A just and sustainable future
Prof. Partzsch at the Bath Conference on Earth System Governance
News from Sep 15, 2026
The Earth System Governance Conference took place this year at the University of Bath from September 7 to 11 under the theme “Building just and sustainable futures for planetary integrity.” Prof. Lena Partzsch organized a series of four panels on the current state of supply chain legislation in consumer and producer countries. She opened the series as Chair of the panel “Alternatives to multilateralism? Lessons from a decade of supply chain legislation,” served as Discussant in the panel “Supply chain legislation in Europe: Implications for corporate practice and accountability,” and presented the paper “EU and UK legislation on deforestation-free supply chains: Conditions for effective implementation in exporting countries” co-authored with Prof. Michael Mason (London School of Economics and Political Science – LSE). In addition, Prof. Partzsch presented her paper “Sustainable mining? Corporate accountability for the green SDGs” in the panel “Accountability and the Sustainable Development Goals at the global-national nexus,” organized by Dr. Thomas Hickmann and Prof. Dr. Magdalena Bexell (both Lund University).
