Welcome to the Vale Columbia Center on Sustainable International Investment
The Vale Columbia Center on Sustainable International Investment (VCC) seeks to be a leader on issues related to foreign direct investment (FDI) in the global economy, paying special attention to the sustainability dimension of this investment. It focuses on the analysis and teaching of the implications of FDI for public policy and international investment law. Its objectives are to analyze important topical policy-oriented issues related to FDI, develop and disseminate practical approaches and solutions, and provide students with a challenging learning environment.
The Vale Columbia Center, formerly the Columbia Program on International Investment (CPII), is a joint undertaking of Columbia Law School and The Earth Institute at Columbia University. It was established thanks to a grant by Vale, the world's second largest diversified mining company. Click here to view the press release.
If you would like to be put on our mailing list, please send an email to vcc@law.columbia.edu with the subject line "mailing list."
Columbia FDI Perspectives are meant to address FDI topics that are important, topical and (if possible) policy-oriented. If you have a suggestion for a Perspective, please email the Editor.
The Vale Columbia Center offers internship opportunites. Please view more details here.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Spring 2010 Investment Law and Policy Speaker Series --Sponsored by Crowell & Moring.
Schedule will be posted soon.
LATEST NEWS
The Fourth Columbia International Investment Conference, entitled "FDI, the Global Crisis and Sustainable Recovery," took place at Columbia University on November 5-6, 2009. Please click here for more information.
On November 4, 2009, the VCC and the Finish Ministry of Foreign Affairs hosted a workshop on The Role of ODA in Promoting Sustainable Investment in Developing Countries. A Workshop Report and the Program are avaiable here.
On October 29, 2009, VCC, SOBEET, and Valor Econômico released the 2009 ranking of Brazilian MNEs. See the report and press release here.
On October 26, 2009, the Vale Columbia Center released Columbia FDI Perspectives No. 16: Can the U.S. Remain an Attractive Host for FDI in the Auto Industry? New Labor Policy and Flexible Production, by Terutomo Ozawa.
The VCC has launched Columbia FDI Profiles, a series of country profiles of inward and outward FDI. The first is Russian outward FDI and its policy context, by Andrei Panibratov and Kalman Kalotay, released on October 13, 2009.
On October 8, 2009, the Vale Columbia Center released Columbia FDI Perspectives No. 15: The global economic crisis and FDI flows to emerging markets, by Laza Kekic.
The September 2009 VCC Newsletter is now available.
On September 2nd, VCC, the Manufacturers Association of Israel, Tel Aviv University, and Hebrew University released the 2009 ranking of Israeli MNEs. See the report and press release here.
The second conference in the Five Diamond Conference Cycle, entitled "The Future of Transnationalization for Emerging Market Companies," took place in Nova Lima, Brazil on August 18-19, 2009. Please click here for more information.
On August 17th, VCC released Columbia FDI Perspectives Nos. 11, 12, and 13, focusing on the salient features and trends of outward foreign direct investment from India, Latin America, and Brazil, respectively. The Perspectives are available here.
On August 13th, VCC and ProsperAr, Argentina’s Investment Development Agency, released the results of the first ever survey of outward-investing Argentine multinational enterprises. See the report and press release in English and Spanish here.