The Cambridge Handbook of Law and Responsible Business

Ricardo García Antón is an Assistant Professor at Tilburg University. He received his Ph.D. from the European University Institute in 2015. His thesis was awarded the Association of Professors of Tax Law's prize for the best doctoral dissertation. He researches the cross-fertilization of legal disciplines with tax law. Debadatta Bose is Hauser Postdoctoral Global Fellow at NYU School of Law. He works at the intersection of legal theory, private law, and international law, pioneering TWAIL analyses of Business and Human Rights. His widely recognized research is published in the Business and Human Rights Journal, Brooklyn Law Review, and ICSID Review among others. Anne Lafarre is Full Professor of Corporate Law and Finance at Tilburg University. She holds an NWO Veni grant and conducts interdisciplinary research on GVCs, corporate governance, sustainable finance, and shareholder sustainability engagement. She publishes widely, has co-edited and contributed to various international Handbooks and is active in (inter)national networks. Bas Rombouts is Associate Professor of International Labour Law at Tilburg University, Tilburg Law School. His research and teaching focus on international labour standards, human rights law, and sustainable development. He has published extensively on fundamental labour standards, corporate sustainability, and a wide range of human and labour rights topics, including the rights of Indigenous Peoples. Paul Verbruggen is Full Professor of Private Law at Tilburg University. He holds a PhD degree from the European University Institute and held positions at the London School of Economics and Political Science, the University of Oxford and KU Leuven. He writes on civil liabilities in global value chains from a comparative legal perspective.

• Preface; 1. Introduction; Part I. Theoretical Perspectives: 2. From market contracts to global value chains, digital platforms and the circular economy: charting a history and future of private law in global production Jaakko Salminen; 3. Due diligence in GVCs: realigning powers and responsibilities Fabrizio Cafaggi; 4. Information problems in global value chains Silvia Ciacchi; 5. Global value chains as sacrifize zones: extractivism and the frontiers of transformation Peer Zumbansen; Part II. Corporate Governance: 6. Exploring corporate sustainability law in global value chains Beate Sjåfjell; 7. Exploring corporate sustainability reporting strategies: a case-study analysis of the SFDR reporting by EU Banks Steffie van den Bosch and Christoph Van der Elst; 8. Sustainable corporate governance in India Harpreet Kaur; 9. Corporate politics, trade politics and prospects for a US value chain due diligence law Christopher Bruner; Part III. European Due Diligence Laws: 10. Responsible purchasing and responsible procurement as part of HREDD – the example of the CSDDD Michaela Streibelt and Daniel Schönfelder; 11. A six-question guide to climate transition plans Tim Bleeker; 12. Civil liability and enforcement of the French vigilance law Christophe Clerc; 13. Enforcement of the German supply chain act Fernanda Bremenkamp; Part IV. Civil Liability: 14. Corporate liability design for environmental wrongdoing: the comparative prospects of cross-jurisdictional tort liability and mandatory due diligence Nick Friedman and Ross Guinea-McIntyre; 15. Corporate control and tort liability in global value chains Ger van der Sangen and Anne Lafarre; 16. The tort of irresponsible contracting: the supply chain liability principle of Begum v Maran Debadatta Bose; 17. The quest for justice in global value chains: perspectives from private international law Elsabe Schoeman; 18. Regulating the law governing civil liability under the EU corporate sustainability due diligence directive Geert Van Calster and Nathan Willems; 19. Towards credible corporate net-zero commitments? On the role of unfair commercial practices law in contesting global value chain greenwashing Paul Verbruggen; Part V. Labour Standards: 20. Securing decent work in global value chains Bas Rombouts and Debadatta Bose; 21. The incorporation of the method of human rights due diligence into the principles and institutions of labour law Beryl ter Haar and Attila Kun; 22. Epitomising Ruggie's 'smart mix' through access to remedy provisions in mandatory human rights legislation – an analysis EU conflict minerals regulation and the EU batteries regulation Manuella Appiah and Yvonne Erkens; Part VI. International Taxation: 23. Tax sustainability reporting and global value chains: a normative ethics approach Mart van Hulten; 24. International corporate taxation: the role of transfer pricing and cooperative compliance Alessandro Turina and Marco Allena; 25. Pillar two, value creation and sustainability in global value chains Ricardo Galendi; 26. The enforcement of tax abuse standards by arbitration tribunals: exploring judicial dialogue as a strategy to achieve sustainability Ricardo Garcia Anton and Daniel Mathew; Part VII. Sector-Specific Strategies: 27. Litigating climate-conscious mining for a just energy transition: emerging regulatory insights for global value chains Thalia Viveros Uehara; 28. Making sense of responsibility in the global data value chain Kebene Kejela Wodajo; 29. Towards a sustainable and circular textile value chain: assessing regulatory initiatives in the European Union Alexandra Naecsu and Bert Keirsbilck.