Securities litigation and ESG: shareholder activism, company performance, and future disputes

Fox Williams, 3 Verulam Buildings and Kroll Advisory will explore how, through securities litigation, corporates are being targeted and held to account for their potential ESG failings, the value ascribed to missed metrics, and discuss findings from Kroll’s ESG and Global Investor Returns Study, the most comprehensive quantitative examination between a company’s global stock returns and their ESG ratings and drawing on data from over 13,000 publicly traded companies across a variety of geographies and industries.