Gross & Co.’s Environmental Law, Climate Risk Management-ESG & CleanTech practice is one of the emerging leaders in the field in Israel. The professional team has comprehensive and up-to-date knowledge of environmental regulation and the requirements involved, and the subsequent implications on Israeli companies in the OECD.
The team has extensive knowledge of many environmental issues: water, waste, air quality, hazardous materials, municipal and industrial wastewater, contaminated land, ecological aspects in planning and construction, sludge, energy conservation and climate change, marine pollution, environmental impacts of drilling at sea and on land, environmental nuisances (radiation, noise, odor, etc.) recycling and recovery and more.
Our team of professionals have accumulated more than twenty years of experience in environment and sustainability, at both local and international levels. Together with our clients, we implement a combination of optimal business conduct and full compliance with local laws and regulations, to solve a variety of legal and regulatory issues related to the environment and climate change.
The team specializes in preventive consulting in accordance with international methodologies and standards for public and private companies from various sectors. This includes preparing internal enforcement programs in environmental law, formulating environmental risk management strategies, and preparing corporate responsibility reports [ESG], with an emphasis on long-term assimilation procedures.
Our team is experienced in managing legal proceedings in the field of environmental law in a variety of courts: representing defendants in administrative, criminal, and civil proceedings and filing administrative petitions.
In addition, the team has extensive experience in representing its clients before regulatory authorities: the Ministry of Environmental Protection, the Water Authority, water corporations in the field of industrial effluents, city associations for the environment and local authorities.
We work with leading companies in large, complex projects across all environmental industries and sectors, including gas and oil exploration and production, local authorities, factories, foreign investors, the defense industry, shipyards, and more.
