November 2020

Reimagining the New Corporate: ESG Integration for Value Creation

“Who Cares Wins”, UN Global Compact’s report 15 years ago, launched the Principles of Responsible Investing and set the foundation for environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing. In the wake of an ongoing global pandemic, climate change issues, data breach scandals, and modern slavery concerns, ESG issues are now in sharper focus.

Wong Kee Hooi and Nadarashnaraj Sargunaraj, Partners of Zaid Ibrahim & Co. (a member of ZICO Law), examine why companies need to care about ESG, and why it is important for businesses to embed ESG considerations into their dealings and operations to ensure sustainability and value creation in the long term. They also explore how ESG measures are implemented, with emphasis on Malaysia’s ESG journey.

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Jurisdictions: ASEAN, Malaysia
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Announcement

On 1 December 2022, KPMG and ZICO Law entered into an agreement under which a number of law firms and teams from the ZICO Law network have joined the KPMG network of firms.

The deal will see more than 275 lawyers join over 2,900 legal professionals in the KPMG global organization, creating a significant legal footprint across Asia. It will offer legal services and solutions, a globally connected legal services platform, and specialists who work with leading technology providers to modernize legal functions across organizations. The strategic combination increases the total number of legal professionals in the KPMG network to over 3,750 across 84 jurisdictions. You may read the press release here.

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