lbi_environmental-analysis_fian_oct_2025-5278396881eb2754.pdf

The document provides legal proposals to integrate environmental rights into the LBI, emphasizing the need to hold transnational corporations accountable for environmental degradation and climate change. It advocates for the recognition of the RtHE, the inclusion of the financial and extractive sectors in the LBI's scope, and the implementation of strict liability for hazardous activities. The briefing also highlights the necessity of protecting environmental human rights defenders and ensuring that human rights obligations take primacy over trade and investment agreements.

• The briefing argues that the LBI must explicitly recognize the right to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment (RtHE) to address the 'triple planetary crisis of climate change, pollution, and biodiversity loss' driven by corporate extraction.
• The authors propose expanding the definition of 'business activities' in Article 1.4 to explicitly include 'extraction' and the financial sector, including banks, investment funds, and international financial institutions.
• The document advocates for a shift in human rights due diligence (HRDD) from a focus on mitigation to a focus on prevention, suggesting that companies should refrain from and divest from activities that carry risks of 'irreparable harm'.
• The briefing recommends that the LBI establish 'strict liability' for business activities that are inherently dangerous or occur in conflict-affected areas, meaning corporations would be held liable regardless of negligence.
• There is a call for the LBI to protect environmental human rights defenders (EHRDs) from intimidation and reprisals, noting they are 'the most at risks for the work they conduct'.
• The document argues that international human rights and environmental obligations must take primacy over conflicting provisions in international trade, investment, finance, and security agreements.

APA

Center for International Environmental Law (2025). lbi_environmental-analysis_fian_oct_2025-5278396881eb2754.pdf. https://www.ciel.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/LBI_Environmental-Analysis_FIAN_Oct_2025.pdf

Chicago

Center for International Environmental Law. lbi_environmental-analysis_fian_oct_2025-5278396881eb2754.pdf. 2025. https://www.ciel.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/LBI_Environmental-Analysis_FIAN_Oct_2025.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{centerforinternationalenvironmentallaw2025lbienvironmentalanalysisfianoct20255278396881eb2754pdf, author = {{Center for International Environmental Law}}, title = {{lbi\_environmental-analysis\_fian\_oct\_2025-5278396881eb2754.pdf}}, institution = {Center for International Environmental Law}, year = {2025}, month = sep, url = {https://www.ciel.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/LBI_Environmental-Analysis_FIAN_Oct_2025.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }