ESG Center

"Bae, Kim & Lee makes itself available and gives timely advice."

- Chambers and Partners Asia-Pacific

概要

BKL ESG Center delivers integrated advisory services that equip companies to anticipate, interpret, and respond decisively to the accelerating convergence of ESG regulation, policy reform, and stakeholder expectation—building the resilience and strategic agility that long-term sustainability demands.

BKL ESG Center brings together a core team of specialists across environment and climate, carbon markets, human rights, and labor standards, working in close concert with BKL's energy, infra and finance sector practices—disciplines now at the regulatory forefront of the ESG agenda. This cross-disciplinary architecture enables the Center to provide seamless, end-to-end counsel across the full spectrum of ESG compliance, including:

Mandatory ESG disclosure and reporting frameworks
Net-zero target design and implementation
Climate risk and carbon emission regulatory response
Human rights due diligence and management systems
Supply chain ESG governance and compliance
Board-level governance enhancement
Greenwashing risk identification and mitigation

In an era defined by regulatory flux and heightened accountability, BKL ESG Center empowers clients to move from reactive compliance to proactive leadership—identifying material ESG risks and opportunities with precision, building structured response frameworks, and sustaining competitive advantage through every phase of the evolving ESG landscape. BKL ESG Center's ultimate mandate is to deliver solutions that don't merely satisfy today's requirements, but future-proof the enterprises we serve.

主な取扱業務

ESG Compliance Implementation
Advised on the assessment and  operationalization of human rights management systems.
Advised on ESG disclosure obligations and regulatory frameworks.
Advised on greenwashing risks and the mitigation strategies.
Advised on the design, benchmarking, and enhancement of corporate ESG policies.
Advised on governance structure diagnostics and board-level accountability frameworks.
Advised on regulatory responses to climate-related physical risk requirements
Advised on taxonomy-aligned obligations governing green and transition finance
Advised on compliance with resource circularity regulations, encompassing waste management and extended producer responsibility for packaging
Advised on emerging biodiversity-related regulatory obligations and disclosure requirements.
Net-Zero and Climate Risk Advisory
Advised on emissions trading scheme participation, compliance strategy, and position optimization
Advised on offshore carbon reduction project structuring and on regulatory and voluntary carbon credit origination and trading
Advised on the design and execution of corporate carbon neutrality roadmaps
Advised on policy positioning and regulatory response to greenhouse gas reduction mandates
Advised on cross-border carbon regulatory compliance, including EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) obligations and product-level carbon footprint methodologies.
Supply Chain Due Diligence and Compliance Advisory
Advised on the development of supply chain due diligence strategies.
Conducted in-depth analysis of global mandatory due diligence regimes, including the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD)
Advised on supplier-level ESG risk identification, materiality assessment, and performance improvement

Advised on ESG rating methodologies, gap analysis, and strategic rating enhancement 

Other Advisory Services
Delivered tailored ESG training programs and executive workshops for boards of directors, ESG committees, C-suite leadership, operational departments, and business partners
Advised on stakeholder engagement strategy, including management of ESG-focused NGO relationships
Supported the legislative drafting and policy development of emerging ESG regulatory frameworks
 

主な案件実績

Advised H Group and other corporate clients on the establishment of ESG human rights and environmental due diligence frameworks.
Conducted human rights and ESG due diligence for corporate clients.
Assisted in preparing ESG disclosure reports (including those addressing physical risks, biodiversity, and taxonomy requirements).
Advised domestic corporate clients on the development and revision of ESG policies and codes of conduct.
Conducted ESG rating research projects for industry associations.
Advised on the assessment of greenwashing risks and mitigation strategies.
Delivered training sessions and seminars for ESG practitioners.
Advised on the strategic allocation, utilization, and surrender of emissions allowances under both emissions trading schemes and target management systems, including optimization of compliance positions
Advised on the quantification, reporting, and third-party verification of greenhouse gas emissions inventories in accordance with applicable regulatory standards
Advised on the certification and recognition of internal emissions reduction performance for regulatory credit purposes
Advised on the treatment and succession of emissions allowance rights and obligations in the context of M&A transactions, corporate restructurings, and business transfers
Advised industry associations on policy advocacy, regulatory submissions, and legislative reform proposals relating to emissions trading scheme design and implementation
Advised on the full lifecycle of external offset projects under the emissions trading scheme, encompassing feasibility assessment, project registration, monitoring plan development, verification report review, carbon credit issuance, and credit transition mechanisms
Advised power generators, compliance-obligated entities, and financial institutions on the structuring and execution of carbon neutrality and RE100 roadmaps, as well as on Scope 3 and supply chain carbon management strategies
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