Interactive Dialogue with the Working Group on the Issue of Human Rights and Transnational Corporations and Other Business Enterprises

A joint statement by the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) and Earthjustice supporting a Working Group report on investors, ESG approaches, and human rights, specifically calling for mandatory disclosure laws to prevent greenwashing and the use of carbon offsets to justify fossil fuel expansion.

• The Center for International Environmental Law and Earthjustice support the Working Group's finding that investors need decision-useful data from investees regarding human rights and alignment with the Guiding Principles across ESG criteria to fulfill their responsibility to respect human rights.
• The absence of uniform global standards for transparent ESG data disclosure facilitates greenwashing, where corporations provide misleading public statements while withholding accurate impact data. This is specifically noted in the fossil fuel sector, where carbon offsets and unproven technologies are used to justify the continued expansion of oil and gas production, which the authors state merely rearranges emissions and can lead to human rights violations.
• The authors urge States to implement regulations that mandate environmental and human rights due diligence across value chains and require companies to set verifiable emissions reduction targets that do not rely on carbon offsets, while ending investment in the carbon offsetting industry.

APA

Center for International Environmental Law (2024). Interactive Dialogue with the Working Group on the Issue of Human Rights and Transnational Corporations and Other Business Enterprises. https://www.ciel.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/HRC56_statement-WG_CIEL_EJ__June-2024.pdf

Chicago

Center for International Environmental Law. Interactive Dialogue with the Working Group on the Issue of Human Rights and Transnational Corporations and Other Business Enterprises. 2024. https://www.ciel.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/HRC56_statement-WG_CIEL_EJ__June-2024.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{centerforinternationalenvironmentallaw2024interactive, author = {{Center for International Environmental Law}}, title = {{Interactive Dialogue with the Working Group on the Issue of Human Rights and Transnational Corporations and Other Business Enterprises}}, publisher = {Center for International Environmental Law}, year = {2024}, month = jun, url = {https://www.ciel.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/HRC56_statement-WG_CIEL_EJ__June-2024.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }