Global Corporations and Sustainability: An Introduction

Author ORCID Identifier

Barnali Choudhury: 0000-0002-5762-2957

Document Type

Book Chapter

Publication Date

11-20-2025

Source Publication

Global Corporations and Sustainability. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2025. < https://doi.org/10.4337/9781035353835.00006>

Keywords

Corporate law; International investment law; Public international law; Sustainability; Human rights; Climate change

Abstract

This chapter provides the introduction to this edited collection that explores what drives global corporations to cause sustainability harms. It focuses on three areas of the law: corporate, international investment, and public international law. While these three areas are often treated separately, this chapter begins the discussion of how these three areas converge to create a legal infrastructure that can create poor business models. It draws from the example of Philip Morris, the tobacco giant, to illustrate this convergence. This chapter introduces each of the chapters written by the different contributors to this edited collection, noting that the contributors originate from silos of corporate, international investment, and public international law and that the chapters focus on the problem of corporate abuse of sustainability goals through their individual lens. However, the final chapter of the book brings together the three areas to demonstrate the convergence between them.

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