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Brazil-UK briefing for House of Lords debate on forest risk commodities
Partner resource
A new briefing from Client Earth, “Endorsing the end of the Amazon: Critical weaknesses in the UK Government’s proposed forest risk commodities framework and how to fix them”, has been released in advance of the House of Lords debate on Forest-risk commodities this Wednesday, 15th September 2021. Prepared with the input of Brazilian organisations and...
September 13th, 2021
| by Client Earth
Brazil Indigenous Peoples roll-back of human rights
Stepping up: Protecting collective land rights through corporate due diligence
Partner resource
New human rights due diligence legislation and practices should result in positive human rights outcomes for all rightsholders. To assist policymakers and businesses in understanding key elements of effective due diligence on collective land rights, FPP has published a new guide – Stepping Up: Protecting collective land rights through corporate due diligence. The guide incorporates lessons learned from decades of experience...
June 15th, 2021
| by Forest Peoples Programme
FPIC human rights and environmental due diligence human rights defenders
Joint NGO Briefing: Due Diligence in Schedule 16 of the UK Environment Bill
Briefing
Schedule 16 in the UK’s Environment Bill seeks to tackle the UK’s contribution to global deforestation. The proposal establishes a legal framework to address the environmental footprint of the UK’s consumption of forest risk commodities by placing a due diligence requirement on companies. Given the prevalence of human rights impacts and risks associated with forest...
May 27th, 2021
| by Client Earth and Partners
Business and human rights Environment Bill Global Resource Initiative
A Material Transition
Partner resource
This report examines the potential widespread environmental destruction and human rights abuses unleashed by the extraction of transition minerals – the raw materials needed for the production of renewable energy technologies.
May 26th, 2021
| by London Mining Network and Partners
FPIC Indigenous Peoples Just transition
