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