The greening of European business under EU law
Subtitle: taking article 11 TFEU seriously
By: edited by Beate Sjåfjell and Anja Wiesbrock
Series: Routledge research in EU law
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 206
ISBN-13: 9781138019560; 9781315767864
Subjects: Environmental law; Sustainable development; Law and legislation; Business enterprises; LAW / General; LAW / Corporate; LAW / Environmental; Treaty Establishing the European Economic Community
Description: "The relationship between environmentally sustainable development and company law and related areas of business law and policy has emerged in recent years as a matter of major concern for many scholars, policy-makers, businesses and nongovernmental organisations. This book combines a conceptual analysis of the principles of sustainable development and environmental integration in the EU legal system with a particular focus on Article 11 TFEU and its impact on business in the EU. Article 11 TFEU states that European Union policies and activities must integrate environmental protection requirements with an emphasis on promoting sustainable development and the book investigates the role played by Article 11 TFEU in specific areas of EU law affecting European businesses.The book gives an overview of the role played by the environmental integration principle in EU law, both at the level of European legislation and at the level of Member State practice. It explores a number of issues related to the role played by Article 11 TFEU in the EU legal system, including its history, its function in the Treaties and its significance for EU institutions and Member States. Contributors to the volume identify and analyse the main legal issues related to the importance of Article 11 TFEU in various policy areas of EU law affecting European businesses, such as company law, insurance and state aid. In drawing together these strands the book sets out what the requirement of environmental integration means for the regulation of business in the EU"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The importance of Article 11 TFEU for regulating business in the EU:  Securing the very basis of our existence / Anja Wiesbrock and Beate Sjåfjell; title: The Sky is the Limit : on the drafting of Article 11 TFEU's integration obligation and its intended reach / Julian Nowag; title: Article 11 TFEU in the Light of the Principle of Sustainable Development in International Law / Christina Voigt; title: The Legal Significance of Article 11 TFEU for EU Institutions and Member States / Beate Sjåfjell; title: Sustainable State Aid : A full environmental integration into the EU's state aid rules / Anja Wiesbrock; title: Corporate Governance for Sustainability : The Necessary Reform of EU Company Law / Beate Sjåfjell; title: Article 11 : Integrated Reporting or Non-Financial Reporting? / Charlotte Villiers and Jukka Mähönen; title: Towards an Integrated Product Regulatory Framework Based on Life Cycle Thinking / Eléonore Maitre Ekern; title: Environmental Damage Insurance for Sustainable Business / Johanna Rosenqvist; title: The Jigsaw Puzzle of Sustainability / Anja Wiesbrock and Beate Sjåfjell.