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40 human rights and environmental NGOs warn against unnecessary and harmful delays to new sustainable battery rules

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40 human rights and environmental NGOs warn against unnecessary and harmful delays to new sustainable battery rules

Von Michael Reckordt / 09.12.2021 Comments Disabled

40 human rights and environmental NGOs are concerned to see a recent Council text proposing delays of up to four years for the introduction of rules aiming at reducing batteries’ carbon footprint, a delay of two years for the phase-in of mandatory supply...

12 Arguments for a Raw Material Transition

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12 Arguments for a Raw Material Transition

Von Michael Reckordt / 15.04.2021 Comments Disabled

This booklet demonstrates the various issues connected to human rights, development and the environment caused by the extraction, the processing and the consumption of raw materials. Those problems cannot be tackled by more efficiency, better systems...

Busting myths around the Energy Charter Treaty

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Busting myths around the Energy Charter Treaty

Von Fabian Flues / 15.12.2020 Comments Disabled

A guide for concerned citizens, activists, journalists and policy makers The Energy Charter Treaty, an investment agreement for the energy sector, has recently been in the spotlight. No other treaty has been used as often by investors to sue states for...

Alternatives for the ‘Energy and Raw Materials Chapters’ in EU trade agreements

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Alternatives for the ‘Energy and Raw Materials Chapters’ in EU trade agreements

Von Fabian Flues / 27.05.2020 Comments Disabled

How trade agreements could strengthen human rights and environmental protection in the raw materials sector The European Union is one of the largest importers of raw materials, with its companies being particularly dependent on the mining of minerals...

Anchoring climate and environmental protection in EU trade agreements

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Anchoring climate and environmental protection in EU trade agreements

Von Fabian Flues / 18.05.2020 Comments Disabled

How trade agreements could contribute to a more sustainable world economy In this report, Ciaran Cross takes on the task of thinking through what it would mean to integrate effective climate and environmental provisions in a trade agreement. The starting...

Supply chain due diligence: China’s role in the international debate and setting of standards

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Supply chain due diligence: China’s role in the international debate and setting of standards

Von Merle Groneweg und Michael Reckordt / 06.01.2020 Comments Disabled

The debate on mandatory human rights supply chain due diligence is gaining momentum. Legal regulations are discussed extensively both at the international level as well as in Germany. In this debate, one country in particular is getting attention: China....

International regulatory cooperation and the public good

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International regulatory cooperation and the public good

Von Louisa Prause / 07.10.2019 Comments Disabled

How “good regulatory practices” in trade agreements erode protections for the environment, public health, workers and consumers The EU's Trade Agreement with Canada (CETA) is the first EU agreement to include a comprehensive chapter on regulatory...

The Dark Side of Digitalization:

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The Dark Side of Digitalization:

Von Merle Groneweg / 15.11.2017 Comments Disabled

Will Industry 4.0 Create New Raw Materials Demands? The digitalization of production processes, in Germany also known as Industry 4.0, promises economic growth in times of stagnation. According to business organizations and market-liberal politicians,...

Ruthless exploitation in the raw materials sector

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Ruthless exploitation in the raw materials sector

Von Michael Reckordt / 25.10.2017 Comments Disabled

How corporations are using the investment court system to enforce their interests On 14 October 2016, the Australian–Canadian mining business OceanaGold lost a USD 250 million lawsuit for compensation against El Salvador. The company had been seeking...

The Unhealthy side effects of CETA

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The Unhealthy side effects of CETA

Von Redaktion / 04.10.2017 Comments Disabled

The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between the European Union and Canada is the first trade agreement between the EU and a major world economy and the most far-reaching bilateral trade and investment agreement negotiated to date. In...