Though not the centrepiece, sustainability was already on the radar of the Manifesto for Social Justice in European Contract Law in 2004: ‘It is important to align the general principles of social justice that govern the market order with standards designed to protect public goods such as a healthy environment’. Twenty years later, as humanity continues to overshoot multiple planetary boundaries, it is high time to seriously reflect on and develop concrete strategies for how the alignment between contract law and sustainability can happen. Under the auspices of the Green Deal, a burgeoning of sustainability law is reshaping European consumer law. A Directive on empowering consumers for the green transition amended several existing directives, together with the proposed Green Claims Directive, to ensure that consumers get reliable environmental information about the products they buy. The Right to Repair Directive aims to promote sustainable consumption by making repair easier and more attractive … (more)
[Jie Ouyang, Transformative Private Law Blog, 23 October 2024]
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