Corporate environmental crime: a contested notion?

While many corporations embrace the concept of social and environmental responsibility, some claim to do so while at the same time causing considerable environmental damage. Due to the challenges of litigation in Global South countries, action targeted at Global North headquarters is emerging as an alternate tactic. This article contends that our notion of environmental harm needs to move beyond thinking solely of actual crimes and should consider human rights abuses, expanding our ideas of how a duty of care should be applied and considering the harm caused to present and future generations.