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CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY DUE DILIGENCE DIRECTIVE: AN OVERVIEW

Leave a Comment / Blog, Hot Issues / By Alina Liashuk

Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (“CS3D” or also referred to as “CSDDD”), based on Articles 50 and 114 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, lays down rules on obligations for companies regarding actual and potential human rights adverse impacts and environmental adverse impacts, with respect to their own operations, the operations …

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The Backlash of a Green Agricultural Policy: Farmers’ Protests and its Systemic Dimension

Leave a Comment / Blog, Hot Issues / By Dicle Kaya

Across Europe, a wave of farmer protests has emerged, started last year in the Netherlands, but surged further within France, Belgium, Italy, Spain, Lithuania, Romania and most recently in Germany. The reactions were manifested by a huge amount of tractors blocking major roads, or in France’s case, spraying manure on local government buildings. What are …

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Artificial Intelligence and gender discrimination

Subcontracting: brief introduction on what, when and how.

Leave a Comment / Blog / By Sabrina Piccirillo

few words on what is subcontracting and why it is important in the path towards sustainable development

FAST FASHION: DO WE REALLY KNOW WHERE OUR CLOTHES END?

Leave a Comment / Blog, Senza categoria / By Camila Diaz

I. Introduction During the 1990’s a new movement was born, retailers began to sell trendy, poorly made and cheap clothes as an answer to the vertiginous advance of fashion. At some point, this new business model allowed more population to have access to new and stylish clothes, bringing fashion closer. But, at the same …

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November 25th: Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women

Leave a Comment / Blog, Hot Issues / By Camila Diaz

Since 1981, on 25th of November, the International community commemorates the day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. This symbolic date was selected to honour the Mirabel sisters, three political activists from Dominican Republic that were assassinated by order of the dictator, Rafael Trujillo in 1960, as opponents to the authoritarian regime. By decades, …

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The United Nations’ attempts to intervene in the Israel-Gaza crisis before Resolution 2712 (2023)

Leave a Comment / Blog / By Sabrina Piccirillo

The Gaza-Israel has received intensified international attention starting from October 7, when Hamas attacked Israel. On the 15th of November The UN security council adopted the resolution 2712 (2023) calling for Urgent and Extended humanitarian Pauses in Gaza. The Resolution was adopted under Malta’s leadership and saw the abstention of the US. The Adoption of the …

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The Value of Biodiversity

1 Comment / Blog / By Rommana Patricia De Paiva

The world population is growing at a very fast pace; with now more than 7 billion inhabitants, and projected to reach more than 9 billion by 2050. The pressure this huge population causes on the earth’s ecosystems is almost immeasurable. It’s even hard to know how many species are extinct since they are uncountable and we discover new species every year.

Collaborative Consumption: Alternative Consumption Model in Urban Space

Leave a Comment / Blog / By Aleksandra Mineeva

The blog uses two case studies of Amsterdam (the Netherlands) and Seoul (South Korea) to identify the determinants and objections to collaborative consumption in the urban space. At first, they can show us a broader perspective of the factors that influence collaborative consumption, and a second, because in these cities collaborative consumption was firstly in the world officially proclaimed as part of the urban policy and today has governmental support.

The position of social media in sustainability: An obstacle or a step in reaching the goals?

2 Comments / Blog / By Nur Eda Sertdurak

I would like to examine the effects of social media on sustainability. Social media, which is such a powerful tool, affects both negatively and positively on the concept of sustainability, which we often talk about today.

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