Janet Bobechko
Partner
Experience
Upcoming Event
May42023
Environmental, Energy and Resources Law Summit 2023 – Canadian Bar Assocition
Partner Janet Bobechko will speak at the national Environmental, Energy and Resources Law Summit, which will be hosted by the Canadian Bar Association in Ottawa from Thursday,…View Event
Speaking Engagements
Chair, "Dealing with Environmental Emergencies and Spills", CANECT 2023, Vaughan, ON, May 11, 2023
Speaker, "Environmental Management Systems: The Journey from EMS to Environmental, Social, Governance", CANECT 2023, Vaughan, ON, May 11, 2023
Chair, "Excess Soils and Contaminated Sites", CANECT 2023, Vaughan, ON, May 10, 2023
Speaker, "What is the Latest on Climate Change Planning, Adaptation, Disclosure", Environmental, Energy and Resources Law Summit 2023, Canadian Bar Association, May 4-5, 2023
Speaker, "Excess Soils - Important Considerations for Qualified Persons from a Legal Perspective", Professional Geoscientists Ontario, Webinar, March 9, 2023
Panelist, "Excess Soils Symposium", Environment Journal, December 6, 2022
Panelist, "Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) and Brownfield Land Development", Canadian Brownfields Network Conference, Online, April 6, 2022
Speaker, "Law and Climate", Toronto Lawyers Association, Online, February 16, 2022
Speaker, "US & Canada Phase I Standard Comparison", EBA Risk Management MDG Meeting, Environment Bankers Association, Online, November 10, 2021
Panelist, "How New Regulations Impact the Industry", 2021 Excess Soils Symposium, Environmental Journal, Online, December 7, 2021
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Additional Publications and Media Mentions
- Contributor to “Landlord’s Rights and Remedies in a Commercial Lease: A Practical Guide”
- Regularly updates Falconbridge on Mortgages, Chapter 10, “Environmental issues Affecting the Mortgagee”
- “10 Tips To Manage Environmental Risk During Uncertain Times”, April 2020
- “Climate Change: Parties to M&A must be diligent”, January 2020
- “The Rapid Rise of Climate Change Disclosure Risks”, Chapter in Key Developments in Environmental Law 2019, Thomson Reuters, November 2019
- “Climate change related risks classified as a mainstream business issue by the CSA”, August 2019
- “Ontario conducts province-wide mining inspection blitz: employers take note”, August 2019
- “Weathering the climate-change storm with increased financial risk disclosure – Bank of Canada vulnerability assessment”, May 2019
- “Ontario government proposes changes to Endangered Species Act”, May 2019
- “Ontario proposing environmental assessment changes”, May 2019
- “Impact on Environmental Issues”, USMCA, November 2018
- “Bill C-68: amending the Fisheries Act to provide protection to fish and their habitat”, March 2018
- “Mainstream carbon markets”, February 2018
- “Canada unveils backstop carbon pricing details: the Green House Gas Pollution Pricing Act”, January 2018
- “Inspection and Maintenance Guide for Stormwater Management Ponds and Constructed Wetlands Toronto and Region Conservation Authority”, 2018
- “The difficult road to a green recovery“, National, CBA, October 2020
- “Environmental and industry implications for Ontario’s Bill 197”, ERIS Blog, August 2020
- “Celestica manages environmental risk during COVID”, Canadian Lawyer Magazine, April 2020
- “10 Tips to manage environmental risk during uncertain times”, ES&E Magazine, April 2020
- “An environment chapter with teeth”, National, CBA, February 2020
- “Climate related financial disclosure in spotlight”, Lawyer’s Daily, August 2019
- “Ontario government proposes changes to Endangered Species Act” Law Times, May 2019
- “Excess Soil Management“, NRU Publishing, December 2018
- “Trade agreement has new environmental rules“, Law Times, November 2018
- “Every Drop Counts“, Water Canada, (Report focusing on the connection between water and energy in Ontario’s municipal water and wastewater systems)
- “How CETA Will Impact the Water Sector”, Water Canada, January 2017