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Germany’s top politicians, companies throw weight behind green stimulus
Author: Julian Wettengel, Clean Energy Wire
Top politicians from Germany and more than 60 large companies have warned that the climate crisis must continue to be a top priority, even as the world economies grapple with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Ahead of this week’s digital...
New company survey & report urges European companies & states to step up efforts to identify & address risks to defenders
Human rights and environmental defenders play a key role in holding companies and states accountable for business-related human rights violations and environmental degradation. However, defenders are increasingly defamed, harassed and killed for...
Author: Kathrin Witsch, Handelsblatt
"Deutsche Konzerne geraten wegen Kohleimporten aus Russland in Erklärungsnot", 4 Nov 2019...
- Related in-depth areas: Neuigkeiten zu Menschenrechtsaktivisten
- Related companies: Energie Baden-Wuerttemberg (EnBW) RWE STEAG Uniper Vattenfall
Author: Lorène Lavocat, Reporterre
« Ceta, Mercosur : les accords de libre-échange donnent le pouvoir aux multinationales », 3 juillet 2019...
- Related in-depth areas: Latest news on ISDS
- Related companies: Vattenfall
Author: CorA-Netzwerk
Anlässlich des Auftakts des Weltwirtschaftsforums in Davos starten heute über 150 Nichtregierungsorganisationen aus 23 EU-Mitgliedsstaaten eine gemeinsame Kampagne gegen Konzernklagerechte (Investor State Dispute Settlement, ISDS) und für...
- Related in-depth areas: Neuigkeiten zum völkerrechtlichen Vertrag Völkerrechtliches Abkommen
- Related companies: KiK Vattenfall
Report shows human rights defenders in extractive sectors are particularly vulnerable & makes recommendations to states & cos.
Report from Forum Syd shows that threats and violence against human rights defenders, focusing on extractive industries, have escalated in many parts of the world. The report examines the links between extractive industries and shrinking civic space....
Liberia: New report calls on Swedish co's to address & remedy human rights impacts following their exit from bioenergy project; incl. co comments
Shortly after the exit of Swedish companies Vattenfall and Swedfund from a bioenergy venture in Liberia 2012, the project collapsed. According to Swedwatch and several other NGOs, the investors left without an exit strategy and without conducting...
Swedish energy firm Vattenfall conducts “first” analysis of human rights risks of sourcing from Colombia
Author: Vattenfall
“New report on human rights risks in Colombia” – 07 November 2017...
- Related in-depth areas: Latest news on human rights defenders Latest news on natural resources Mitigation Positive company initiatives
- Related companies: Anglo American BHP Billiton Cerrejón Coal (joint venture Anglo American, BHP Billiton, Glencore) Colombia Natural Resources, CNR (part of Murray Energy) Drummond Glencore Prodeco (part of Glencore) Vattenfall