Ashley Walter is Partner & Chief Sustainability Officer at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, where he advises large technology companies, leading apparel brands, multinational retailers, and renewable energy project developers on business-critical climate, product sustainability, human rights and responsible sourcing issues. As Orrick’s Chief Sustainability Officer, he also oversees Orrick’s strategic sustainability initiatives. Ashley focuses on developing innovative methods of supporting clients in achieving ESG objectives, including designing novel systems to manage supply chain risk; forming and guiding management-level ESG Steering Committees; and helping clients address the ESG requirements of major customers by engaging with those customers on his clients’ behalf.

Ashley is a co-founder and past chair of the Corporate Social Responsibility Law Committee of the ABA Business Law Section, has co-chaired the Practising Law Institute’s annual ESG program for the last four years, and is heavily involved in ESG initiatives at Stanford Law School, where he has taught the course “Corporate Social Responsibility,” has served as a moderator at the Stanford Directors’ College, and has lectured on ESG at business law courses. Prior to Orrick, Ashley founded the corporate social responsibility law practice at Fenwick & West LLP.