Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction to the Research Handbook on Investment Law and Sustainable Development / Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger, Ted Gleason and Sean Stephenson -- Contributions of international investment law to the Sustainable Development Goals / Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger, Ted Gleason and Tooba Shahzad -- Definitions of investment and investors / Stefanie Schacherer and August Reinisch -- Impact assessment of investment agreements for sustainable development / Markus W. Gehring and Christoph U. Priess -- Advances in investment screening under EU law / Steffen Hindelang and Andreas Moberg -- Full protection and security and environmental considerations / Ulyana Bardyn and Levon Golendukhin -- Public interest measures, expropriation and sustainable development / Ted Gleason -- Proportionality, standards of investment protection, and sustainable development / Gebhard Bücheler and Eric Belgorodski -- Substantive standards and sustainable development as a sword and shield / Jeff Sullivan KC and Stephanie Collins -- Investment instruments in treaties on SDGs 2 (zero hunger) and 6 (water) / Damilola Olawuyi and Alex Oche -- Safeguarding global public health standards while protecting foreign investment, in pursuit of SDG 3 (health) / Freya Baetens -- Claims, third-party funding and SDGs 5 (gender) and 16 (justice and governance) / Annie Lespérance, Dana MacGrath and Gian Marco Solas -- Achieving SDG 7 (clean energy) through international investment law, and beyond / Avidan Kent -- Investment treaties and SDGs 8 (work), 9 (infrastructure) and 11 (cities) / J. Anthony VanDuzer -- Investment treaties and SDG 13 (climate action) / Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger, Markus W. Gehring, Marios Tokas, Javiera Cáceres Bustamante and Matheus Frederico Paes Garcia -- Sustainable development and international trade and investment: pathways for future ambition on SDGs 13 (climate action), 14 (oceans), and 15 (biodiversity) / Freedom-Kai Phillips -- International investment, SDG 16 (justice and governance) and trade regimes / Alexandra R. Harrington -- Crafting more sustainable investor-state dispute settlement procedures through the UNCITRAL ISDS reform process / Susanna Kam -- The contribution of international financial institutions to international sustainable development law / Johanna Aleria P. Lorenzo -- Implementation of Belt and Road investments and sustainable development across Asia / Manjiao Chi and Yueming Yan -- Considering foreign investment in light of the sustainable development goals / Kabir A.N. Duggal -- Conclusions and future directions / Ted Gleason, Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger and Sean Stephenson.