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21 Oct 2021
6 min to read

Business Law and the Transition to a Net Zero Carbon Economy – A Conference Report (Part 3)

Gabriel Acuna Csillag | Stepanyda Badovska

The final session was devoted to how climate change should be handled at the level of the board of directors. The session was moderated by Professor Luh Luh Lan (National University of Singapore and...

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20 Oct 2021
8 min to read

Business Law and the Transition to a Net Zero Carbon Economy – A Conference Report (Part 2)

Gabriel Acuna Csillag | Stepanyda Badovska

The second day’s session focused on the role of ESG investors in achieving net-zero goals. As stressed by the discussion chair, Professor Andreas Engert (Freie Universität Berlin and ECGI), although...
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19 Oct 2021
5 min to read

Business Law and the Transition to a Net Zero Carbon Economy – A Conference Report (Part 1)

Gabriel Acuna Csillag | Stepanyda Badovska

The 5th Annual Oxford Business Law Blog Conference took place online in May 2021 to discuss the role of business law and the transition to a net zero carbon economy. A brief summary of all sessions...

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08 Oct 2021
2 min to read

Do Socially Responsible Firms Survive Longer Under Climate and Pandemic Crises?

Thomas J. Chemmanur | Dimitrios Gounopoulos | Panagiotis Koutroumpis | Yu Zhang

Over the past decade, corporate social responsibility (CSR) has come to the forefront of attention both in the corporate environment and in the academic literature. According to the Global...
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30 Sep 2021
3 min to read

The Role of Disclosure in Green Finance

Tobias H. Tröger | Sebastian Steuer

Anthropogenic climate change is a reality that will impact incrementally on all areas of human life, including economic activity and the social welfare it creates. Policy makers around the globe have...

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17 Sep 2021
3 min to read

How do banks react to climate transition risks? Evidence from the introduction of cap-and-trade legislation

Ivan Ivanov | Mathias Kruttli | Sumudu Watugala

There is an ongoing debate among regulators and investors on the risks posed by climate change to the financial services industry and potential adverse effects on systemic stability. One source of...
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13 Sep 2021
4 min to read

Corporate Climate: A Machine Learning Assessment of Climate Risk Disclosures

Julian Nyarko | Eric Talley

For more than a decade, regulators and policymakers alike struggled to articulate and implement disclosure expectations for public companies associated with climate risk. Although in 2010 the...

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21 Jul 2021
5 min to read

Climate Change and Constitutional Law: The German Federal Constitutional Court´s Time Dimension

Martin Eifert

Climate change litigation in Europe has entered the realm of fundamental rights and constitutional law. The Supreme Court of the Netherlands (Hoge Raad der Nederlanden) has delivered an attention-...

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20 Jul 2021
8 min to read

Combatting Climate Change: The Judicial Way

Gerhard Wagner

The warming of the planet as a consequence of large-scale emissions of greenhouse gases poses a serious threat to mankind. The changing climate will displace large numbers of people who now live in...

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19 Jul 2021
4 min to read

Australia’s Altered Climate Risk Framework—Key Pressure Points from Regulators, Courts and Increased Shareholder and Community Activism

Scott Atkins | Kai Luck

Over the last 12 months, there have been important developments in Australia in relation to climate change risks. Australian regulators have set a clear expectation that entities and their officers...

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16 Jul 2021
4 min to read

Controlling Shareholders: Missing Link in The Sustainability Debate?

Alperen Afşin Gözlügöl

Sustainability is currently one of the highest-ranking issues on the social and political agenda. As corporations have imposed important externalities on the environment, proposals to rein in their...
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16 Jul 2021
12 min to read

Corporate Governance, the Depth of Altruism and the Polyphony of Voice

Jeffrey N. Gordon, Faculty of Law

This post responds to the paper Exit v. Voice by Eleonora Broccardo, Oliver Hart, and Luigi Zingales (BHZ). The paper discusses two possible mechanisms by which an ‘altruistic’ investor (ie, an...
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13 Jul 2021
6 min to read

Say No to Climate Change, Say Yes to 'Say on Climate'

Felix Jaeger

To avoid and mitigate the devastating effects of climate change, companies around the world must take responsibility for transitioning to a net zero carbon economy. The ‘Say on Climate’ initiative...

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  • Corporate Governance
12 Jul 2021
6 min to read

Battle for the Board: Climate Rebellion at Exxon marks a New Era of Shareholder Activism

Anna Christie

Less than a decade ago, ExxonMobil was the most valuable company in the world. Yet in June 2021, Engine No. 1—a newly launched impact hedge fund holding only 0.02% of Exxon’s shares—made history by...
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02 Jul 2021
12 min to read

Corporate Carbon Reduction Pledges: Beyond Greenwashing

John Armour, Faculty of Law | Luca Enriques, Faculty of Law | Thom Wetzer, Faculty of Law

A small number of firms have an outsize impact on climate change. The majority of global carbon emissions since human-induced climate change was officially recognised can be traced to a relatively...

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  • Corporate Governance
01 Jul 2021
4 min to read

Green Boardrooms

Brett McDonnell | Hari M. Osofsky | Jacqueline Peel | Anita Foerster

The world is struggling to address the pressing challenge of climate change. As efforts for comprehensive regulation fall short in some leading countries, including the United States, many advocates...

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22 Jun 2021
5 min to read

UK directors’ duties in a changing climate and the net zero transition

Ellie Mulholland

In the UK, the two directors’ duties most relevant to climate change arise under the Companies Act 2006. First, according to section 172 of the Act directors are under the fiduciary duty to promote...

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07 Jun 2021
6 min to read

Milieudefensie v Shell: Do oil corporations hold a duty to mitigate climate change?

Benoît Mayer

On 26 May 2021, the District Court of the Hague passed a judgment recognizing an obligation of Royal Dutch Shell to mitigate climate change. Shell was ordered to reduce all carbon dioxide (CO2)...

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21 May 2021
3 min to read

How BlackRock Strikes Out on the Issue of Climate Change

Bernard S. Sharfman

There is a growing understanding that BlackRock’s increased offerings of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investment funds, along with its increased willingness to throw its weight around...
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07 May 2021
1 min to read

Announcing the 5th Oxford Business Law Blog Annual Conference on “Business Law and the Transition to a Net Zero Carbon Economy”

OBLB Editors

The Oxford Business Law Blog is delighted to announce the 5th Oxford Business Law Blog Annual Conference: “Business Law and the Transition to a Net Zero Carbon Economy”, a three-day event to discuss...

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08 Apr 2021
5 min to read

The Identity Crisis of Green Finance: A Hybrid Baby of Mankind’s Altruism and Egoism

Rashmi Patowary

As 2015 witnessed governments across the globe acknowledging the urgency to tackle the problem of climate change, finance came to be seen as crucial in realizing the vision in the United Nations...

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