24 July 2023
This cross-disciplinary conference was co-hosted by CLARS, Monash Law, Vanderbilt University, King’s College London, Bocconi University and University of Auckland’s Juncture: Dialogues on Inclusive Capitalism.
The term ‘capitalism’ is rarely mentioned today without a preceding qualifier. The use of qualifiers is nothing new – references, for example, to ‘laissez-faire capitalism’ and ‘crony capitalism’ have a long pedigree. However, today’s descriptors include terms such as ‘responsible capitalism’, ‘inclusive capitalism’, ‘stakeholder capitalism’, ‘woke capitalism’ and ‘sustainable capitalism’, which was the subject of this conference. The conference explored the relationship between the corporation and capitalism, as well as the regulatory pressure points and levers that can push capitalism in a more sustainable direction.
Content originally appeared on the website of the Centre for Commercial Law and Regulatory Studies (CLARS), Monash University: Conference on Sustainable Capitalism and the Corporation in Prato, Italy