Business and Human Rights: Energy and extractives in a changing landscape of new generation trade agreements protecting and promoting both trade and human rights -
As allegations of genocide, forced labour, or widespread...more
For over 20 years, a little-known dispute resolution mechanism has facilitated conciliatory ends to numerous human rights and environmental grievances levied against multinational corporations. The OECD’s National Contact...more
Report from the 2019 Mayors’ Annual Energy Summit in Carlsbad, NM -
We attended the Mayors’ Annual Energy Summit again this year, on September 12, at the Walter Gerrells Civic Center Annex in Carlsbad, NM. The Mayors’...more
10/14/2019
/ Arbitration ,
CFIUS ,
Climate Change ,
DIFC ,
Energy Policy ,
Energy Sector ,
Energy Summit ,
Foreign Investment ,
Human Rights ,
Oil & Gas ,
Project Finance
An increasing number of lawsuits relating to climate change are being filed with courts all around the world. But there is another avenue for pursuing grievances related to climate change that has been relatively unexplored...more
10/10/2019
/ Climate Change ,
Due Diligence ,
Energy Projects ,
Energy Sector ,
Environmental Violations ,
Fossil Fuel ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Human Rights ,
Multinationals ,
NGOs ,
OECD ,
Project Finance
Over the Horizon: The rise and fall of nuclear new build in the United Kingdom -
September 2016 was supposed to herald the dawn of a new era for the nuclear power industry in the United Kingdom. The UK Government had...more
Court Faults FERC in its Handling of ANR Storage Company’s Six Year Quest for Authorization to Charge Market-Based Rates for Natural Gas Storage Services -
On September 21, 2018, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District...more
While energy companies around the world are becoming aware of the possibility of being sued in domestic courts for human rights offenses that their global subsidiaries have allegedly committed, there is another important...more
Developing an FSRU Project in New Markets: 10 Key Considerations -
As at 1 July 2017, the total number of operational floating storage and regasification units (“FSRUs”) globally stood at 26, with 23 operating as terminals...more
2/23/2018
/ Energy Sector ,
FERC ,
Foreign Investment ,
Human Rights ,
Income Taxes ,
Liquid Natural Gas ,
Offshore Drilling ,
Oil & Gas ,
Parent Corporation ,
Partnerships ,
Subsidiaries ,
Tariffs ,
UK
Climate change has been in the news recently in the wake of the Bonn Climate Talks, which took place between November 6 and 17, 2017. One key take away from the Talks: energy companies must seriously consider potential...more
12/11/2017
/ Carbon Emissions ,
Clean Energy ,
Climate Change ,
Commission on Human Rights ,
Energy Sector ,
Environmental Policies ,
OECD ,
Oil & Gas ,
Paris Agreement ,
Renewable Energy ,
United Nations
International human rights laws and norms are increasingly playing a role in shaping how energy companies conduct their business all over the world. Shareholders increasingly demand compliance with human rights norms;...more
10/13/2017
/ Alien Tort Statute ,
Assault ,
Battery ,
Best Practices ,
Corporate Social Responsibility ,
Due Diligence ,
Energy Sector ,
Environmental Policies ,
Eviction ,
Harassment ,
Human Rights ,
Human Trafficking ,
Mining ,
OECD ,
Parent Corporation ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Remediation ,
Shareholders ,
Slavery ,
Supply Chain