Responsible Trading in Raw Materials - Regulatory Challenges of International Trade in Raw Materials

As environmental social governance (ESG) increasingly shapes the academic discourse in the European Union, Solveig Gasche provides a conceptual analysis of responsible trading in raw materials. Because the governance concept of responsible trading considers human rights and environmental standards, she defines the decisive determinants of trade in raw materials by considering the main historic, economic and regulative approaches. Illustrating and analysing the international and the German approach to implementing good guidance, strategies and governance, she further deals with the issues of conflict minerals and compliance, supply chain due diligence, corporate social responsibility, and business ethics. Corporate liability is given particular emphasis, taking into account options of contract design, transparency, and reporting as well as aspects of due diligence.

Born 1989; studied law in Hamburg, Lisboa and Berlin; in 2014 first state law examination in Berlin; research assistant at the Institute for Maritime Law and Maritime Trade Law at the University of Hamburg; 2021 dissertation (Hamburg); trainee lawyer at the Hanseatic Higher Regional Court.