The Greening Of Business Under Eu L

The relationship between environmentally sustainable development and company and business law has emerged in recent years as a matter of major concern for many scholars, policy-makers, businesses and nongovernmental organisations. This book offers a conceptual analysis of the principles of sustainable development and environmental integration in the EU legal system. It particularly focuses on Article 11 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), which states that EU activities must integrate environmental protection requirements and emphasise the promotion of sustainable development.

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. 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 the requirements of environmental integration and examines its impact on the regulation of business in the EU.

The book will be of great use and interest to students and researchers of business law, environment law, and EU law.

Beate Sjåfjell is Professor Dr. Juris at the University of Oslo, Faculty of Law, Department of Private Law. She is the head of the Sustainable Companies project, and head of the Company Law Research Group and the European Law Network at the Faculty of Law in Oslo.

Anja Wiesbrock is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Oslo, Faculty of Law, Department of Private Law. She has previously worked as an Assistant Professor in EU Law at the University of Maastricht and holds a PhD from the same institution.