The Law Firm Disrupted: No Sense in Wishing That ESG ‘Just Goes Away’

Corporate leaders are grumbling about ESG. That’s what I learned from this morning’s New York Times Dealbook newsletter, taking the pulse of executives gathered in Davos, Switzerland for the World Economic Forum.

But over in their legal departments, attorneys don’t have the luxury of wishful thinking, like one executive who told the Times, “I hope ESG just goes away.” My evidence here comes out of recent reports from two of the largest law firms in the world.