Public and private entities across the globe are called to strengthen their commitment to the UN Sustainable Development Goals, which include, among others, tackling poverty and inequality, promoting sustainable agriculture, supporting affordable and clean energy, promoting responsible consumption and production, protecting labour rights and fight climate change. In this context, a potential conflict between the sustainability goals and the protection of competition may arise. In December 2020, in a virtual meeting with competition authorities, the OECD Competition Committee addressed three primary questions associated with broader sustainability considerations and competition law:
The key findings of this discussion were again explored during the 2021 OECD Competition Open Day, this time in a virtual event open to the public. |
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2020 DECEMBER SESSION INFORMATION |
Invited speakers
Gianni de Stefano Bio Director Global Competition Law, AkzoNobel, Netherlands Maurits Dolmans Bio Simon Holmes Bio Judge, Ordinary Member, Competition Appeal Tribunal, UK Suzanne Kingston Bio Professor, University College Dublin Sutherland School of Law, Ireland |
Ioannis Lianos Bio President of the Hellenic Competition Commission, Professor, University College London Julian Nowag Bio Associate Professor, Lund University, Sweden Maarten Pieter Schinkel Bio Professor, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands Martijn Snoep Bio Chairman of the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) |
RELATED BEST PRACTICE ROUNDTABLES Competition policy and environment (1995) Environmental regulation and competition (2006) Pro-active policies for green growth and the market economy (2010) Horizontal agreements in the environmental context (2010) Electricity: Renewables and smart grids (2010) |
SEE ALSO Better Policies for 2030: An OECD Action Plan on the Sustainable Development Goals (2016) Competition Law and Responsible Business Conduct (2015) |
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