The world faces a complex convergence of social and ecological crises: climate change, biodiversity loss, resource scarcity, human rights violations, rising inequality and societal instability. The United Nations adopted Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for ‘the future of humanity and of our planet’, calling on business to contribute to solving these pressing challenges. Yet business in aggregate is a driver of the current convergence of crises and the discussion of how to promote sustainable business is therefore high up also on the agenda of the European Union (EU). The EU increasingly shows recognition of the need for regulatory initiatives to promote the integration of sustainability into European business, resonating with the EU’s high-level commitment to sustainability. This article is a contribution to the discourse on how to regulate European business so that it contributes to a sustainable future for all, including for European business itself. The article briefly outlines the basis in the EU treaties for reform of EU company law and the risks of continued unsustainability, moving on to the argument for including company law in the legislative toolbox, and outlining ideas for how such a reform could be shaped.

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改革欧盟公司法以确保欧洲业务的未来

世界面临着复杂的社会和生态危机：气候变化，生物多样性丧失，资源稀缺，侵犯人权，不平等加剧和社会不稳定。联合国通过了“人类和我们星球的未来”的可持续发展目标（SDG），呼吁企业为解决这些紧迫挑战做出贡献。然而，总体而言，商业是当前危机趋同的驱动力，因此，关于如何促进可持续商业的讨论也在欧洲联盟（EU）的议程中占据上风。欧盟越来越认识到需要采取监管举措来促进将可持续发展融入欧洲业务，这与欧盟对可持续发展的高层承诺产生了共鸣。本文对有关如何规范欧洲业务的论述做出了贡献，从而为所有人（包括欧洲业务本身）的可持续未来做出了贡献。本文简要概述了欧盟条约中欧盟公司法改革的基础以及持续不可持续的风险，接着讨论了将公司法纳入立法工具箱的论点，并概述了如何制定此类改革的想法。