Access to finance is crucial if we are to achieve the fundamental transition of our time: securing a safe and just society operating within the planetary boundaries. In the era of global market capitalism and deregulation, Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs) offer one of the few public economic...

Corporate governance as a term encompasses the governance of companies and, as such, covers a broad area. The current mainstream corporate governance debate tends primarily to address the relationship between the company and the shareholders and, more specifically, the election, dismissal and...

How might company law be in a world in which all economic sectors are expected to show leadership and share responsibility in the transition to an environmentally sustainable future? That is the focus of the final chapter, which synthesizes insights from the rest of book in reiterating the...

This article presents the argument that reforming business law is a necessary contribution to the greening of our economies and societies. The article is specifically about European business law, while similar arguments can be made for other regions of the world. Sustainable development has a...

This paper introduces a special issue of the International and Comparative Corporate Law Journal resulting from the inaugural workshop of Daughters of Themis: International Network of Female Business Scholars in June 2015. The network fosters a strong sense of collegiality motivated by the...

The global economy is producing unequal economic exchanges between countries. Such exchanges, which include the illegitimate transfer of wealth from low-income countries, ultimately undermine any efforts towards securing robust social welfare systems. This puts trade, company law, corporate...