This co-edited volume examines the policies, regulations and effects on governance of corporate sustainability in Türkiye. Although legal developments in corporate sustainability in Türkiye are limited, they are gradually emerging. Considering Türkiye's international trade and investment potential, as well as its developed liberal domestic economic system, the effects of global developments on local companies are worth examining.

In this respect, this book adopts an innovative approach to examining the impact of international developments on Turkish law to achieve corporate sustainability objectives. It explores sustainability provisions in company articles of association, directors’ liabilities in the face of ESG risks and opportunities, and regulations on green financing, sustainability reporting, and auditing. Furthermore, it analyses the effects of the mediation function undertaken by the state as the national contact point, as well as state policy regarding the Climate Act and the National Emissions Trading System.

Türkiye indeed offers a fascinating case study, both in terms of the practice and regulation of corporate sustainability, as it combines an international economic and legal system with an emerging country's approach to corporate sustainability. Therefore, this book will be interest to academics, students, civil servants, regulators, and company managers interested in policy and regulation.

Muzaffer Eroğlu is an assistant professor at Boğaziçi University, where he lectures on Company Law, Corporate Governance, Sustainability, and Competition Law. He holds an LLB from Ankara University, an LLM from the University of Kent and a PhD from Queen Mary, University of London. His academic research focuses on company law, corporate governance, competition law and regulation of network industries. He has several publications in the fields of company law, competition law and network industries, both in English and Turkish. He also conducted research as a visiting academic at the University of Oslo, the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law in Hamburg, the European Institute in Florence, and the University of Oxford.

Duygu Demirel Özdemir is an assistant professor at the University of Kocaeli, Faculty of Law, Company and Commercial Law. She lectures on Company Law, Trademark Law, Corporate Governance, Sustainability and Competition Law. She holds an LLB and LLM from Marmara University, in addition to having a PhD from Kocaeli University. Her thesis interests include corporate governance and the interests of creditors as stakeholder. She carried out research as a visiting academic at the Leipzig University, the Max Planck Institutes for Comparative and International Private Law in Hamburg, the University of Hamburg and the University of Vienna. Prestigious scholarships from DAAD and TÜBİTAK supported her master’s and doctoral studies abroad. Her academic publications focus on company law, corporate governance, creditor protection, sustainability, transparency, intellectual property, and the regulation of e-commerce. She is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Vienna, where her work focuses on corporate sustainability, transparency obligations and capital market.