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🌍⚖️ Sébastien Duyck @duycks.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

⚡ ⚖️ 🌍 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 #𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐋𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐢𝐧 in🇨🇭Swiss case vs. carbon major. Judges validated legal theories underpinning the case brought by 4 Indonesian islanders against Holcim and accepted all claims as admissible, clearing path to judgment on the merits. 🧵details in thread below 👇

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Markus Krajewski @krajewskimarkus.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

While the #Omnibus proposal of the Commission may lead to a set-back, the trend towards corporate sustainability law is not reversed argues @beatesjafjell.bsky.social at @elu-society.bsky.social conference in Prague

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Beate Sjåfjell @beatesjafjell.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

#CorporateSustainabilityLaw is my new project, the book that I have wanted to write for years, and that I am finally ready to work on. This paper prepares the ground, as the title indicates. I welcome all feedback! papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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Conceptualising Corporate Sustainability Law

Business in aggregate remains a driver for the extreme unsustainabilities of our time. Amid a plethora of regulatory initiatives for sustainable busine

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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 23/07/2025

Governments can be held legally responsible for climate inaction, the world’s highest court said in a landmark decision today, opening the door to a cascade of lawsuits.

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World’s top court says climate inaction can breach international law

Nonmembership of the Paris Agreement doesn’t exempt countries from duty to fight global warming, ICJ says.

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SOMO - Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations @somoamsterdam.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

The EU is fueling Israel's genocide and occupation in Palestine🚨 As EU foreign ministers meet to decide on sanctions against Israel, our new analysis reveals that the EU is pumping billions of euros into Israel’s economy. 🔴 It's time to stop business as usual. www.somo.nl/economic-san...

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Joseph E. Stiglitz @josephestiglitz.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Think how much you pay in taxes. Now think about this: The ultra-wealthy pay between 0% and 0.6% of their wealth in individual income tax – around 0.6% in a country like the United States and 0.1% in a country like France. We wrote about it in @lemonde.fr www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/a...

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Tax on ultra-rich: 'France has the opportunity to lead the way,' say Nobel Prize-winning economists

OP-ED. As public deficits balloon and extreme wealth explode, creating a minimum tax on the assets of billionaires should be a priority, argue seven Nobel Prize-winning economists in an op-ed for Le M...

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Oxford Academic @academic.oup.com · 11/07/2025

Oxford Law Pro brings together thousands of experts, including @mahonen.bsky.social and @beatesjafjell.bsky.social, to give you easy access to the knowledge that will drive your thinking into the future. Take a look and let us know what you think 👇

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Beate Sjåfjell @beatesjafjell.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

The Sustainability Law PhD Seminar 2025: Hope in Times of Uncertainty, be held in Oslo, 13-17 October 2025, with possibility for digital participation. We encourage PhD candidates to register early, especially those who wish to present! www.jus.uio.no/english/rese...

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The Sustainability Law PhD Seminar 2025: Hope in Times of Uncertainty - The Faculty of Law

The topic of this year’s Sustainability Law PhD Seminar is hope in times of uncertainty, reflecting the research agenda and the ambitions of our Research Group. The seminar is hybrid, welcoming partic...

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Alberto Alemanno @alemanno.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Whether we can think and act as Europeans - not as Germans, Poles, Italians or Irish etc - remains the critical question of our time. It’s a question I’ve been deeply committed to - for over 30 years. www.socialeurope.eu/europes-awak...

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Europe’s Awakening in Trumpland

Trump's renewed assault on the EU has reignited a dormant sense of European purpose.

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Richard Howitt @richardhowitt.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

I'm honoured that the Frankly Speaking responsible business podcast which I host for Responsible Companies Frank Bold, now has 40,000 unique listeners. 77 episodes bi-weekly in 3 years on corporate sustainability, business & human rights. Listen and subscribe! www.linkedin.com/posts/richar...

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Jukka Mähönen @jukkamahonen.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

The new Centre for Global Sustainability at @uio.no is now open! Happy to see @beatesjafjell.bsky.social as a member! Great that sustainability has through her an important role at the Centre. www.globe.uio.no/english/

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Frontpage - Centre for Global Sustainability

Read this story on the University of Oslo's website.

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Jukka Mähönen @mahonen.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Great fun to write with @beatesjafjell.bsky.social of a serious and important topic, 'Sustainable corporate governance for boards and their lawyers', included in the launch of @oxfordacademic.bsky.social new online publication Expert Essentials! academic.oup.com/oxford-law-p...

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Sustainable corporate governance for boards and their lawyers | Expert Essentials | Oxford Law Pro | Oxford Academic

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Beate Sjåfjell @beatesjafjell.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Possible ways forward when legislators don't follow up: 'Integrating Sustainable Value Creation in Corporate Governance: Company Law, Corporate Governance Codes and the Constitution of the Company', written with Georgina Tsagas, now in full text on @ssrn.bsky.social papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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Integrating Sustainable Value Creation in Corporate Governance: Company Law, Corporate Governance Codes and the Constitution of the Company

This chapter discusses how to integrate sustainable value creation corporate governance, through company law, corporate governance codes and corporate documents

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Jukka Mähönen @mahonen.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

In 'Reimagining Corporate Purpose for a Safe and Just World', a new piece of research from the marvelous @beatesjafjell.bsky.social and myself, we elaborate our approach to corporate purpose for a safe and just world. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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Reimagining Corporate Purpose for a Safe and Just World

After decades of a rather instrumental and narrow focus on business, with the dominant view identifying the corporation with its shareholders, we are s

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Alleen Brown @alleenbrown.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

I can't even stomach this right now. Water offsetting for AI data centers?? Like, of course that's a thing. "Microsoft and Google have also pledged to become 'water positive' by 2030 through water offsetting" www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Revealed: Big tech’s new datacentres will take water from the world’s driest areas

Amazon, Google and Microsoft are building datacentres in water-scarce parts of five continents

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European Law Unbound Society @elu-society.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

🚨 A little more than a week to submit your papers and panels! The submission deadline for the ELU-S Inaugural Conference is April 15th! For more information: europeanlawunbound.eu/call-for-pan...

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Call for Panels and Papers

Submission deadline extended. New deadline April 15 ELU-S 2025 Inaugural Conference Call for panels and papers We are delighted to invite you to the ELU-S Inaugural Conference, which will take pla...

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Verfassungsblog @verfassungsblog.de · 31/03/2025

"Silencing Greenpeace" A North Dakota jury has ruled that Greenpeace must pay hundreds of millions of dollars over pipeline protests. CHRISTINA ECKES and PHILLIP PAIEMENT argue: The Greenpeace case is a significant test for the EU's Anti-SLAPP Directive. verfassungsblog.de/greenpeace-s...

Quote: “Now, we will see if the Anti-SLAPP Directive is robust enough to protect European civil society actors from abusive lawsuits.”

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Beate Sjåfjell @beatesjafjell.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Helping women isn't enough. @ipbes.net report recognises the problem with the prioritisation of short-term financial returns. Yet the agency of business and how to ensure that business shifts away from its unsustainable activities is barely touched upon. #Business #SustainabilityLaw #WordlHealthDay

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European Law Unbound Society @elu-society.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

🚨Are you a PhD researcher working on law in Europe, and do you want to attend the ELU-S inaugural conference? You can apply for a conference fee waiver if you cannot obtain sufficient financial support from your own institution. More information here: europeanlawunbound.eu/call-for-pan...

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Call for Panels and Papers

Submission deadline extended. New deadline April 15 ELU-S 2025 Inaugural Conference Call for panels and papers We are delighted to invite you to the ELU-S Inaugural Conference, which will take pla...

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Plastic Pollution Coalition @plasticpollutes.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

It’s #GlobalRecyclingDay, and while Industry pushes false solutions like plastic recycling, it’s important to highlight WHY it’s not working so that we can all focus our efforts on real solutions. Read our updated blog that reflects new research and data on plastic #recycling. #PlasticPollutes

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What Really Happens To Your Plastic “Recycling”

People often ask what really happens to their plastic recycling. Unfortunately, it doesn’t matter where you set out your plastic for recycling collection, whether at the end of your driveway, at your ...

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Halvard Raavand @halvardraavand.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

En av Equinors største investorer har nå solgt seg helt ut av selskapet, og peker på Equinors manglende evne til å tilpasse seg verdens mål om å begrense den globale oppvarmingen. Det er en flau dag for Norges største selskap, og nå må staten som største eier rydde opp. www.dn.no/investor/nyh...

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Reuters: Kapitalforvalter selger seg ut av Equinor – kritiserer styret for manglende klimafokus - NTB

En britisk kapitalforvalter kritiserer Equinor for manglende klimafokus og sier de har solgt aksjer i det norske oljeselskapet på vegne av 600 investorer.Det er kapitalforvalteren Sarasin & Partners s...

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Jukka Mähönen @mahonen.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Join @uio.no #SustainabilityLaw research group's seminar today at 4:00 pm CET. Under leadership of @beatesjafjell.bsky.social the group discusses the #Omnibus proposal, with introduction from Klaas Eller and Jaakko Salminen!

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Beate Sjåfjell @beatesjafjell.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

#Omnibus: a proposal to change EU legislation does not in itself change rules. And legislation does not exist in a vacuum. If changes are adopted, this may lead to an increase in lawsuits and other risks of unsustainability. Join the discussion 13 March, 4-5 pm CET! www.jus.uio.no/english/rese...

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The EU Omnibus Proposal: Initial Reflections on Legal and Policy Implications - The Faculty of Law

Join the discussion with Dr. Klaas H. Eller (University of Amsterdam) and Dr. Jaakko Salminen (Lund University) as they present their initial reflections on the EU Omnibus Proposal.

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Beate Sjåfjell @beatesjafjell.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Call for papers for the SMART Network Symposium, 'Sustainability is (still) possible! Governing market actors for a safe and just space'. The Symposium will be held 18-19 September 2025, in beautiful Turin, Italy. Submit your abstract by 1 April 2025! www.jus.uio.no/english/rese...

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Call for papers: Sustainability is (Still) Possible! Governing Market Actors for a Safe and Just Space - The Faculty of Law

The Steering Committee for the SMART Network is seeking papers for its symposium in Turin on 18 and 19 September 2025. The symposium aims to revitalise the SMART Network by reestablishing connections ...

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Circle U. @circleu.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Circle U. stands with the students and academic community of the University of Belgrade. We strongly support their engagement and the protection of academic freedom and institutional autonomy. Any attempt to undermine these principles is unacceptable. Read our statement here 👉 tinyurl.com/27ds26br

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Hans Fredrik Marthinussen @hfmarthinussen.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Lihkku beivvin! Og med ønske om at staten Norge tar seg kraftig sammen - det har vært en dårlig periode med tanke på respekt for det samiske folkets kultur og rettigheter. www.nrk.no/ytring/gratu...

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Gratulerer med dagen!

I dag feires nasjonaldag i hele Sápmi.

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Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) @corporateeurope.org · 06/02/2025

📣Today, we said NO to the #EUOmnibusLaw with trade unions and civil society organisations. Von der Leyen's agenda of competitiveness through deregulation is heavily influenced by big business lobbyists ☠️ To stop deregulation, we must defend rules that protect people and the environment.

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Jonatan Pinkse @jonatanpinkse.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

The Centre for Sustainable Business at King's Business School is looking for a Research Fellow to join our team and drive impactful, practical research at the Centre. Foster collaboration, co-create solutions, and help shape sustainable practices that make a difference. www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/103607-...

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Research Fellow

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Beate Sjåfjell @beatesjafjell.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

'Feminist Theory in the Regulatory Ecology', a first version working paper by Sarah Cornell and I, which develops further our paper presented at the #DaughtersofThemis workshop 2024. Comments & suggestions are very welcome! Open access at @ssrn.bsky.social #FeministTheory ssrn.com/abstract=501...

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Feminist Theory in the Regulatory Ecology

The aim of this paper is to integrate feminist theoretical approaches into our development of the regulatory ecology framework. The regulatory e

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Beate Sjåfjell @beatesjafjell.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

Congratulations again to @pattyvillarrubia.bsky.social and co-authors for this important article on #plastic pollution and #planetaryboundaries!

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Beate Sjåfjell @beatesjafjell.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

As Visiting Professor at @collegeofeurope.bsky.social, I always enjoy teaching in the European Law Master at the Bruges campus! Are you wondering whether studying at College of Europe could be something for you? Check it out; deadline is 15 January for the upcoming year! www.coleurope.eu/admission

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Welcome to the College of Europe, a life-changing experience! | Coleurope

Applications for the academic year 2025-2026 are open from 16 October 2024 until 15 January 2025 at 23:59.

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Marija Bartl @marijabartl.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Intending to read more in the New Year? 😊 Why not start with this open access book that discusses the importance of "prosperity" for the functioning of our democracies, acting as the antidote to tribalism and extremism? www.cambridge.org/core/books/r...

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Reimagining Prosperity

Cambridge Core - Political Economy - Reimagining Prosperity

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Eivind Engebretsen @eivinden.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

As a Circle U. student, you can now study at multiple top universities simultaneously. Read about the Circle U. Open Campus here #AcademicSky www.linkedin.com/pulse/circle...

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This is the Circle U. Open Campus

What is Circle U.? Circle U.

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Beate Sjåfjell @beatesjafjell.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

As Academic Chair in Circle U, I am thrilled that we can offer my elective #CorporateSustainabilityLaw to students at all Circle U universities. Bachelor level, online only, two weeks of intensive teaching, and a fantastic team of guest lecturers! Deadline 15 Jan! www.circle-u.eu/open-campus/...

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Corporate Sustainability Law - Circle U.

Read this story at the Circle U website.

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Beate Sjåfjell @beatesjafjell.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

'Conceptualising Corporate Sustainability Law': my response to the unsustainability of business as usual, and to the failures of law to secure the contribution of business to sustainability. I welcome comments, questions & suggestions! Freely available @ssrn.bsky.social ssrn.com/abstract=486...

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Conceptualising Corporate Sustainability Law

Despite all the talk of sustainability, human societies are still on a certain path towards a very uncertain future. Business in aggregate remains a dr

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European Law Unbound Society @elu-society.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

And we have a website 😍👇 europeanlawunbound.eu New features will be added in the new year, including a membership area, but information about ELU-S and the inaugural conference is already available online!

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European Law Unbound Society – ELU-S

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Alex Green (文浩航) @glexareen.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

This is the last day for the @slsauk.bsky.social call for papers for #SLSA2025. Get your abstracts sent - and don't forget the Current Topic I'm doing with @drmitchtravis.bsky.social, The Law(s) of the Future!!! www.liverpool.ac.uk/law/slsa-202...

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Call for papers - Liverpool Law School - University of Liverpool

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European Law Unbound Society @elu-society.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Save the date for the European Law Unbound Society inaugural conference! We will meet at Charles University, Prague, on 25-27 September 2025 with four exciting plenary panels and several informal side events! A CfP open to all interested scholars will open soon! Watch this space for updates.

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