Choirs for Ecocide Law April 12
Let’s Change the Rules! – protecting nature through choral singing. After engaging people around the world – most recently in Helsinki, Zaragoza, and Istanbul – the concert Let’s Change the Rules now comes to Stockholm and Berwaldhallen. With specially composed music by composers from different countries, the audience can expect fifteen compelling songs expressing a […]
Legal Sustainability Alliance features Ecocide Law
Sue Miller, Head of Global Networks at Stop Ecocide International, explained the definition of the crime proposed by an independent expert panel of international lawyers. The definition is designed to be dropped into the Rome Statute, uses familiar concepts and is legally robust. ‘It throws a big security blanket around the Earth.’ The concept of […]
Stellar line-up in Almedalen
Ellen Einebrant, CEO, the Swedish Recycling Industries’ Association; Johanna Fager Wettergren, Head of Sustainability, Swedbank; David Frydlinger, Partner, Cirio law firm; Charlotta Helge, Head of Social Policy, TCO (Swedish Confederation of Professional Employees); Johanna Lundgren Gestlöf, Head of Sustainability, SPP; Fredrik Nilzén, Head of Sustainability, Scania; Karin Nilsson, Expert on environmental policy, Svenskt Näringsliv (Confederation […]
Joining forces globally
The importance of incorporating environmental issues into a company’s development was highlighted by, among others, Leif Johansson, former CEO of Electrolux and Volvo, as well as former chairman of AstraZeneca and Ericsson. To illustrate the power of active and successful environmental work, he shared a story from the 1990s when Greenpeace, through an action against […]
Bar Association event on Ecocide and Corruption
The Swedish Bar Association, with support from Roschier Attorneys Ltd and Ecocide Law Alliance, recently offered a seminar on accountability for ecocide and its connection with corruption. Left to right: Nina Macpherson, Chair of Ecocide Law Alliance, Eva-Maj Mühlenbock, Chair of the Swedish Bar Association and Malin Leffler, Partner of Roschier Attorneys Ltd. […]
Business leaders for Ecocide Law at COP 29
In a We Don’t Have Time broadcast from COP 29, business representatives discussed the benefits of ecocide law. Below are some excerpts. “Given all knowledge and insights that we have on how important ecosystems are for our economy, for us to thrive on this planet, but also from an emission point of view: This is […]
Ecocide Law Alliance broadcast from COP29
On November 13th at 14:10 CET, Fredrik Nilzén, Head of Sustainability at Scania Group and Alf Blomqvist, Chair of Scandinavian Enviro Systems AB (publ), Johan Falk, Exponential Roadmap Initiative and Nina Macpherson, Ecocide Law Alliance will participate in a powerful discussion at COP29, broadcast by We Don’t Have Time. The session “Business leaders for Ecocide […]
Business for ecocide law event in Almedalen
The drivers are diverse, ranging from personal conviction, to what you want your company to bring to the world, enhancing other sustainability work, cleaning up global value chains, business opportunity and more. Perspectives from: Karin Bodin, CEO of Polarbrödsgruppen; Johanna Lundgren Gestlöf, head of sustainability manager of occupational pensions giant SPP, Åsa Domeij, Head of […]
KPMG event and Dagens Industri article
40 sustainability managers, including representatives from some of Sweden’s major corporations, were treated to a seminar at KPMG Stockholm, featuring, among other things, ecocide law presented by Nina Macpherson and Anna Surtevall. As witnessed by the number of initiated questions, interest was considerable. Dagens Industri, the Swedish equivalent of the Financial Times, took the opportunity […]
KPMG features ecocide law
By 2026, mass environmental destruction will be criminal in the EU. This is a great step, but it applies only to the EU. Importantly for business, it can contribute to challenging business conditions for EU-based operations. There is a relatively simple way to address this particular threat, and at the same time play a responsible […]
