...The choice of Caucaia is no accident. Several undersea cables carry data from the nearby capital of Ceará state, Fortaleza ...

I am not going anywhere fast – I have committed to the Board to stay as Executive Director until our Board has recruited and ...

"We are facing a direct confrontation between major transnational corporations and states. Transnationals are interfering in the fundamental political, economic and military decisions of states.

The urgency to fight the climate crisis is driving a global scramble to extract the transition minerals required to power vast solar operations, wind farms, and transport electrification at enormous ...

Climate change is the biggest risk to human rights. Meeting its challenge requires unprecedented roll-out of renewable energy projects across all regions in the coming years and decades. This ...

Last week, states and civil society organisations (CSOs) gathered in Geneva for the 9th session of negotiations dedicated to elaborating a legally binding instrument (LBI) on business and human rights ...

The last draft of the legally binding instrument on business and human rights was released in July 2023. While the process had some momentum until then, there has been little to no movement on the ...

The European Union (EU) Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) entered into force in July 2024... The directive has been welcomed by a wide spectrum of business enterprises, ...

To avoid climate catastrophe, renewable energy capacity must triple in the next six years. The private sector plays a critical role in this energy transition – as do Indigenous Peoples. If the ...

...A UK legal action against Barrick Gold’s subsidiaries alleging killings and injuries of local residents by police engaged for security operations at the Canadian mining giant’s North Mara gold mine ...

ExxonMobil settled Monday a long-running lawsuit brought by Aceh villagers who alleged human rights violations by Indonesian military officials providing security to the oil giant. The two sides ...

"Workers for fast fashion brands fear starvation as they fight for higher wages", November 7 2023 Garment workers making clothes in Bangladesh for UK high-street brands say they are facing starvation ...