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Climate Change & Sustainable Business Solutions

Practices

Climate Change & Sustainable Business Solutions

Regulatory pressure, investor expectations, and supply chain scrutiny are reshaping how companies operate across every sector. We guide industrial, commercial, and agricultural clients through the maze of current and anticipated climate change laws and regulations and provide counsel on the risks and opportunities presented by sustainable business practices. Our lawyers hold leadership roles in the American Bar Association, national trade associations, and the U.S. Green Building Council – giving clients direct insight into where policy is heading before it comes law.

We recognize the dramatic impacts global climate change, evolving energy markets, and concepts of sustainable business practices have on governments, markets, and businesses across all industries. Whether our clients need risk management advice or representation before the EPA or other government agencies, we bring valuable experience to the table.

We work with electric utilities, independent power producers, manufacturers, municipalities, colleges and universities, and clients in real estate, transportation, construction, and financial services.

  • Climate law and policy. We counsel clients on greenhouse gas emissions standards and strategies at the federal and state levels, from strategy development through implementation, helping business stay ahead of regulatory shifts rather than react to them.
  • Renewable energy. We guide projects from concept to completion, covering development agreements, permitting, project finance, and contracting for wind, solar, landfill gas, biofuels, hydro, geothermal, and biothermal facilities.
  • Clean technology. We protect and monetize innovation, handling IP protection, licensing, labeling, investment, structuring, and commercialization for alternative and renewable energy projects, water and wastewater treatment technologies, and environmental remediation technologies.
  • Carbon and emissions management. From carbon footprint assessments to managing air emissions, permitting enforcement, and pollution control planning, we provide carbon management with integrated regulatory and risk analysis.
  • Product stewardship and chemical regulation. We secure regulatory approvals under TSCA and FIFRA and counsel clients navigating international and emerging chemical-specific mandates, keeping products on the market and out of enforcement crosshairs.
  • Green buildings. We handle LEED certification support, brownfield redevelopment, land reuse, and the full range of regulatory incentives for sustainable construction and building technology.
  • Corporate governance and sustainability disclosure. We help companies build credible ESG frameworks by developing corporate responsibility policies, advising on mandatory climate disclosure requirements, and structuring voluntary reporting programs that hold up to scrutiny.
  • Environmental litigation. When disputes arise, we defend clients in federal and state venues across the full spectrum of traditional environmental law, nuisance, and product liability claims.
  • Transportation and supply chain management. We advise on company, city, county, and state emissions-related supply chain obligations and the evolving national transportation regulatory landscape.
  • International trade and global sourcing. For multinational clients, we assess the WTO compatibility of climate legislation, structure trade strategies, advise on sourcing environmental goods and services, and manage cross-border regulatory risk.