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The Constitutional Concepts of Sustainability and Dignity
The principle of sustainability is generally taken as a good, but what does sustainability really mean? The notion of sustainability has been at the...
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Auditing, supervising and enforcing corporate sustainability due diligence, disclosure and reporting
National and European legislators are pushing for transparency on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) impacts of businesses. As a result,...
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The Climate Crisis and Private Companies: How to Address the Sustainability Arbitrage Problem
In the presence of pressing challenges related to climate change, there is a wide range of policy proposals concerning the green transition of...
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The Introduction of Mandatory Corporate Sustainability Reporting in the EU and the Question of Enforcement
Directive (EU) 2022/2464 introduces mandatory sustainability reporting for all large undertakings in the European Union, as well as third-country...
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Addressing the Flaws of the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation: Moving from Disclosures to Labelling and Sustainability Due Diligence
The EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) establishes disclosure requirements to tackle greenwashing and ensure transparency for...
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Sustainability, Justice and Corporate Law: Redistributing Corporate Rights and Duties to Meet the Challenge of Sustainability
Sustainability is the main challenge for humanity. The current climate crisis and growing inequality are both the direct consequence of human choices...
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The newly-adopted Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive: an overview of the lawmaking process and analysis of the final text
This article provides an overview of the process leading up to the adoption of the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) and...
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False Conscience: Sustainability and Smart Evolution—Between Law and Power
The contribution describes the legal phenomenon as a playing field characterized by a progressive regression of the law, understood as a sovereign...
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Sustainability and Competition Law in Italy
Before outlining the sustainability initiatives with a competitive impact that have been undertaken at the Italian level by the various competent...
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Sustainability and Competition Law in Malta
The concept of “sustainability” is not defined under Maltese law, but there are a number of acts of parliaments and subsidiary legislation for...
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Sustainability and Competition Law in Germany
For some time now, there has been a debate in German competition law about how and to what extent sustainability concerns can and should play a role...
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Sustainability and Competition Law in Belgium
So far, sustainability concerns have not influenced the enforcement of competition law by the Belgian Competition Authority or the national courts....
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Sustainability and Competition Law in Brazil
The concept of sustainability admits different definitions. One of the most known is the one given by the UN as “meeting the needs of the present...
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Sustainability and Competition Law in Switzerland
This chapter examines the intersection between sustainable development and Swiss competition law. It considers the impact of sustainable development...
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Sustainability and Intellectual Property in Germany
Intellectual property rights offer diverse opportunities to promote sustainability. However, they are currently not being used to their full...
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Sustainability and Intellectual Property in Italy
This chapter explores the role of Intellectual Property in sustainability from a comparative perspective, also in the light of the new challenges...
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Sustainability and Competition Law: An International Report
The interaction between sustainability and competition law has recently come onto the agenda of many competition agencies and international...
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Sustainability Principle
Many people talk about and use the word “sustainability,” and lawyers and policymakers speak of the “sustainability principle.” However, the meaning...
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Sustainability and Competition Law in Hungary
The concept of sustainable yield—serving as the origin of the concept of sustainable development – was introduced in response to dwindling forest...
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Sustainability and Intellectual Property in Sweden
Intellectual property (IP) is considered to be of major importance in the modern economy and is, as a rule, a prerequisite for the dynamic...