Close

Capabilities

Industries / Issues

Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)

As ESG principles dominate discussions among businesses, shareholders, investors, regulators, and the public worldwide, King & Spalding is positioned to partner with our clients in every aspect of an ESG-focused future.  Our team brings cross-disciplinary skills into this expanding sector, integrating regulatory, government advocacy, litigation, transactional, cross-border and human capital experience to identify ESG risks and opportunities. We partner with our clients to develop holistic new-horizon solutions.

Our ESG capabilities include:

  • Advocacy
  • Climate change
  • Crisis management/risk mitigation
  • Digital citizenship
  • Diversity & Inclusion
  • Due diligence
  • Energy transition
  • Environmental justice
  • Ethics and compliance
  • Governance and engagement
  • Labor and employment and human capital
  • Litigation and investigations
  • Regulatory counseling
  • Reporting and disclosures
  • Supply chain management
  • Sustainable finance
  • Third party rating frameworks and ESG scores
  • Transaction support
  • Wages and benefits
  • Workplace safety
Read more

Related Lawyers

Joseph A. Eisert Washington, D.C.
Elizabeth Morgan New York
Dixie L. Johnson Washington, D.C.
Douglass Cassel New York

Named Environmental Practice Group of the Year Four Times


Law360

Ranked for Environment: Transactions, Regulatory, and Litigation


Legal500, 2021

Ranked #1 for Government Advocacy and Public Policy in the most recent Influence 50 Survey


National Law Journal

Ranked for Banking & Finance Nationwide and in Georgia and North Carolina


Chambers & Partners, 2021

Ranked among the Elite firms for Corporate Crimes & Investigations


Chambers & Partners, 2021

Close

Recognition

Named Environmental Practice Group of the Year Four Times


Law360

Ranked for Environment: Transactions, Regulatory, and Litigation


Legal500, 2021

Ranked #1 for Government Advocacy and Public Policy in the most recent Influence 50 Survey


National Law Journal

Ranked for Banking & Finance Nationwide and in Georgia and North Carolina


Chambers & Partners, 2021

Ranked among the Elite firms for Corporate Crimes & Investigations


Chambers & Partners, 2021

News

In the News · Source: Law360, Bloomberg Law, Daily Report, Metro Atlanta CEO, Attorney at Law Magazine, The Daily Docket and Global Legal Chronicle

December 2, 2025
Former Home Depot Associate General Counsel Will Barnette joins the firm’s Business Litigation practice group as a partner in the Atlanta office

In the News · Source: Thomson Reuters Practical Law Finance, Environmental Finance and Responsible Investor

March 14, 2025
Sukhvir Basran’s recent report on greenwashing and sustainable finance, co-published by K&S and the Loan Market Association, is highlighted

View all