Dr Joseph Chun of Singapore Law Firm Shook Lin & Bok joined us in this episode for a conversation about businesses and ESG. Our conversation covered everything from the catalyst for the flood of funds, investors, and corporates making ESG investments, ESG regulations in Singapore, major risks for fund managers launching ESG funds and the lawyer's role in their clients in their ESG journey,.

For information about ESG in Singapore, please visit https://www.shooklin.com/en/our-partners/practice-areas/environmental-social-and-governance

Dr Joseph Chun is a partner in the Environmental, Social and Governance practice. He is concurrently an adjunct associate professor and a member of the Asia-Pacific Centre for Environmental Law (APCEL) at the Faculty of Law in the National University of Singapore (NUS), where he teaches environmental law.

He has written widely on the subject, including a co-authored textbook on Singapore Environmental Law (publication in 2019). He also regularly works with green civil society groups on advocacy projects, and serves on the Animal Welfare and Ethics Committee of Wildlife Reserves Singapore. Prior to re-joining the Firm, Joseph worked as an in-house counsel in Singapore Airlines, an assistant professor and a senior research fellow at NUS, and a partner in the corporate real estate practice at the Firm.