Article: Report on Elverding Conference 2023 on Enhancing Sustainable Business and Corporate Regulation in the EU

IF 0.5 Q3 LAW
Lucia Jeremiašová, Constantijn van Aartsen
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On 26 October 2023, the Elverding Conference on Enhancing sustainable business and corporate regulation in the EU took place at the Maastricht University Faculty of Law. The conference was organized to discuss the company law-related efforts aiming to address the significant sustainability challenges that Europe is facing. The first session examined effective and sustainable approaches to active ownership. In it, Prof. Cools shared her perspectives on whether shareholder activism can be a driver of sustainability, and Prof. Bauer built upon this topic by discussing various strategies of active ownership and their impact on sustainability. The second session focused on the alignment between directors' duties and the social role of corporations. Prof. Davies explained why a change of corporate purpose, as advocated by Mayer in Prosperity, would not be enough to change the nature of doing business. Prof. Winter then followed up with his presentation emphasizing the urgent need to address societal problems through channels other than just government regulation. The third and last session invited representatives from companies, the investor community, and civil society to discuss sustainable business practices. This report provides an overview of the discussions held during the first two sessions of the conference, highlighting the main arguments presented by the speakers and their relevance to the ongoing discourse on sustainable company law. sustainability, ESG, shareholder activism, active ownership, corporate purpose, sustainable business, Green Deal
文章:关于加强欧盟可持续商业和公司监管的 2023 年埃尔弗丁会议报告
2023 年 10 月 26 日,关于加强欧盟可持续商业和公司监管的埃尔弗丁会议在马斯特里赫特大学法学院举行。会议旨在讨论与公司法有关的工作,以应对欧洲面临的重大可持续发展挑战。第一场会议探讨了积极所有权的有效和可持续方法。其中,Cools 教授分享了她对股东积极主义能否成为可持续发展驱动力的看法,而 Bauer 教授则在此基础上讨论了积极所有权的各种策略及其对可持续发展的影响。第二场会议的重点是董事职责与公司社会角色之间的协调。戴维斯教授解释了为什么梅耶尔在《繁荣》一书中倡导的企业宗旨变革不足以改变企业经营的本质。温特教授接着发言,强调迫切需要通过政府监管以外的渠道解决社会问题。第三场也是最后一场会议邀请了来自企业、投资界和民间社会的代表讨论可持续商业实践。本报告概述了会议前两次会议的讨论情况,重点介绍了发言人提出的主要论点及其与当前有关可持续公司法的讨论的相关性。
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