If Not Now, Then When?: European Company Law in a Sustainability Development Perspective - European Company Law View If Not Now, Then When?: European Company Law in a Sustainability Development Perspective by Beate Sjåfjell - European Company Law If Not Now, Then When?: European Company Law in a Sustainability Development Perspective Beate Sjåfjell 7 5

The author poses the question whether company law can only promote economic efficiency in a narrow and short-term sense, which in her view equals environmental degradation, loss of biodiversity, and dangerous climate change. She advocates the need for a new type of responsible corporate governance and a different role for company law in that respect.

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