Sustainability

The recent use of the Lender Liability regime in Brazil by public prosecution can bring fresh ideas for Dutch lawmakers  who want  tighter controls over investment in socio-environmentally sensible activities. Public prosecutors use this figure to hold entities  providing financial support to socio-environmentally harmful activities  co-responsible for such damages, while also imposing  broad [...]

 The 26th of May 2021, the Court of First Instance of The Hague rendered a ground-breaking judgment in a climate case against the oil giant Royal Dutch Shell (RDS).[2] The Court ruled that RDS has an independent obligation to do its share against dangerous climate change. The legal basis of the judgment is international [...]