Due diligence legislation versus trade policy The EU’s inconsistent approach towards sustainability treaties Marco Bronckers • November 18, 2022
Sustainable development in India’s FTAs Is India’s historical protectionism towards its European counterparts making way for a 'greener shade' of trade agreements? Cláudia Ferreira Azevedo, Divya Gupta, Eva Baudichau and Olivier Beaubien • July 28, 2022 • 1 comment
Avoiding doom and gloom Is there an equitable balance between the efforts of developed and developing countries in averting worst case scenario as highlighted in the 2021 IPCC report? Mukhtar Adesunkanmi • September 27, 2021
How fashion contributes to plastic pollution FFashion, particularly fast fashion, is a major contributor to plastic pollution in the form of microplastic fibres. The 80-year-old Martindale test for interior textiles could be part of the solution. Anouk Campagne and Esther Kentin • August 27, 2021
Sustainability in space Space is becoming more contested, congested, competitive, and contaminated. How to ensure the long-term sustainability of space activities, so present and future generations can use and explore it indefinitely? Tanja Masson-Zwaan • January 19, 2021 • 2 comments
The myth of bioplastics Many companies have discovered that making their products sustainable is a unique selling point and good for PR. Some are eager to promote bioplastics as being more sustainable. Often this is not the case. Thomas Meekel • December 16, 2019
Gaining Freedom, Losing Space Classic international space law instruments promote the freedom of States to explore and use outer space for peaceful purposes, providing only vague restrictions on this freedom. Should the freedom of use be restricted? Neta Palkovitz • August 26, 2014 • 2 comments
Japanese whaling: ‘scientific research’ peer-reviewed Yet another clash at sea. Time to end Japanese whaling. Caspar van Woensel • February 18, 2014
Banking on Corporate Social Responsibility: the case of shale gas Rabobank’s ‘no’ to shale gas is prompted by social responsibility as much as commercial motives. Is this a bad thing? Caspar van Woensel • July 22, 2013