Climate Litigation and Greenwashing Disputes: Environmental, Social, and Governance Disclosures, European Union Trends, and a Legal Adaptation Framework for Türkiye
気候変動訴訟とグリーンウォッシング紛争：環境・社会・ガバナンス開示、EUの動向、トルコ向け法的適応フレームワーク (AI 翻訳)
Maide Ezgi Düzgün
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日本語
本論文は、気候変動訴訟の増加と、ESG開示がグリーンウォッシング紛争で証拠としてどのように機能するかを分析する。オランダと英国のShell訴訟を事例に、裁判所の義務の範囲を検討し、トルコのサステナビリティ報告基準の影響を考察する。
English
This paper analyzes the rise of climate litigation and how ESG disclosures serve as evidentiary tools in greenwashing disputes. Using Shell cases in the Netherlands and the UK, it examines judicial limits on duty of care and discusses the legal framework in Türkiye.
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📝 gxceed 編集解説 — Why this matters
日本のGX文脈において
日本企業にとって、EUやトルコのグリーンウォッシング訴訟の動向は、SSBJや有報での開示の重要性を再認識させる。特にサプライチェーン全体での排出量主張の検証可能性が問われる点で示唆に富む。
In the global GX context
This study contributes to global understanding of climate litigation as a governance tool, showing how ESG disclosures become legally binding. It offers comparative insights for jurisdictions like the UK and EU, and highlights the role of sustainability reporting standards in litigation.
👥 読者別の含意
🔬研究者:Useful for legal scholars studying climate litigation and the evidentiary role of ESG disclosures.
🏢実務担当者:Corporate legal and sustainability teams can assess litigation risks from greenwashing claims and strengthen disclosure practices.
🏛政策担当者:Regulators can learn how sustainability reporting standards may be used in court, informing future disclosure rules.
📄 Abstract（原文）
In a context where the physical and transition risks of climate change increasingly affect financial systems, climate litigation has emerged as a strategic governance arena with direct legal and financial consequences for corporations. Global overviews, including the United Nations Environment Program and Setzer and Higham ( 2024 ), report a steady rise in climate-related cases against companies, financial institutions, and corporate directors. The institutionalization of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) disclosures has transformed sustainability statements into traceable corporate records. This article maps corporate climate litigation and examines how ESG disclosures operate as evidentiary tools in climate-washing and greenwashing disputes, drawing on Milieudefensie and others v. Shell in the Netherlands and ClientEarth v. Shell in England to illustrate how courts define judicial limits through duty-of-care reasoning and directors’ duties. Recent litigation increasingly targets value-chain impacts and demands methodological transparency for net-zero and carbon-neutrality claims; climate-washing cases accelerated in 2023 and exceeded 140 globally. From Türkiye’s perspective, the Türkiye Sustainability Reporting Standards and existing legal tools against misleading environmental claims strengthen the evidentiary role of sustainability disclosures and raise compliance expectations.
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