B0961 - ESG COMPLIANCE

Contenuti

1. Introduction. Why ESG?

2. The history of ILO standards and human rights.

3. ILO fundamental standards

4. UN Human rights instruments

5. The raise of public concern over responsible conduct of business: introduction into ILO MNE Declaration, OECD Guidelines, UN Business and Human rights principles and Sustainable development goals.

6. What is understood under Environmental, Social and Governance factors?

6.1. "E" factor: Climate change, waste management and pollution prevention

6.2. "S" factor: Forced labour.

6.3. "S" factor: other fundamental labour standards.

6.4. "S" factor: does a wage matter?

6.5. "G" factor: Internal controls, board governance and business ethics.

7. Who has to ensure due diligence and how?

8.What does sustainability reporting mean, what are the types of reporting?

Testi/Bibliografia

Henderson, Rebecca M. "Reimagining capitalism." Management and Business Review 1.1 (2021).

Bernd Waas, The “S” in ESG and international labour standards, International Journal of Disclosure and Governance (2021) 18:403–410

Park, Stephen, Untangling the Extraterritoriality of ESG Regulation (June 28, 2024). North Carolina Journal of International Law, Vol. 49, No. 4, 2024, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4887970

Kott, Sandrine. "ILO: social justice in a global world? A history in tension." In The ILO@ 100, pp. 21-39. Brill Nijhoff, 2019.

Standing, Guy. "The ILO: An agency for globalization?." Development and change 39, no. 3 (2008): 355-384.

Sychenko, E. (2023). Labour Rights and International Labour Standards in the ESG Agenda. Italian Labour Law E-Journal, 16(1), 135–148. https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.1561-8048/15832

Lafarre A., Rombouts B., Towards Mandatory Human Rights Due Diligence: Assessing its Impact on Fundamental Labour Standards in Global Value Chains, in European Journal of Risk Regulation, 2022, 1-17

Chambers, Rachel, and David Birchall. "How European Human Rights Law Will Reshape US Business." UC L. SF Bus. J. 20 (2024): 3.

Metodi didattici

The course comprises 20 hours of lectures and 20 hours of practical classes. The students are involved in the class discussion during the lectures, practical classes will consist of group project work, participation in the debate and preparing the reports.

Modalità di verifica e valutazione dell'apprendimento

The final grade will be calculated in the following way:

• 70% - the evaluation of the written essay which should be sent by the day of the exam, presence at the exam is not needed (maximum 20 points)
• 30% - the evaluation of the results of group work (maximum 10 points).

Strumenti a supporto della didattica

Work in the Teams channel, PPT presentations, reading material,films and videos proposed in the watch list sent to the students before the lectures and practical classes.

Orario di ricevimento

Consulta il sito web di Elena Sychenko