Mark Lin, Partner, and Stephanie Tsui, Senior Associate, Hogan Lovells, summarise the avenues available to financial and securities regulators to take action against companies that misrepresent their green credentials, despite there currently being no specific anti-greenwashing legislation in force in Hong Kong.
Organisations and directors face significant reputational and liability risks if they engage in greenwashing. Sharan Gill, Associate Editor, CGj, answers key questions about the nature, and best practice management, of these risks.
This journal aims to be a reliable early warning system for how frontier topics in governance and risk management are likely to impact the roles of governance professionals. This month’s CGj addresses one such topic – greenwashing.
