This Overview provides a summary of the content in the subtopic, ESG and sustainability: employment issues. Environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations, along with sustainability, are broad concepts and in the business context generally include the impact an entity is having on the environment and society. This content aims to help practitioners advising businesses by providing an overview of the many pervasive ESG issues in the employment context and also signposts other relevant materials. The Overview considers terminology such as ‘corporate responsibility’ (CR) and ‘corporate social responsibility’ (CSR), as well as considering a wide variety of established areas of employment law and practice that can be relevant in this context, such as gender and other pay gaps, diversity and inclusion, human rights, modern slavery and human trafficking, corporate governance, health and wellbeing, data protection and pay. It also sets out details of the various employment-related sustainability clauses produced by The Chancery Lane Project (TCLP), which are reproduced with permission.
The terminology used in this area is extensive. Terms such as ‘sustainable business’, ‘responsible business’, ‘corporate responsibility’ (CR) or ‘corporate social responsibility’ (CSR),
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