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Strengthening human rights and environmental protection through raw material chapters

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Strengthening human rights and environmental protection through raw material chapters

From Fabian Flues / 27.05.2020 Comments Disabled

How trade agreements could strengthen human rights and environmental protection in the raw materials sector Environmental degradation and human rights violations are commonplace in the extraction of raw materials. Nevertheless, the European Union's trade treaties are exclusively...

Stumbling trap for climate protection

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Stumbling trap for climate protection

From Merle Groneweg / 20.02.2020 Comments Disabled

How the Energy Charter Treaty Endangers Ambitious Climate Policy To Limit Global Temperature Rise, It Is Necessary to Reach Over 80 Countries% to keep the known reserves of fossil fuels in the ground. However, companies continue to invest...

Supply chain responsibility: China's Role in Debate and Standard-Setting

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Supply chain responsibility: China's Role in Debate and Standard-Setting

From Merle Groneweg and Michael Reckordt / 30.12.2019 Comments Disabled

The debate on binding human rights and environmental protection along the entire supply chain has gained momentum. Internationally, as well as in Germany, legal regulations are being debated. In the dispute comes a [...]

Land grabbing for German cars

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Land grabbing for German cars

From Michael Reckordt / 19.12.2019 Comments Disabled

How a mining company violates human rights during bauxite mining in Guinea The Federal Government guarantees in Guinea for the expansion of a mine for a million loan. 13 villages are affected by the negative effects of these [...]

New chapters on raw materials in EU trade agreements – a stocktaking exercise

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New chapters on raw materials in EU trade agreements – a stocktaking exercise

From Merle Groneweg / 04.07.2019 Comments Disabled

Impact on the environment, human rights and economic development With new chapters on raw materials and energy, the EU Commission wants to ensure the best possible access to these important imported goods for European companies. In the meantime...

Traffic change now!

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Traffic change now!

From Merle Groneweg / 19.09.2018 Comments Disabled

The car, once the status symbol of the Germans par excellence, is in crisis. And that's a good thing. This facilitates the urgently needed departure from motorised private transport, without which a sustainable transport transition is not possible.

Overexploitation in the raw materials sector

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Overexploitation in the raw materials sector

From editorial / 25.10.2017 Comments Disabled

How corporations enforce their interests with investor lawsuits In the newly published factsheet: "Predation in the raw materials sector - how corporations enforce their interests with investor lawsuits" is all about investors suing states. [...]

Ressourcenfluch 4.0

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Ressourcenfluch 4.0

From Michael Reckordt / 16.02.2017 Comments Disabled

Die sozialen und ökologischen Auswirkungen von Industrie 4.0 auf den Rohstoffsektor In den letzten Jahren kommt kaum ein industriepolitischer Artikel ohne den Begriff „Industrie 4.0“ aus. „Industrie 4.0“ soll deutlich […]