🚨 Out NOW: Six international banks helped mining company Nordgold raise #ESG-linked financing, but failed to address the impacts of its Lefa gold mine in Guinea. Today, an impacted community seeks urgent relocation & #Accountability.
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Recent data reveals a stark reality: Globally, 54% of the mining projects that involve minerals used in #RenewableEnergy technologies are located on or near #indigenous lands and territories.
What's the future going to be like for them?
@CSORG
https://t.co/vAYy5Pjliw
TODAY: We join 145 organisations to condemn lawsuit brought by US-sanctioned Dan Gertler against the 'Congo is Not for Sale' coalition. It targets spokesperson Jean-Claude Mputu. Anti-#corruption campaigners should not be intimidated and silenced. https://t.co/1OesAF4lH5 #SLAPPs
Aluminum’s Amazon Footprint
Deforestation, land grabs, forced labor, coal - car makers shouldn’t need any more reasons to source aluminum responsibly…
https://t.co/cgsNuTlCrC
Massive iron ore project in #Guinea poses severe human rights, environmental, and climate risks.
New @hrw press release on #mining Simandou, the world’s biggest untapped high-grade #iron ore deposit.
https://t.co/dCvi0xT8bk
Nous nous engageons à apporter un accompagnement éffectif à l'État pour la mise en place des politiques foncières accessibles, inclusives et durables !
1/2 #RDC: Le profil énergétique démontre que le pays dispose d'un énorme potentiel
énergétique et diversifier étendue sur l’ensemble du territoire et pouvant permettre de
déployer rapidement le mix #énergétique.
Malheureusement, -de 5 % de ce potentiel est exploité à ce jour
Guinea's Simandou mountains hold the largest untapped iron-ore deposit on the planet.
A consortium of China-connected companies is moving ahead with a mining plan that jeopardizes a biologically rich ecosystem in Africa.🧵
Report by @SheridanAsia: https://t.co/urIMgZYk0G
The EU’s material footprint is double a sustainable level.
Yet overconsumption is not on the agenda at #EUGreenWeek!
The EU needs to urgently reorient to a #postgrowth economy.
Here’s how to heal the disease of overconsumption
👉https://t.co/fhPWzbl4HJ
Massively increasing battery production means that we need to track down the critical raw materials needed for batteries and other energy technologies.
https://t.co/XuRqJ63o7N
THREAD ON ELECTRIC CARS, HUMAN RIGHTS, BATTERIES, TRANSITION MINERALS
EU institutions are negotiating a law on batteries. What’s that got to do with human rights?
Simandou iron ore mine developers Rio Tinto and Winning Consortium Simandou risk penalties if they don't meet Guinea's end-2024 deadline https://t.co/PjFpzKhCue
#BREAKING#UNEA5.2 today approved the proposal to create a mandate for a legally binding, global #plasticstreaty covering the full lifecycle of plastic.
Read our statement: https://t.co/ZgMx8iY6J6
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#breakfreefromplastic
Moving mining from one site to another doesn’t address the root causes of predatory extraction in the first place: the policies, everyday practices, and modes of production and consumption that require a constant stream of raw materials. https://t.co/s5b9vjbovU
Our report with @hrw shines a light on the human rights impacts of the #aluminum industry, concluding that car companies like @Daimler, @Ford, @GM, @Stellantis, @renaultgroup, & @Toyota must do more to ensure respect for human rights in their supply chain. https://t.co/D4QNdkxWyq