{"id":6460,"date":"2021-09-07T08:28:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-07T12:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ccli.ubc.ca\/resource\/legal-opinion-directors-obligations-to-consider-climate-change-related-risk-in-india\/"},"modified":"2025-08-06T16:30:47","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T20:30:47","slug":"legal-opinion-directors-obligations-to-consider-climate-change-related-risk-in-india","status":"publish","type":"resource","link":"https:\/\/ccli.ubc.ca\/fr\/resource\/legal-opinion-directors-obligations-to-consider-climate-change-related-risk-in-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Legal Opinion &#8211; Directors&rsquo; obligations to consider climate change-related risk in India"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>La Commonwealth Climate and Law Initiative (CCLI) a commission\u00e9 un avis juridique par M. Shyam Divan, avocat principal, Mme Sugandha Yadav et Mme Ria Singh Sawhney, avocates, sur les devoirs des administrateurs de soci\u00e9t\u00e9 et les obligations de divulgation en mati\u00e8re de changements climatiques.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>L&rsquo;avis juridique r\u00e9v\u00e8le que:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Les administrateurs doivent denir compte des risques li\u00e9s aux changements climatiques dans l&rsquo;exercice de leurs fonctions en vertde la Loi sur les soci\u00e9t\u00e9 de 2013. Les devoirs des administrateurs s&rsquo;\u00e9tendent au-del\u00e0 des actionnaires \u00e0 la communaut\u00e9 sur les questions de l&rsquo;environnement, y compris les impacts li\u00e9s aux changements climatiques.<\/li><li>Les divulgations sur les risques mat\u00e9riels et les pr\u00e9ocuppations li\u00e9s aux changements climatiques sont obligatoires pour les soci\u00e9t\u00e9s cot\u00e9es en bourse. En particulier, le Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) exige la divugation d&rsquo;informations et de risques li\u00e9s aux changements climatiques de la part des 1 000 premi\u00e8res entit\u00e9es principales cot\u00e9es (par capitalisation boursi\u00e8re) selon le Business Responsability and Sustainability Report. <\/li><li>Les administrateurs sont conseill\u00e9s d&rsquo;avoir en place une politique de gestion de risque climatique, de divulguer les risques li\u00e9s aux changements climatiques, d&rsquo;\u00e9valuer et de mitiger les risques mat\u00e9riels, d&rsquo;int\u00e9grrer la gestion des risques li\u00e9s aux changements climatiques dans leur strat\u00e9gie d&rsquo;entreprise de gestion des risques ainsi que d&rsquo;\u00e9laborer et ex\u00e9cuter des plans pour r\u00e9duire les \u00e9missions de carbone et des plans pour des op\u00e9rations plus durables de l&rsquo;entreprise.<\/li><li>Les administrateurs ind\u00e9pendants ont des devoirs \u00e9lev\u00e9s et doivent se tenir inform\u00e9s de l&rsquo;entreprise et l&rsquo;environnement externe, ce qui incluerait les risques li\u00e9s aux changements climatiques pour l&rsquo;entreprise.<\/li><li>Les entreprises et les administrateurs peuvent faire face \u00e0 un risque accru de responsabilit\u00e9 en raison des changements climatiques. Les entreprises peuvent \u00eatre expos\u00e9es \u00e0 des actions li\u00e9s aux changements climatiques de trois sources: (1) litige d&rsquo;int\u00e9r\u00eat public par des groupes environnementaux ou activistes; (ii) action devant le Natonal Green Tribunal; et (ii) action par l&rsquo;organisme de r\u00e9glementation environnemental pour violation du droit environnemental. Les administrateurs peuvent \u00e9galement \u00eatre expos\u00e9s \u00e0 deux types d&rsquo;action: (i) poursuites en vertu des lois environnementales; et (ii) action rg\u00e9lementaire de SEBI pour violation des obligations de divulgation. Les entreprises et leurs administrateurs peuvent potentiellement faire face \u00e0 des actions des actionnaires pour leur mauvaise gestion ou des actions de classes en vertu du Companies Act, 2013.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>*Cette ressource est en anglais.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/ccli.ubc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/CCLI_Legal_Opinion_India_Directors_Duties.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lisez l&rsquo;avis juridique<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":6457,"template":"","resource_type":[221],"topic":[99],"area":[115],"class_list":["post-6460","resource","type-resource","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","topic-devoirs-rapports-administrateurs","area-international-fr"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Legal Opinion - 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