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Corporations face pincer movement of climate litigation and greenwashing scrutiny

Panel L-R: Tom Black partner, Eversheds Sutherland; Clay Brown B Lab Global; Todd Silliman partner, global co-lead of Sustainability and ESG, Eversheds Sutherland; Sarah Healy Nestlé UK & Ireland, Louise Howarth partner, Eversheds Sutherland
Panel L-R: Tom Black partner, Eversheds Sutherland; Clay Brown B Lab Global; Todd Silliman partner, global co-lead of Sustainability and ESG, Eversheds Sutherland; Sarah Healy Nestlé UK & Ireland, Louise Howarth partner, Eversheds Sutherland. Photo: Jean Hurley/GRIP

Jean Hurley

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A breakdown of how litigation strategies are diverging across the Atlantic.

​At the Eversheds Sutherland Sustainability and ESG Legal Forum 2026, a high-level panel of legal experts and industry leaders warned that corporations are currently caught in a “pincer movement.” On one side, they face novel, high-stakes climate litigation; on the other, an increasingly aggressive global regulatory crackdown on greenwashing.

​The session,

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