Solicited for the Oxford Handbook of Fiduciary Law, this essay offers a general introduction to Japanese fiduciary …

subject to a sacred trust known in the law as fiduciary duty. Recently, these trustees have come under increasing pressure to … investors of all stripes, but many trustees have resisted its use on the grounds that doing so may violate the fiduciary duty of … loyalty. Under the “sole interest rule” of trust fiduciary law, a trustee must consider only the interests of the beneficiary …

. At the same time, however, confusion abounds about the intersection of fiduciary principles and ESG investing. This … fiduciary law generally prohibits collateral benefits ESG, but risk-return ESG can be permissible if supported by a reasoned and …

inharmonising sustainability-related (i) disclosure rules and (ii) fiduciary duties, not onlyacross Member States, but also across … ofsustainability-related disclosure rules and fiduciary duties there is still a long way togo. And even if we reach the required degree …

shareholders, leaving board members with conflicting fiduciary duties and litigation risks. Exploiting an important court ruling … that establishes the board’s fiduciary duties to common shareholders as a priority, we find that after the ruling maturing … has important implications for optimal fiduciary duty design in VC-backed start-ups. …