Finansiella marknader

The UN Guiding Principles (UNGPs) on Business and Human Rights were unanimously endorsed in 2011. It was the first time the UN had issued official guidance to states and firms on their respective duties and responsibilities in relation to business and human rights and the principles were placed into the domain of “soft law”. The expectations set out in the UNGPs are now informing the development of national and supranational hard law requirements in a growing number of jurisdictions.

The Covid-19 pandemic laid bare the high costs of being ill-prepared for major crises and shocks to our institutions. What lessons can be learned for the future?

Under de kommande månaderna har Europeiska rådet och Europaparlamentet möjlighet att invända mot EU-kommissionens förslag till regelverk för att identifiera miljömässigt hållbara investeringar, den så kallade taxonomin. I Sverige finns bland annat farhågor om hur skogsbruk, vattenkraft och bioenergi kommer att klassificeras.