Corporate Environmental Accountability in International Law

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Elisa Morgera (Professor of Global Environmental Law and Co-Director of the Strathclyde Centre for Environmental Law and Governance, University of Strathclyde)

Corporate Environmental Accountability in International Law

Elisa Morgera (Professor of Global Environmental Law and Co-Director of the Strathclyde Centre for Environmental Law and Governance, University of Strathclyde)

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Oxford University Press
31 May 2018

This fully updated second edition of Corporate Accountability in International Environmental Law examines systematically all international sources of corporate accountability standards with specific reference to environmental protection, and elaborates on their theoretical and practical implications for international environmental law. The book argues that although international environmental law does not bind multinational corporations and other business entities, growing practice points to the emergence and consolidation of international legal standards. These standards allow adapting and translating inter-State obligations embodied in international environmental law into specific normative benchmarks to determine the legitimacy of the conduct of the private sector against internationally recognized values and rules.

The role of international organizations who, in the absence of State intervention, identify and promote the application of selected international environmental standards is analyzed in depth. This analysis demonstrates how these international organizations are a driving force in establishing and operationalizing international standards for corporate environmental accountability.

The new edition includes a recent assessment of the Rio+20 Summit, analysis of the UN Framework on Business and Human Rights, and the 2012 Performance Standards. It contains a discussion on the role of 'fair and equitable benefit-sharing' under the Convention on Biological Diversity and international human rights law, and analysis of the monitoring practice of the UN Special Rapporteur on Indigenous Peoples' Rights.

By: Elisa Morgera (Professor of Global Environmental Law and Co-Director of the Strathclyde Centre for Environmental Law and Governance University of Strathclyde)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9780198738046
ISBN 10: 0198738048
Pages: 370
Publication Date: 31 May 2018
Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Undergraduate , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Part I: Preliminary Questions 1: The Need for Corporate Environmental Accountability 2: History and Definitions 3: The Shortcomings of Traditional Legal Solutions Part II: Emerging International Standards of Corporate Environmental Accountability 4: Primary Rules 5: The UN and the OECD: Convergent Paths 6: A Contribution of Human Rights Monitoring Bodies? 7: Standard-setting by International Financial Institutions 8: Corporate Accountability Standards in International Environmental Law Part III: Tools for Compliance with Standards of Corporate Environmental Accountability 9: Tools for Compliance 10: International Human Rights and Environmental Treaty Bodies 11: International Financial Institutions 12: International Corporate Accountability Implementation Mechanisms

Elisa Morgera is Professor of Global Environmental Law and Co-Director of Strathclyde Centre for Environmental Law and Governance. She specializes in international, European and comparative environmental law, and has published widely on biodiversity, environmental governance, corporate environmental accountability, and the EU external environmental policy. Elisa was a former officer of the UN Development Programme and UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Since 2012 she has conducted a series of consultancies for the FAO and Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) to support the development of new international standards on responsible business conduct in the agricultural sector.

Reviews for Corporate Environmental Accountability in International Law

Review from previous edition The scholarship and methodological rigor displayed in the book, make it of considerable value to a variety of audiences: governmental and nongovernmental; academic and activist; workers, communities and consumers; policy-makers, implementing bureaucrats and monitoring officials; and national, regional and international institutions of development, finance and trade. * Ayesha Dias, Oil, Gas & Energy Law Intelligence *