Detail of a high rise in Montreal. By Phil Deforges at https://unsplash.com/photos/ow1mML1sOi0

Welcome to the McGill Business Law Platform

With an overall vision of how business law has an impact on both society and on other legal areas, the Professorship in Business Law serves as a liaison between the Faculty of Law and leading practitioners, in Montreal, in Canada and internationally.

Given the central role of business organizations and commerce in today’s world, McGill Law is committed to strengthening teaching, research and outreach in business law.

The McGill Business Law Platform, which the Professorship in Business Law has just launched, will become a hub of excellence in business law on par with McGill Law's other areas of recognized strengths such as human rights, comparative law and public policy.

Key parts of the McGill Business Law Platform are the Seminars in Business and Society, the McGill Business Meter Blog, and the McGill Transformative Business Law Academy.

On June 1st the Academy presented its 2023 Impact Paper, "Sustainable Transformation of Business and Finance: A Democratic Challenge in an Age of Climate Change and Artificial Intelligence". The paper provides policy recommendations that show a path for business law and finance to better account for climate justice, meaningful transparency, and algorithm accountability in the digital age.  

We thank all the faculty, fellows, and distinguished guests who have made the 2023 Transformative Business Law Summer Academy possible. A complete list is available here:

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The latest in the Business Law Meter

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What is greenwashing and why it matters
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Nearly eleven years ago now, the collapse of the Rana Plaza factory in Bangladesh killed over 1,100 workers and injured two thousand more. The tragedy sparked a global conversation on workers’ protection in the Global South.

30 Aug 2023

This summer has proven how destructive climate change can be.

21 Jul 2023
Albeit at different paces, multiple jurisdictions across the world are moving from voluntary to mandatory disclosures about sustainability and climate risks. This post maps out this movement in the EU, the US, and Canada, and looks into other legal avenues to achieve corporate ESG engagement.

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