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The proposed EU law to stop corporate abuse fails to guarantee justice or make companies liable for their climate impacts After long delays, the European Commission has finally unveiled its proposal for an EU law on mandatory human rights and environmental due diligence for companies. The law is a milestone, but fails to ensure liability for …
Due diligence law leaves affected people in the lurchRead more
What to expect from the European Commission’s sustainable corporate due diligence proposal On 23 February, the European Commission will finally unveil its Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence proposal. The legislation aims to set out obligations for companies (based in or operating within the EU) to address human rights and environmental risks in their global value chains. The law …
As the tenth round of negotiations on modernising the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) gets underway this week (18-21 January), a new example of how this secretive corporate court system is undermining climate and environmental policies of EU member states has been brought to light.
Energy Charter Treaty claim pushes Slovenia to weaken fracking rulesRead more
New briefing reveals why big biotech’ lobbying tactics on new GMOs threatens biodiversity, farmers’ autonomy and consumers’ choice
The EU is failing to phase-out fossil fuels and to provide deep renovations for Europe’s energy poor fast enough, Friends of the Earth Europe said today, as new proposals aimed at reducing climate emissions were released in Brussels. The EU Commission unveiled a number of initiatives covering the energy sector and buildings. The proposals are …
Europe’s environment ministers will discuss for the first time what the planned deregulation of a new generation of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) means for nature, climate and sustainability when they meet on Monday 20 December 2021. The initial plans of EU Health Commissioner Kyriakides to erode environmental safety checks and instead promote new GMOs …
Environment ministers called on to keep new GMOs regulatedRead more
