Companies and Climate Change - Theory and Law in the United Kingdom

Company law can and should act as a bridge (rather than a barrier) to progressive corporate climate action.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. Theorizing the Company in the Context of Climate Change; 3. English Company Law and Climate Change; 4. International and Transnational Climate Change Law and Policies; 5. Domestic Climate and Energy Regulation; 6. Companies, Human Rights and Climate Litigation; 7. Fiscal Barriers and Incentives to Corporate Climate Action; 8. Conclusion.

About the author

Lisa Benjamin is Assistant Professor at Lewis & Clark Law School. Professor Benjamin was a corporate and commercial lawyer in London for seven years before teaching international environmental and company law at the University of The Bahamas. She became an advisor to the Government of The Bahamas on climate change, including representing the country at the UNFCCC negotiations and as part of the Paris Agreement negotiations. She is currently a member of the UNFCCC Compliance Committee (Facilitative Branch) which assesses country reports under the Kyoto Protocol.

Summary

This book can help students, scholars and practitioners identify the overlaps and tensions between company and environmental law. Connecting diverse areas such as international environmental law, climate and energy law, human rights law, and investor action, Benjamin argues that company law can be a bridge to corporate climate action.

Product details

• Authors: Lisa Benjamin
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2024
• EAN: 9781108723473
• ISBN: 978-1-108-72347-3
• No. of pages: 249
• Series: Cambridge Studies on Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Governance
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Public law, administrative procedural law, constitutional procedural law; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Corporate Governance, Corporate Governance, LAW / Environmental, LAW / Corporate, Environment law, Company law