WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN A MINUTE OR LESS One way that companies are choosing to address Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) concerns is by reducing their carbon footprint through procuring electricity from carbon-free or renewable energy sources. Some companies have constructed on-site wind and solar generating facilities to […]

Charleston – K&L Gates recently assisted JP Lease Products & Services in closing a Japanese Operating Lease with Call Option (JOLCO) financing of three Airbus A320 aircraft with ICBC Financial Leasing as Intermediate Lessee. This was the first JOLCO of its kind in the U.S. market, with the deal structured […]

Photo: Pixabay/JoshuaWoroniecki Record temperatures during heatwaves in Europe have caused water shortages in parts of Italy and other nations, but there is even worse news: such shortages are set to become more common in coming decades as water sources get increasingly stressed by warming temperatures, scientists warn. “Water resources will […]

Two new sites in Japan – an inland fisheries and associated paddy farming system centred on the country’s largest lake and a traditional fruit-growing area  believed to have been the birthplace of Japanese grape cultivation – have been formally recognized as Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS). The two sites […]