With companies increasingly embracing sustainability, Victor Tettmar explains why in-house lawyers are well-placed to play a leading role

What does sustainable business have to do with lawyers? More than you might think. Bond Dickinson’s new report ‘Beyond Responsibility: The emerging role of legal counsel in sustainable business‘ brings together the views and experiences of more than 60 general counsel and senior in-house lawyers to assess how the growing emphasis on sustainable business practice presents opportunities and challenges for the legal function.