The message is by now clear: our global economy must be fundamentally reoriented and redeployed in order to achieve the SDGs and the commitments of the Paris Climate Agreement. This requires action by all stakeholders, including non-financial and financial firms, debt and equity investors, government policymakers, and consumers. In terms of the amount of money… read more
Date: October 26, 2017, 12:10-1:10pm
Location: Columbia Law School, Jerome Greene Hall, Room 105
CCSI helped launch a letter urging President Trump to remove ISDS provisions from NAFTA, signed by over 230 law and economics professors. As the letter notes, the ISDS mechanism “undermines the important roles of our domestic and democratic institutions, threatens domestic sovereignty, and weakens the rule of law.”
Date: October 25, 2017, 8:30am – 11:00am
Location: KPMG, 345 Park Avenue, New York, NY, 10154
Based on a review of 150 instruments, ranging from international investment agreements to codes of multinational enterprises, this paper identifies ten core characteristics of sustainable FDI and twenty emerging sustainable FDI characteristics widely accepted across ten stakeholder groups. The paper explores furthermore opportunities and mechanisms to advance the application of the sustainability characteristics. The FDI sustainability… read more
Date: October 18, 2017
Location: Columbia Law School, Jerome Greene Annex
Date: October 17, 2017
Location: Columbia Law School, Jerome Greene Annex
Date: October 12, 2017, 1:00pm-2:30pm local (Rome) time
Location: Philippines Room (Building C, Floor 2), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, Rome, Italy
Date: October 10, 2017, 12:10-1pm
Location: Columbia Law School, Jerome Greene Hall, Room 102B
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Professor Philip Alston, will conduct a country visit to the United States in December 2017. In response to his call for input, CCSI sent a submission focused the United States’ role in the international investment regime, and the United States’ international investment agreements (IIAs), noting… read more