Corporate Accountability and Liability for Climate Change

Author: Elbert de Jong
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN: 9781035333219
Published In: December 2024
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
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As litigation rises against corporations and their climate change policies, this timely book examines their accountability and liability for climate change related matters. Covering both national and international law, it investigates approaches to corporate social responsibility, shedding light on how these strategies can help protect human rights and the environment.

This book illustrates the potential and limitations of legal doctrines across human rights law, soft law, contract law, consumer law and non-contractual liability law for holding corporations responsible for climate change. The contributing authors explore interconnected aspects of corporate transnational climate law, relating contemporary problems to traditional areas of private law. Ultimately, this prescient book provides valuable legal insights into the challenges of corporate accountability and liability for climate change and identifies important pathways for the future of litigation.

Corporate Accountability and Liability for Climate Change is a valuable resource for students and scholars of corporate social responsibility and climate law and governance. It will also be of relevance to practitioners and policymakers with an interest in litigation and regulatory strategies.

Introduction 1

Elbert de Jong, Anneloes Kuiper, Marlou Overheul and Anne-Jetske Schaap

Greenhouse gas emissions in global value chains: governance, regulation and liability 13

Jaakko Salminen, Mikko Rajavuori and Mika Viljanen

Corporate actors and climate harms: the role of human rights law 33

Jacques Hartmann and Annalisa Savaresi

Evolving business responsibilities for climate-related harms under the united nations guiding principles on

business and human rights and OECD MNE guidelines 53

Sara L. Seck and Lisa Benjamin

Contracting for climate change in GVC 86

Nevena Jevremović

The potential of contractual assurances to advance supply chain due diligence 109