All citizens must have a fair opportunity to take ownership and benefit from participating in the energy transition. Energy communities can be a powerful tool in the transition to a more participatory and just energy transition. This would mean a new energy system in which nobody is left behind and other urgent social issues, such …
New GMOs: how big business gets control over our food
We know how to fix the world’s broken food system. We need agroecology, to respect and promote biodiversity, and centre crop resilience and knowledge-sharing. We need a system that places diversity, fairness, and balance with nature at its core. Lobby groups for new genetically modified organisms (GMOs) claim to have the answers too – but …
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Open letter to Von der Leyen: EU needs to get serious about ending corporate abuse
In early December, the EU postponed its proposal for a sustainable corporate governance law for a second time. Indicating a shocking lack of urgency from the EU. It is unacceptable that such a crucial new law, that would help millions of people to demand justice against human rights violations, and help to safeguard our environment and climate, …
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Concerns regarding the financing of the Bern Convention
European nature NGOs have addressed a letter to the Government parties of the Bern Convention to urge them to commit to nature protection by ensuring solid financing of the Convention, a unique tool of nature protection in Europe and beyond.
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Ethanol expansion under the EU-Mercosur trade deal
An EU-turn on the green transition European chemical companies are set to benefit from an increased trade in ethanol, thanks to the EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement. Portrayed as a green fuel, ethanol is primarily exported to Europe from Brazil where it is made mainly from sugarcane. But the expansion of sugarcane, a water- intensive crop, grown …
Why EU legislation and a UN instrument on corporate accountability must be complementary
Too often business activities of EU and non-EU companies cause or contribute to human rights violations and environmental destruction. Upcoming EU legislation is meant to tackle this issue but is not all encompassing. We need an additional international binding instrument that regulates the behaviour of corporations in international human rights law. The Treaty that’s currently …
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