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DESCRIPTION:Conférencier\nLe professeur Oren Perez (Faculté de droit\, Univ
 ersité Bar-Ilan)\, Professeur invité O’Brien à la Faculté durant le mois d
 'avril 2015.\nRésumé\n(En anglais seulement) 'The idea of “green economy\,
 ” which was placed on the global agenda by the Rio+20 conference\, claims 
 to serve as a bridge between the demands of global capitalism and the visi
 on of sustainability. In the corporate social responsibility literature\, 
 writers such as Michael Porter and Mark Kramer have made a similar claim\,
  arguing that there is a positive correlation between corporate social per
 formance and corporate financial performance. I argue that the claim under
 lying the green economy thesis\, whereby the goals of (classical) economic
  growth and sustainable development can be achieved concurrently\, is high
 ly problematic. First\, the claim disregards the extent to which the web o
 f ideas and institutional structures that underpin the global capitalist s
 ystem constrains the capacity of agents to commit themselves to sustainabl
 e policies. Second\, it understates the difficult tradeoffs involved in im
 plementing green growth policies.  This critique ties in with the debate o
 ver the capacity of corporate social responsibility instruments to promote
  sustainable development. I examine this general critique in the context t
 he two leading global sustainability indexes: the FTSE4Good Index Series a
 nd the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes (DJSI). Sustainability indexes epi
 tomize the green economy thesis because they claim to positively affect th
 e sustainability profile of firms despite the fact that (or precisely beca
 use) they are situated at the heart of modern capitalism: the stock exchan
 ge. I demonstrate how the paradox at the heart of the green economy thesis
  manifests in sustainable indexes. In particular\, I highlight the tension
  between the indexes’ dual role as financial products (tracking the firms’
  share values) and as CSR instruments. I also show that both indexes suffe
 r from a deep democratic deficit\, which is inconsistent with their public
  function. I conclude with policy recommendations that could bring the ind
 exes closer to a more meaningful understanding of the concept of green eco
 nomy.'\n
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LOCATION:NCDH 609\, Chancellor Day Hall\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 1W9\, 36
 44 rue Peel
SUMMARY:The Green Economy Paradox: A Critical Inquiry into Sustainability I
 ndexes 
URL:/law/fr/channels/event/green-economy-paradox-criti
 cal-inquiry-sustainability-indexes-244371
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