Corporate Responsibility and Deep Seabed Mining
The Limits of Due Diligence
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6416941 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Chiara Macchi (0000-0002-3910-9340, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 122-146 |
| Publication date | 2025-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Business and Human Rights Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2057-0198 • E-ISSN: 2057-0201 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/bhj.2024.27 |
| OpenAlex | W4410244719 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 9 |
The International Seabed Authority is under pressure from some states and companies to adopt the regulations that would allow deep seabed mining (DSM) to commence. While presented by its supporters as necessary to procure the minerals and metals needed for energy transition, DSM presents serious risks for the marine environments and human rights whose extent is still insufficiently understood. This article focuses on whether, should DSM be allowed in the short term, the current regulatory regime would suffice to ensure that the corporations leading this activity carry out effective assessment, prevention and mitigation of environmental impacts. In order to answer this question, it explores contractor obligations as they emerge from the current version of the ‘Mining Code’. In light of persisting scientific uncertainty and the high-risk profile of DSM activities, this article contends that the current version of the regulations does not devise sufficiently stringent due diligence obligations
Business · Corporate social responsibility · Diligence · Due diligence · Political science · Seabed · Corporate Law and Human Rights · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology · Accounting · Finance · Geology · Oceanography
From what-if to what-now
Contractor liability for environmental damage resulting from deep seabed mining activities in the area
Public participation in seabed mining in areas beyond national jurisdiction
An Old Dilemma in Deep Seabed Mining
Heading to the deep end without knowing how to swim
Exploiting the deep seabed for the benefit of humankind
Participation of Indigenous Peoples in Decision Making Over Deep-Seabed Mining
Diversity Rhetoric and the Managerialization of Law
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |