The Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (CCSI), a joint center of Columbia Law School and the Earth Institute, Columbia University, is the only university-based applied research center and forum dedicated to the study, practice and discussion of sustainable international investment. It develops practical approaches for governments, investors, communities, and other stakeholders to maximize the benefits of international investment for sustainable development. Applying its legal, economic, and policy expertise, CCSI addresses sustainable investment holistically, bridging investment law, natural resource management, human rights, economics, political economy, and environmental management. It works to strengthen the sustainable development potential of international investment, and to ensure that international investment is mutually beneficial for investors and the citizens of recipient countries.
Articles
Investment Governance in Africa to Support Climate Resilience and Decarbonization, Martin Dietrich Brauch and Brenda Akankunda
Corporate Net-Zero Pledges: The Bad and the Ugly, Jack Arnold and Perrine Toledano
Advocates Say ISDS Is Necessary Because Domestic Courts Are ‘Inadequate,’ But Claims and Decisions Don’t Reveal Systemic Failings, Maria Rocha, Martin Dietrich Brauch, and Tehtena Mebratu-Tsegaye
Investor-State Dispute Prevention: A Critical Reflection, Lise Johnson, Lisa E. Sachs, and Ella Merrill
Should the European Union Fix, Leave or Kill the Energy Charter Treaty?, Martin Dietrich Brauch
Nigeria’s Petroleum Industry Bill: A Missed Opportunity to Prepare for the Zero-Carbon Future, Solina Kennedy, Martin Dietrich Brauch, Perrine Toledano, and Tehtena Mebratu-Tsegaye
Equipping the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation for the Low-Carbon Transition: How Are Other National Oil Companies Adapting?, Perrine Toledano, Martin Dietrich Brauch, Tehtena Mebratu-Tsegaye, and Francisco Javier Pardinas Favela
Mechanisms for Consultation and Free, Prior and Informed Consent in the Negotiation of Investment Contracts, Sam Szoke-Burke and Kaitlin Y. Cordes
Making Coffee Sustainable, Jeffrey D. Sachs and Kaitlin Y. Cordes
A Model for “Smart” Mineral Enterprise Development for Spurring Investment in Climate Change Mitigation Technology, Saleem Ali, Robert K. Perrons, Perrine Toledano, and Nicolas Maennling
Environmental Injustice: How Treaties Undermine the Right to a Healthy Environment, Lisa E. Sachs, Lise Johnson, and Ella Merrill
Tying the Knot: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Understanding the Human Right to Adequate Nutrition, Jessica Fanzo, Kaitlin Y. Cordes, Elizabeth F. Fox, and Anna Bulman
Framing the Global Pact for the Environment: Why It’s Needed, What It Does, and How It Does It, Teresa Parejo Navajas and Nathan Lobel
Tax Expenditure and the Treatment of Tax Incentives for Investment, Agustin Redonda, Santiago Diaz de Sarralde, Mark Hallerberg, Lise Johnson, Ariel Melamud, Ricardo Rozemberg, Jakob Schwab, and Christian von Haldenwang
Il Contributo Delle Compagnie Oil & Gas nel Raggiungimento Degli Obiettivi Energetici e Climatici (How Oil and Gas Companies Can Help Meet the Global Goals on Energy and Climate Change), Lisa E. Sachs, Nicolas Maennling, and Perrine Toledano
At the Intersection of Land Grievances and Legal Liability: The Need to Reconsider Contract Rights and Expectations at the Supranational Level, Kaitlin Y. Cordes, Lise Johnson, and Sam Szoke-Burke
India’s Revised Model BIT: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back?, Jesse Coleman and Kanika Gupta
Submission Regarding Amendments to the ICSID Arbitration Rules, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment
International Investment Agreements: Impacts on Climate Change Policies in India, China and Beyond, Lise Johnson and Brooke Güven
Here's the Deal, Sam Szoke-Burke
TransCanada Lawsuit Highlights Need to Scuttle TPP, Jeffrey D. Sachs, Brooke Güven, and Lisa E. Sachs
ResourceContracts.org – A Searchable Repository for Publicly Available Mining and Petroleum Contracts, Sophie Thomashausen
Corporate Agricultural Investment and the Right to Food: Addressing Disparate Protections and Promoting Rights-Consistent Outcomes, Kaitlin Y. Cordes and Anna Bulman
Emerging Practices in Community Development Agreements, Jennifer Loutit, Jacqueline Mandelbaum, and Sam Szoke-Burke
Periodic Review in Natural Resource Contracts, Jacky Mandelbaum, Salli Anne Swartz, and John Hauert
A Silver Lining? Impact of Commodity Price Fall on Good Governance in Sierra Leone, Herbert M'cleod, Nicolas Maennling, and Lisa E. Sachs
Sustainable Development Goals: How Can the Mining Sector Contribute?, Lisa E. Sachs
The Outsized Costs of Investor–State Dispute Settlement, Lise Johnson and Lisa E. Sachs
The Real Danger in TPP, Lise Johnson, Lisa E. Sachs, and Jeffrey D. Sachs
Uncloaking the Secrecy Behind Large-Scale Land Deals, Jesse Coleman
Global Value Chains and Resource Corridors: The Nexus is Regional Integration, Perrine Toledano
Exploring the Link Between Food Security and Climate Change, Kaitlin Y. Cordes
TPP Would Let Foreign Investors Bypass the Canadian Public Interest, Lisa E. Sachs and Lise Johnson
Next Generation Treaty – India’s New Model BIT Makes it Clear that its Goal is to Accomplish More than Investor Protection, Lisa E. Sachs, Lise Johnson, and Sudhanshu Roy
Shared-Use Mining Infrastructure in Sub-Saharan Africa, Sophie Thomashausen and Glen Ireland
Measuring Land Rights for a Sustainable Future, Kaitlin Y. Cordes and Jeffrey D. Sachs
Wrong Direction on Climate, Trade and Development, Lisa E. Sachs and Lise Johnson
Not So Fast, Jeffrey D. Sachs, Lisa E. Sachs, and Lise Johnson
Why Fast Track Is a Dangerous Gift to Corporate Lobbies, Jeffrey D. Sachs, Lisa E. Sachs, and Lise Johnson
Resource Resilience: How to Break the Commodities Cycle, Lisa E. Sachs and Nicolas Maennling
Eyes Wide Shut On ISDS, Lisa E. Sachs and Lise Johnson
The Responsible Investor’s Guide to Climate Change, Jeffrey D. Sachs and Lisa E. Sachs
Making Agricultural Investments Work for Land Users & Communities, Kaitlin Y. Cordes
Toward Win-Win Sustainable Development, Linda Moon
New UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules on Transparency: Application, Content and Next Steps, Lise Johnson and Nathalie Bernasconi-Osterwalder
Trading Away Human Rights, Kaitlin Y. Cordes and Olivier De Schutter
State Liability for Regulatory Change: How International Investment Rules are Overriding Domestic Law, Lise Johnson and Oleksandr Volkov
Cameroon Pastoralists Fight for their Way of Life, Kaitlin Y. Cordes
Mobil v. Canada – Ratcheting Down the Scope of Treaty Reservations, Lise Johnson
Why the Extractive Industry Should Support Mandatory Transparency: A Shared Value Approach, Julien Topal and Perrine Toledano
On Solid Ground: Toward Effective Resource-Based Development, Lisa E. Sachs
Investor-State Contracts, Host-State “Commitments” and the Myth of Stability in International Law, Lise Johnson and Oleksandr Volkov
Great Debate: Mining in Latin America, Lisa E. Sachs
Ask the Experts: Mining, Lisa E. Sachs
Shared-Use Infrastructure: A Prickly Partnership Takes Root, Perrine Toledano
The 2012 US Model BIT and What the Changes (or Lack Thereof) Suggest About Future Investment Treaties, Lise Johnson
Intra-African Investment – A Pressing Issue, Lise Johnson and Shawn Pelsinger
Inching Towards Consensus: An Update on the UNCITRAL Transparency Negotiations, Lise Johnson
Devil in the Bidding Detail, Lisa E. Sachs, Jacky Mandelbaum, and Perrine Toledano
Openness in Extraction, Lisa E. Sachs and Shefa Siegel
Wider Role for Our Miners in Africa, Lisa E. Sachs, Joel Negin, and Glenn Denning
Bilateral Investment Treaties and FDI Flows, Lisa E. Sachs
Books
The Yearbook on International Investment Law & Policy 2018, Lisa E. Sachs, Lise Johnson, and Jesse Coleman
Modelling for Sustainable Development: New Decisions for a New Age, Andrea M. Bassi, Liesbeth Casier, David Laborde, Max Linsen, David Manley, Nicolas Maennling, Howard Mann, Morten Siersted, Carin Smaller, Iain Steele, David Uzsoki, and Johnny West
The Yearbook on International Investment Law & Policy 2017, Lisa E. Sachs, Lise Johnson, and Jesse Coleman
Rethinking International Investment Governance: Principles for the 21st Century, Emma Aisbett, Barnali Choudhury, Olivier De Schutter, Frank Garcia, James Harrison, Song Hong, Lise Johnson, Mouhamadou Kane, Santiago Peña, Matthew Porterfield, Susan Sell, Stephen E. Shay, and Louis T. Wells
The Yearbook on International Investment Law & Policy 2015-2016, Lisa E. Sachs and Lise Johnson
The New Frontiers of Sovereign Investment, Perrine Toledano and Malan Rietveld
The Yearbook on International Investment Law & Policy 2014-2015, Andrea K. Bjorklund
Rethinking Investment Incentives: Trends and Policy Options, Ana Teresa Tavares-Lehmann, Perrine Toledano, Lise Johnson, and Lisa E. Sachs
The Yearbook on International Investment Law & Policy 2013-2014, Andrea K. Bjorklund
The Yearbook on International Investment Law & Policy 2012-2013, Andrea K. Bjorklund
Mining Contracts: How to Read and Understand Them, International Senior Lawyers Project, OpenOil, Revenue Watch Institute-Natural Resource Governance Institue, and Vale Columbia Center on Sustainable International Investment
The Yearbook on International Investment Law & Policy 2011-2012, Karl P. Sauvant
Sovereign Investment: Concerns and Policy Reactions, Karl Sauvant, Lisa E. Sachs, and Wouter P.F. Schmit Jongbloed
The Yearbook on International Investment Law & Policy 2010-2011, Karl P. Sauvant
The Yearbook on International Investment Law & Policy 2009-2010, Karl P. Sauvant
Handbook for Promoting Foreign Direct Investment in Medium-size, Low-Budget Cities in Emerging Markets, Vale Columbia Center on Sustainable International Investment and Millennium Cities Initiative
The Yearbook on International Investment Law & Policy 2008-2009, Karl P. Sauvant
The Effect of Treaties on Foreign Direct Investment: Bilateral Investment Treaties, Double Taxation Treaties and Investment Flows, Karl Sauvant and Lisa E. Sachs
Book Chapters
Health Priorities for Sustainable Development, Lisa E. Sachs and Jeffrey D. Sachs
African Mining and the SDGs: From Vision to Reality, Kathryn Sturman, Perrine Toledano, Charles F.A. Akayuli, and Mzamose Gondwe
Investment Treaties, Investor-State Dispute Settlement, and Inequality: How International Investment Treaties Exacerbate Domestic Disparities, Lise Johnson and Lisa E. Sachs
Investments and Human Rights in the Agricultural Sector, Kaitlin Y. Cordes
Implementing Shared-Use of Mining Infrastructure to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, Perrine Toledano and Nicolas Maennling
Memos/Briefing Notes
CCSI’s Consolidated Feedback on the WBA Draft Nature Benchmark Methodology, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment
Climate Action Needs Investment Governance, Not Investment Protection and Arbitration, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment
North Africa Can Reduce Europe's Dependence on Russian Gas by Transporting Wasted Gas Through Existing Infrastructure, Mark Davis, Perrine Toledano, and Thomas Schorr
PLUS Politics: Tackling the EIA Impact Gap, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment
The Case for a Climate-Smart Update of the Africa Mining Vision, Perrine Toledano, Martin Dietrich Brauch, Karan Bhulwaka, and Kojo Busia
Comments to the Draft Working Group III Workplan, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment, International Institute for Environment and Development, and International Institute for Sustainable Development
Draft Transparency Policy and DFC Board of Directors Public Engagement Policy, Kaitlin Y. Cordes
Briefing Note: Aligning International Investment Agreements with the Sustainable Development Goals, Lise Johnson, Lisa E. Sachs, and Nathan Lobel
The COMET Framework: Greenhouse Gas Data Transparency to Enable the Success of EU Climate Policy, Martin Dietrich Brauch and Solina Kennedy
Modern Provisions in Investment Treaties, Jesse Coleman
Incorporating Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) into Investment Approval Processes, Kelly Dudine and Sam Szoke-Burke
Investment Promotion and Facilitation for Sustainable Development, Brooke Guven
Submission to Bonsucro re Production Standard v5 (2019-21), Nami Patel and Sam Szoke-Burke