Corporate Law and Climate Change

Andrew Clarke has written widely in corporate law, governance, torts law, and risk. Andrew is an Adjunct Professor in the School of Law at Southern Cross University NSW, in the Institute of Innovation, Science and Sustainability at Federation University Victoria, and in the College of Comparative Law, China University of Politics and Law, in Beijing. Andrew was Foundation Dean in the College of Law and Justice at Victoria University in Melbourne between 2007 and 2016, and thereafter Chair of Corporate Law until the end of 2023. Andrew is currently the Principal Lawyer at Ballarat Grampians Community Legal Service.

• Acknowledgements Introduction1. Corporate Law, Climate Change and Financial Risk2. Corporate Law History, Hubris and Failing to Assess Risk: Trends from The East India Company to Kodak3. The Corporate Climate I: Coal and Politics, The Adani Group of Companies, and the Emergence of Stranded Assets4. The Corporate Climate II: Rio Tinto and the Social Licence to Operate5. The Corporate Climate III: Long-Term Risk, Superannuation and the Mcveigh Case6. The Corporate Climate IV: Litigation Risk, the Extension of the Duty of Care within the Climate Context, and Stranded Assets7. The Emergence of Climate Risk and the End of Shareholder Primacy?8. Re-casting Corporate Law Theory: Emerging Possibilities in the Epoch of the Climate Emergency 9. The Sustainable Corporation in the Epoch of Net Zero10. Conclusion: The Challenge for Corporate Law in the Age of the Climate EmergencyIndex