Our key takeaway: Reporting on due diligence in minerals supply chains is becoming more common among companies across sectors but the quality of this reporting is patchy, especially in the areas requiring the most effort by companies (identifying and responding to risks). This shows that there is mixed uptake of the OECD Minerals Guidance and … Continue reading Company minerals due diligence reporting shows some progress, but there are still gaps between policy and implementation
Human rights and environmental due diligence is a key tool to fight growing threats to defenders
Our key takeaway: Attacks against human rights and environmental defenders, ranging from legal intimidation to threats to violence to murder, are still on the rise globally. Perhaps most concerning is the parallel upwards trajectory between investment in mining for transition minerals and the number of defenders attacked for speaking out against mining projects. Investors and … Continue reading Human rights and environmental due diligence is a key tool to fight growing threats to defenders
“The evidence is clear: The time for action is now” – IPCC, 2022
Our key takeaway: Limiting global warming to 1.5°C is possible. But there are only three years left for us to take the actions needed to enable the deep emissions reductions needed across all sectors. The IPCC sets out the way in which the systems need to transform to enable us to stay on the safer … Continue reading “The evidence is clear: The time for action is now” – IPCC, 2022
We need to explore the new frontier of just transition litigation
We need to explore the new frontier of just transition litigation Our key takeaway: The use of human rights in climate change litigation is on the rise. We are seeing a growing number of rights-based claims against states and public authorities, but also increasingly companies. These cases are expecting corporate actors to undertake climate change … Continue reading We need to explore the new frontier of just transition litigation
We need a rights-based approach to reducing environmental contamination, one that privileges the most at-risk groups.
We need a rights-based approach to reducing environmental contamination, one that privileges the most at-risk groups. Our key takeaway: Pollution and waste are harming a growing number of people. The UN Special Rapporteur on the right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment highlights a striking statistic: one in six deaths in the world … Continue reading We need a rights-based approach to reducing environmental contamination, one that privileges the most at-risk groups.
Renewable energy projects need human rights due diligence, too
Renewable energy projects need human rights due diligence, too Our key takeaway: The rapid trajectory of climate change is sparking a rush towards investment and deployment of new renewable energy projects. But investors, developers and governments need to make sure that the benefits of a renewable energy transition don’t come at the expense of the … Continue reading Renewable energy projects need human rights due diligence, too
“Yes, you know. Everyone knows, but no one acts.”
Anna Triponel, 23 March 2022 The following captures the closing remarks delivered at the conference ‘Turning aspirations into reality - Go Green, Be Ethical and Protect your Company’ co-hosted by Clyde & Co LLP and Queen Mary, University of London in London on 23 March 2022. There’s a line at the beginning of … Continue reading “Yes, you know. Everyone knows, but no one acts.”
Forest health and human health are inextricably linked: we need a systems approach to conserving and promoting the health benefits of forests
Forest health and human health are inextricably linked: we need a systems approach to conserving and promoting the health benefits of forests Our key takeaway: There is ample evidence that forests provide essential benefits to human health. Forests provide water, food and medicinal plants; reduce the spread of infectious diseases; mitigate the health impacts from … Continue reading Forest health and human health are inextricably linked: we need a systems approach to conserving and promoting the health benefits of forests
This proxy season, companies should be on the look-out for new angles on traditional ESG resolutions—especially those that link people and planet
This proxy season, companies should be on the look-out for new angles on traditional ESG resolutions—especially those that link people and planet Our key takeaway: We’re seeing the usual suspects raised in shareholder ESG proposals during the 2022 proxy season, but they are joined by proposals that take a different angle on traditional ESG topics. … Continue reading This proxy season, companies should be on the look-out for new angles on traditional ESG resolutions—especially those that link people and planet
The EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive needs to come closer to the international standards it seeks to build on and enable the opportunity for systemic transformation of business models
The EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive needs to come closer to the international standards it seeks to build on and enable the opportunity for systemic transformation of business models Our key takeaway: EU Justice Commissioner Reynders has made clear that the EU CSDD Directive is a baseline, and that Member States can choose to … Continue reading The EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive needs to come closer to the international standards it seeks to build on and enable the opportunity for systemic transformation of business models