Betty Huber
Latham & Watkins
Betty leverages more than 25 years’ experience and trusted C-suite relationships to identify the key business risks that ESG requirements may pose to companies in today’s rapidly evolving regulatory climate.
She delivers pragmatic, commercial guidance across a broad spectrum of industries and market caps on:
•ESG policies and disclosure
•Sustainable finance, impact investing, and “net-zero” and other climate change matters
•SEC and other mandatory and voluntary reporting and disclosure requirements
•Board oversight, risk management, composition, and refreshment
•Fiduciary duties
•Board assessments
•Stakeholder engagement
•Shareholder proposals
Betty serves on the Board of Advisors for NYU’s School of Law Institute for Corporate Governance & Finance and as Co-Chair of the Society for Corporate Governance’s Sustainability Practices Committee. She is a former member of the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board Advisory Council.
A recognized thought leader, Betty has served as a congressional expert on ESG matters. She frequently speaks and writes for leading industry organizations and is quoted by various media outlets, including the Financial Times, the Wall Street Journal, Fortune, and American Banker. She lectures on corporate and ESG matters at law schools, including Harvard Law School, New York University School of Law, and Stanford Law School’s Rock Center for Corporate Governance.
Before joining Latham, Betty was co-head of the ESG Group and Environmental Practice Group at another global law firm.