This Perspective discusses the increasing number and size of large-scale farmland acquisitions in Africa by foreign investors over the past five years, including the opportunities and risks created by ...

How ISDS Interferes with the Governance of Critical Minerals for a Just Energy Transition—And What to Do About It ...

Coffee, one of the world’s most popular beverages, provides livelihoods for at least 60 million people across dozens of countries. Promoting the long-term health, wellbeing, and environmental ...

The EU started it In the early 1990s, the European Economic Community—the predecessor of the European Union (EU)—spearheaded an initiative to promote international cooperation in the energy sector, ...

Lisa Sachs is the Director of the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (CCSI), a joint Center of Columbia Climate School and Columbia Law School; Associate Professor of Professional Practice at ...

In July 2023, we released Antitrust and Sustainability: A Landscape Analysis. The report gives an overview of the broad purview of antitrust law, and the myriad and complex ways in which it intersects ...

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Aligning investment with sustainable development to improve human wellbeing, reduce inequality, and operate within safe planetary boundaries.

Andrew Bernstein is an international lawyer whose practice focuses on transactions and disputes for sovereign clients involving extractive industries and financings, as well as international capital ...

Companies involved in commercial wind and solar projects are facing heightened scrutiny of their human rights performance. This Business Guide provides companies with information and strategies to ...

The Politics of Transparency and Accountability A strong push for greater ‘transparency and accountability’ has brought significant disclosure gains to the extractive industries. This is no small feat ...

Advancing Land-based Investment Governance (ALIGN) We are partnering with IIED and Namati to support governments, civil society, local communities, and private sector actors in improving the ...