Admission requirements
None.
Description
We live in challenging times. The consequences of climate change, loss of biodiversity and other problems related to sustainability are becoming increasingly visible. The call to combat those problems is getting louder, and the ambitions in this area are increasing. The European Union aims to be the first climate-neutral continent by 2050 and has set the policy for a fair and inclusive transition, a so-called just transition. These goals requires far-reaching adaptation and behavioural change from governments, institutions, and companies. To achieve this, mandatory and ever more complex legislation is being promulgated.
This course examines in relation to companies the legal factors that play a role in the just transition to a climate-neutral European continent in 2050. Against the backdrop of European regulation, this course discusses the influence of said regulation on companies and the national (company) law of member states. More in general the “The Business of Sustainability & Law in the EU” course focuses on both the impact of business on sustainability as well on the impact of sustainability on business.
Course objectives
At the end of this course, students will be able to:
demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the environmental, social, and governance dimensions of sustainability;
demonstrate knowledge about and insight into both EU and national (proposals for) sustainability regulation;
demonstrate knowledge about and insight into EU policy with regard to the just transition to a climate-neutral continent and the role and position of companies in this;
name and interpret dilemmas regarding sustainability, to formulate a vision on this, and to communicate orally and in writing to lawyers and non-lawyers in accordance with scientific standards.
Timetable
Check MyTimetable.
Mode of instruction
_ Lectures_
Number of (2 hour) lectures: 5
Names of lecturers: TBD
Required preparation by students: TBD
Seminars
Number of (2 hour) seminars: 5
Names of instructors: TBD
Required preparation by students: TBD
Assessment method
Examination form(s)
There will be three written assignments which count for 30%, 30% and 40%. All partial grades are taken together in order to establish the overall grade. A fail for one part may be compensated by a pass for the other part; what is decisive is that the overall grade qualifies as a pass.
Students who fail the exam are entitled to a re-take. The retake will be a written assignment which counts for 100%.
If a student has not passed the course by the end of the academic year, partial grades for the exam or written assignment are no longer valid.
Submission procedures
TBD
Areas to be tested within the exam
The examination syllabus consists of the required reading (literature) for the course, the course information guide and the subjects taught in the lectures, the seminars and all other instructions which are part of the course.
Reading list
Obligatory course materials
Literature:
- TBD
Course information guide:
- Course manual The Business of Sustainability & Law in the EU (available on Brightspace)
Reader:
- The reader, if any, will be published on Brightspace.
Recommended course materials
- Recommended course materials will be published on Brightspace.
Registration
Registration for courses and exams takes place via MyStudymap. If you do not have access to MyStudymap (guest students), look here (under the Law-tab) for more information on the registration procedure in your situation.
Contact
Coordinator: L.A. Gunneweg
Work address: Steenschuur 25, 2311 ES Leiden, B2.35
Contact information: See below
Telephone number: See below
Email: BSLEU@law.leidenuniv.nl
Institution / division
Institute: Institute of Private Law
Department: Company Law
Room number secretary: B2.43
Opening hours: Monday – Friday, 9.00-17.00
Telephone number secretary: 071-527 7235
Email: ondernemingsrecht@law.leidenuniv.nl
Remarks
Maximum number of participants in principle 25.