The EU could have held companies accountable for harming their workers, polluting the environment and violating human rights by implementing powerful corporate sustainability legislation. For a while this seemed possible when the Commission introduced its Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), which was adopted in 2024. It could have led to tangible protections for people …
Joint-statement: Von der Leyen follows industry-dictated “shadow roadmap” ahead of EU leaders retreat
A coalition of major civil society organisations issued a joint declaration to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, indicating that the EU Commission is prioritising a “shadow roadmap” of industry-led deregulation over democratic and environmental safeguards. The warning comes as President von der Leyen prepares for a high-level meeting on 11 February with CEFIC, …
Selling Nature: the EU’s role in creating markets for biodiversity
As the ecological crisis accelerates, the EU is promoting “nature credits” as a supposed solution – inviting markets to help fix what markets have helped destroy. Forests, wetlands, coastlines and farmlands are being reframed as financial assets: quantified, packaged and traded. This new report published with the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation investigates the European Commission’s plans, …
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Open letter: Resist Trump’s fossil-fuelled imperialism
Stand in solidarity with Latin America and Greenland! Following Trump’s strikes on Venezuela and his escalating threats to Greenland, we have joined 124 European and international civil society groups in sending a letter to leaders across Europe, urgeing them to cancel negotiating and implementing the US-EU trade deal, as well as reducing reliance on American …
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Defending Greenland = defending democracy, climate action and communities
As an organisation working for resource justice, human rights and environmental protection, we cannot remain silent when geopolitical power plays threaten people, ecosystems and international law. The attempt by the US administration to assert control over Greenland is not only a blatant violation of the right to self-determination, but a dangerous example of extractivism and …
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Big Brother is Feeding You
The corporate digital takeover of farming As farmers face increasing economic pressure and rising climate impacts, Big Agri and BigTech corporations are working jointly to sell them a new techno-fix: the digitalisation of farming through platformisation and artificial intelligence. Digital farming is set to reinforce corporate monopolies and market control, solidifying multinationalsʼ power at the …
