What is the role of supranational law in making national law disciplines such as company law comply with and work towards objectives and principles of international treaties? In international law and politics, there is a growing recognition of sustainable development as an all-important...

The EU Non-Financial Directive of 2014 has a great potential for stimulating change towards the much needed corporate sustainability, with its unprecedented inclusion of broader sustainability issues, which are not limited to the legal entity of the company, and of the key mechanism of due...

The topic of this chapter is what taking Article 11 of the Treaty on the Function of the European Union seriously could mean for European company law and corporate governance. Article 11 TFEU provides a legal basis for including environmental protection requirements in all policies and areas and...

This concluding chapter of the book “The Greening of European Business under EU Law: Taking Article 11TFEU Seriously” finds that, in spite of its importance in reaching long-term EU environmental objectives, the environmental integration principle has been remarkably absent from EU policy...

As major purchasers of goods and services from the private sector, public entities have significant market power allowing them to influence corporate behaviour by attaching environmental and/or social criteria to public contracts. The power of public procurement as a market instrument makes it...

This chapter discusses the relationship between public procurement and company law within the context of the overarching EU objective of sustainable development. The EU recognises the importance of business to achieve sustainability and the relevance of public procurement law as a policy...

The company, with legal personality, limited liability and transferable shares, is one of the most ingenious inventions of humanity. The company is an all-important vehicle for allocating and efficiently employing capital in our societies, providing goods, services, jobs - and revenue. It is a...