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, particularly with ...

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 ...

Investments in mining have the potential to transform economies. We provide resources and analysis aimed to help stakeholders—including governments of mineral-rich economies, mining companies, ...

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 ...

The power, interests, incentives and political systemic dynamics underlying governance in the extractive industries have not been paid enough systematic attention. We must understand and address how ...

Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment Columbia Law School, 435 West 116th Street · New York, NY 10027 Phone (212) 854-1830 ...

Over the past few years, there have been growing academic, political, and social debates about the boundaries of competition and collaboration in markets for non-economic benefits, including efforts ...

The Yearbook monitored current developments in international investment law and policy, focusing (in Part One) on trends in foreign direct investment (FDI), international investment agreements, and ...

A printable version of this primer is also available here. French, Spanish, and Khmer versions are also available. The illustrations used in this primer were ...

Policy makers and other stakeholders are currently asking fundamental questions about whether and to what extent international investment agreements (IIAs) are consistent with and are helping to ...

To examine how industry giants incorporate climate considerations into their business plans, this analysis considers companies that are ranked within the top ten of their sectors based on market ...

Une description en français est ci-dessous. Una descripción en español está disponible. Deciding whether or not to allow an investor to use community lands and natural resources is one of the most ...