MEDIATION: Applying ESG to the resolution of disputes for sustainable solutions
Are ESG criteria important or not?
Why is the S at the center of ESG?
Does sustainability play a key role?
Can we borrow ideas from Darwin and Aristotle?
There are open and closed dispute resolution systems; what’s the difference and what’s the significance?
Is Mediation an open system, as opposed to litigation and arbitration?
Does Mediation have the added privilege of immediacy of time and consideration of emotions?
Can Mediation lead to sustainable solutions to disputes?
Is Mediation therefore an ESG practice?
Dimitris Emvalomenos, LL.M. (QMUL), Accredited Mediator of the Greek Ministry of Justice & the Centre of Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR), London, UK, Dep. Managing Partner of Bahas, Gramatidis & Partners Law Firm (BGP), explores the above questions, attempting to codify the unique characteristics and multi-level benefits of Mediation, in the article “Mediation: Applying ESG to the resolution of disputes for sustainable solutions”, published in Sinogoros Legal Journal [issue n.160/2023] of Nomiki Bibliothiki.
ARTICLE CONTENTS:
- The debate
- In the end, why opt for Mediation?
- ESG and sustainability
- Mediation: an “open” system
- Code of Civil Procedure (CCP) and arbitration: “closed” systems
- CCP and, often, arbitration: solutions of last resort
- Mediation: time and emotion / humour
- Key takeaways
You may read Dimitris Emvalomenos’ full article in the viewer below
The article is a summary of the presentation (without the videos and songs) of 27 June 2023 at the 5th Annual International Mediation and Arbitration Conference organized by NOMIKI BIBLIOTHIKI and EODID Athens Mediation and Arbitration Organization, with the support of O.P.E.M.E.D., Diversity Charter Greece, EODID’s Mediators Training Body and the scientific journal “Arbitration & Mediation“.
More publications, announcements, etc. by Dimitris Emvalomenos on Mediation /ADR here
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ΣΥΝήΓΟΡΟΣ (Sinigoros)was the first, pioneering and unique legal journal that provided for 27 years (beginning in 1997) a reliable source of practical information on the current trends and developments of the legal profession and business activities in Greece and all over the world.
Its rich and varied topics included, among others:
- articles by renowned Greek and foreign professionals and lawyers on contemporary and original legal and other issues,
- critical presentation of current legislation,
- detailed interpretative comments by prominent legal experts on the occasion of important court decisions,
- interviews with prominent personalities and specialist lawyers and practitioners,
- summaries of selected key decisions of Greek and European courts,
- developments in competition law, tax law and consumer law,
- topical legal issues from the national and international arena,
- English legal terminology.
The areas covered included the whole range of legal subjects, such as: corporate law, competition, intellectual property, professional law, legal tech, real estate, capital markets, new technologies, data protection, mediation, environment, energy, health, tax, consumer law, employment law, criminal law, human rights.
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