Sustainability and Environmental Law SIG

Sustainability and Environmental Law SIG

The Sustainability and Environmental Law SIG, established in mid-2020 and co-chaired by Alberto De Franceschi and William Boyd, aims at bringing together experts from Europe and beyond, reshaping existing legal instruments and creating new ones so as to achieve environmental sustainability and a circular economy thus making Europe a standard setter in this field.

For this purpose, the SIG aims to implement new strategies for regulation and standardisation, enhancing dialogue with social partners and international cooperation. The SIG would rethink in particular: (a) production and sales law; (b) legislation on waste and circular materials; (c) instruments for enhancing smart mobility and the sharing economy; (d) the introduction of rules on green finance and investment; (e) policies for clean energy supply; (f) rules on large-scale infrastructure and construction; and (g) taxation and social benefits.

In particular, the SIG aims at addressing and enhancing the synergy between the green and the digital transformation, by exploring measures to ensure that digital technologies such as artificial intelligence, 5G, cloud and edge computing and the internet of things can accelerate and maximise the impact of policies to deal with climate change and protect the environment.

Events

03.12.2021
 

ELI Environmental Law SIG Supports the 5th IAERE School 'Law and Economics of the Circular Economy Transition'

The event will take place from 1–3 December 2021.

20.09.2021
 

Webinar on Transatlantic Challenges in Environmental Law

ELI Environmental Law SIG supported the webinar on Transatlantic Challenges in Environmental Law, which took place on 23 September 2021 remotely, via Zoom.

10.09.2021
 

Seminar on Business and Human Rights

The ELI Environmental Law SIG organised an online seminar on Business and Human Rights.

01.07.2021
 

Seminar on Corporate Environmental Responsibility

The ELI Environmental Law SIG organised an online seminar on Corporate Environmental Responsibility.

17.06.2021
 

The ELI Environmental Law SIG organised an online seminar on the Problem for the Climate Change Argument in WTO Law: Time to Reconsider the WTO Treaties – the Case with WTO Antidumping Law.

10.06.2021
 

The ELI Environmental Law SIG organised an online seminar on Pathways to Sustainable Banking: Values and Legal Instruments.