OVERCOMING CORPORATE POWER
To allow corporations to set their own rules is to reinforce the link between money and power. The impacts of the activities of transnational corporations need to be regulated to protect life, human dignity, and the autonomy of communities.
The extractivist behaviour of corporations is displayed most directly in the mining industry, but it is also interconnected with all of our areas of work as a cause of land grabbing, CO2 pollution, and unjust food systems. We are addressing these systemic overlaps with coherent policy positions.
CIDSE leverages the resources of our international network to influence processes of international and national legislation that would oblige businesses to respect human rights. At EU level, we advocate for the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) and at UN level, for the binding treaty – an international legally binding instrument to regulate the activities of transnational corporations and other business enterprises; our members push for national legislation on human rights due diligence.
CIDSE participates in spaces of exchange such as the Thematic Social Forum (TSF) on Mining and the Extractive Economy where grassroots movements have organised themselves into a dialogue around how to converge their struggles and recognise the commonalities of their injustices. Their perspectives inform our advocacy, and we support their participation in the legislative processes we are pursuing.
Stories
Publications
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Toxic Double Standards
September 26, 2024How Europe sells products deemed too dangerous for Europeans to the rest of the world Briefing PaperSeptember 2024 Highly hazardous […]
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3rd Latin American Caravan for Integral Ecology
September 17, 2024“Mining-Energy Transition: solution or sacrifice of the poor and the earth?” PRESS RELEASE The 3rd Latin American Caravan for Integral […]
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EU should ensure biodiversity conservation funding respects indigenous peoples rights
September 12, 2024JOINT PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEBrussels, September 12, 2024 Today, CIDSE, the Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience (CAWR, Coventry […]
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Protecting human rights of indigenous peoples and local communities to halt
September 12, 2024Policy Brief, September 2024 Authors: – Carsten Bockemühl, Senior Advocacy Advisor (Africa), Misereor– Priscilla Claeys, Centre for Agroecology, Water and […]
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David vs Goliath: Smallholder farmers in Colombia standing up for
September 9, 2024“This article was originally published on 20 August 2024 on the website of CAFOD, CIDSE’s member organisation in England and […]