Company Law and Sustainability

Herausgeber: Richardson, Benjamin J.; Sjåfjell, Beate

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Produktbeschreibung

This book advances an innovative, multi-jurisdictional argument for the necessity of company law reform to reorient companies towards environmental sustainability.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 374
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. März 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 694g
• ISBN-13: 9781107043275
• ISBN-10: 1107043271
• Artikelnr.: 41749801

Inhaltsangabe

List of contributors; Foreword; Preface; 1. Capitalism, the sustainability
crisis and the limitations of current business governance Benjamin J.
Richardson and Beate Sjåfjell; 2. Corporate social responsibility and
environmental sustainability David Millon; 3. Shareholder primacy: the main
barrier to sustainable companies Beate Sjåfjell, Andrew Johnston, Linn
Anker-Sørensen and David Millon; 4. The role of board directors in
promoting environmental sustainability Blanaid Clarke; 5. Accounting,
auditing and reporting: supporting or obstructing the sustainable companies
objective? Charlotte Villiers and Jukka Mähönen; 6. Financial markets and
socially responsible investing Benjamin J. Richardson; 7. Limits to
corporate reform and alternative legal structures Carol Liao; 8. The future
for company law and sustainability Beate Sjåfjell and Benjamin J.
Richardson; Index.