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ESG Risks in Construction Law: Adding Teeth to the Governance of Construction Supply Chains

Castro, Armando; El Daouk, Mohamad; (2025) ESG Risks in Construction Law: Adding Teeth to the Governance of Construction Supply Chains. SCL Journal , Article 260. Green open access

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Abstract

The paper considers the implications of UK construction law on Environmental, Social, and Governance issues, especially the governance of construction supply chains. The authors consider: does current UK legislation align with ESG considerations for the governance of construction supply chains? How might contractual provisions deliver governance oversight and robust enforcement? Are current UK governance and contractual legislative frameworks merely symbolic, yielding unenforceable ESG commitments from the construction industry? What measures may be implemented to add ‘teeth’ to the enforcement of governance commitments? The paper presents a novel perspective explaining how statutes can be aligned with ESG objectives to enhance construction supply chain governance, and aims to move the discourse from purely theoretical discussions of ESG governance to enforceable solutions for governing construction supply chains.

Type: Article
Title: ESG Risks in Construction Law: Adding Teeth to the Governance of Construction Supply Chains
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
Publisher version: https://www.scl.org.uk/papers/esg-risks-constructi...
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. Repdroduced with the kind permission of the Society of Construction Law.
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10207516
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