Sustainability Clauses in an unsustainable Contract Law?
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Sustainability Clauses in an unsustainable Contract Law? / Ulfbeck, Vibe Garf; Hansen, Ole.
I: European Review of Contract Law, Bind 16, Nr. 1, 2020, s. 186-205.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Sustainability Clauses in an unsustainable Contract Law?
AU - Ulfbeck, Vibe Garf
AU - Hansen, Ole
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Companies in global value chains respond to the general sustainability agenda in society by inserting sustainability clauses into their contracts and it has been argued that there is a need to develop general contract law (default contractlaw rules) in order for it to be able to respond to this sustainability agenda. This article firstly examines the basis for this view and three specific areas of interest in this regard. Secondly, it draws attention to the internal tensions that will be created in the chain by on the one hand pursuing sustainability goals, external to the interests of the contracting parties, and on the other hand a consequential need toprotect the supplier as the weaker party in the chain.
AB - Companies in global value chains respond to the general sustainability agenda in society by inserting sustainability clauses into their contracts and it has been argued that there is a need to develop general contract law (default contractlaw rules) in order for it to be able to respond to this sustainability agenda. This article firstly examines the basis for this view and three specific areas of interest in this regard. Secondly, it draws attention to the internal tensions that will be created in the chain by on the one hand pursuing sustainability goals, external to the interests of the contracting parties, and on the other hand a consequential need toprotect the supplier as the weaker party in the chain.
U2 - 10.1515/ercl-2020-0010
DO - 10.1515/ercl-2020-0010
M3 - Journal article
VL - 16
SP - 186
EP - 205
JO - European Review of Contract Law
JF - European Review of Contract Law
SN - 1614-9920
IS - 1
ER -
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