Danar Sunartoputra is a partner at Melli Darsa & Co. He has extensive experience in securities and capital markets transactions representing public and private companies, as well as investment banks in domestic and international offerings of various types of securities.
Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) deals picked up steam throughout Asia Pacific during the first half of 2021, in no small measure due to a rebound from the worst economic ravages of the COVID-19 pandemic through 2020. With vaccine rollouts continuing and border restrictions being gradually loosened, M&A lawyers can look forward to an upswing in work in 2022 and beyond.
July 09 2021
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors are a set of non-financial performance indicators that assess a company’s risks and relationship to the environment and society. Investors rely on sustainability reporting to assess the materiality of ESG risks to inform their investment decisions. Concurrently, businesses rely on sustainability metrics to identify industry specific ESG risks and the extent of exposure that can have material implications on the company.
ESG is often viewed through one of two lenses: (i) an impediment to business as usual and the need for additional regulatory compliance; and (ii) a framework that, if optimised, can support investors and businesses to create long-term value while advancing national and international efforts to achieve sustainability agendas, such as the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.