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  • A sustainable economy starts with business leaders

    Type: Opinion
    Publication date: 5/11/2023

    Since December 2022, there is a new Corporate Governance Code in place. This Code states that business leaders are responsible for sustainable long-term value creation and that companies must draw up policies for diversity and inclusion. Tineke Lambooy, Professor of Corporate Law at Nyenrode Business Universiteit, explains how business leaders can embed ESG (Environment, Social, Governance) values in their strategy.

    Tineke Lambooy

  • Can the Wadden Sea be granted legal personality in order to include its voice in public decision-making?

    Type: Research
    Publication date: 12/22/2022

    For the Wadden Sea, could a Rights of Nature approach be promising for strengthening the protection of natural values in this area? Prof. Dr. Tineke Lambooy LL.M. (Professor of Business Law at Nyenrode Business University) explored this issue together with fellow researchers Tessa van Soest and Ignace Breemer.

    waddenzee klein

  • Putting nature’s rights on the map

    Type: Research
    Publication date: 7/20/2022

    Nature also needs rights to preserve biodiversity. Prof. Tineke Lambooy and Prof. Ronald Jeurissen identified and analyzed 409 initiatives worldwide, found in 39 countries.

    Ronald en Tineke

  • Stereotypes are still the biggest barrier for women reaching corporate heights

    Type: Research
    Publication date: 6/30/2021

    Gender stereotypes are the biggest barrier facing women in corporate jobs according to new research from Nyenrode Business University. According to the researchers, Rosalien van 't Foort-Diepeveen, Aikaterini Argyrou and Tineke Lambooy key barriers identified.

  • “Shell stumbles over an old open cellar hatch”

    Type: Opinion
    Publication date: 5/28/2021

    This week, on May 26, 2021, in a first-of-its-kind judgment worldwide, the Court orders Shell to reduce its CO2 emissions by 45% by the end of 2030. The Shell case provides an ideal forum to debate the future of corporate climate responsibility worldwide. Professor Tineke Lambooy and Andreas Hoesli LL.M. explain why the court's decision in highly remarkable in many ways...

  • Nature needs legal rights to really protect biodiversity

    Type: Research
    Publication date: 2/11/2021

    We should attempt to treat nature as a heritage site and look after it for future generations", say professor Dr Tineke Lambooy. She discusses why granting legal personhood to entities of nature could enable society to protect biodiversity.

  • WWF contributes to innovative research into nature legal personhood

    Type: Community
    Publication date: 11/24/2020

    Due to differences in interests, lack of transparency and the lack of representation, nature in the Netherlands is not optimally protected. Establishing natural legal entities may offer a solution. Prof Dr Tineke Lambooy, LLM, Corporate Law Professor at Nyenrode is doing innovative research into ‘natural legal entities’, as part of her research into ‘Rights of Nature’ in the Netherlands.

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