• Examine the limits of your sustainability statements and how to gain maximum value from your marketing whilst remaining compliant

• Discuss how you quantify your ESG claims and verify what your statements say in order to minimise the likelihood of greenwashing claims and/or breach of legislation.

Deborah Waller

General Counsel, Corporate
National Grid

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Grab a coffee and snack and join this focused conversation in an informal setting to delve into DE&I. First find out what your collective biggest challenge regarding DE&I is and explore together how you may overcome these.

Legal departments are sitting on a wealth of unstructured data—from contracts and emails to regulatory documents and internal communications. But without the right tools, this data remains untapped. This roundtable will explore how corporate counsel can harness AI to extract intelligence from unstructured data, transforming it into actionable insights that drive business strategy. By moving beyond contract management and risk mitigation, legal teams can unlock new revenue opportunities, optimize costs, and deliver real-time intelligence that informs critical decision-making.

Key Takeaways:

·      Leverage AI to turn unstructured legal data into proactive insights that drive revenue growth and cost optimization.

·      Develop strategies to align legal operations with broader business objectives through data-driven intelligence.

·      Extract actionable intelligence from contracts, emails, and regulatory documents to support smarter, faster decision-making.

Matt Gould

General Counsel
ContractPodAi

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Legal and compliance leaders struggle to be seen as a centre for organisational growth and innovation. However, you know that without your advice the organisation will struggle to do such, at least not within local and worldwide regulatory framework. The divide often surfaces when highlighting how your governance policies not only keep the company out of court but, with legal foresight, can also highlight innovative areas for growth and development for the whole organisation.

• Self-reflect on why you believe you’re not invited to business strategy meetings and collectively overcome the challenge of being seen as external to these discussions
• Collaboratively explore where the gap between legal and compliance and the business strategies commonly lie to be able to fill the disconnect
• Discuss how you as legal and compliance leaders can better convey the importance of your strategies to the board to highlight the necessity of its implementation 

Wayne Spillett

General Counsel
VOIS

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Grab a coffee and snack and join this focused conversation in an informal setting to delve into DSA and DMA. First find out what your collective biggest challenge regarding DSA and DMA is and explore together how you may overcome these.