Brook Detterman Discusses Legal Aspects of ESG and Carbon Offsets on Carbon Credits Today Podcast

Carbon Credits Today, a podcast produced by PracticalESG.com, recently featured Boston Office Managing Principal Brook Detterman in its November 3 episode titled, Carbon Credits Today: Separating the Signal from the Noise.

In the episode, Brook talks about how potential carbon offset purchasers can protect themselves, risks related to offset disclosures, including green marketing and advertising claims, and the differences in risks between carbon capture and carbon storage. In discussing how buyers can mitigate risk, Brook said,

“You need to understand the marketing, understand the commodity that you’re buying, and develop the right protections for the particular deal.”

Brook helps clients navigate domestic and international climate change programs, develop renewable energy projects, and generate carbon offsets.  He negotiates, structures, and implements transactions related to carbon offsets and renewable energy, and works with clients in all phases of renewable energy and carbon offset project development.

Beveridge & Diamond’s ESG and Climate Change practice groups help clients navigate complex and interrelated legal and reputational issues in the fast-moving area of sustainability. Our experience and capabilities extend to: required or voluntary disclosures, interactions with sustainability rating agencies, supply chain and product stewardship, interactions with suppliers and customers, responsible sourcing, human rights, climate change law and policy, GHG emissions credit trading, environmental justice, facility issues, and more. Coupled with B&D’s robust Clean Air Act regulatory, enforcement, and litigation practice, we offer companies significant and well-rounded capability to understand and incorporate emerging GHG legal and regulatory requirements across their enterprises.