System change, resistance, mobilization and an end to corporate impunity

A statement by Friends of the Earth International calling for a legally binding UN treaty to end the impunity of transnational corporations, which the organization identifies as the drivers of climate and biodiversity crises through a profit-driven system that violates human rights and destroys the environment.

• Friends of the Earth International argues that climate and biodiversity crises stem from a system prioritizing transnational corporate profit over human rights and the environment, leading to the monopolization of lands, waters, and the displacement of peoples.
• Environmental and human rights defenders, particularly peasants and indigenous women, face systematic violence, intimidation, and murder as a corporate strategy to maintain power and profit.
• The organization advocates for a legally binding UN treaty on transnational corporations, negotiated in Geneva in October 2019, to replace the 'commodification and privatization of nature' with a system based on peoples' sovereignty and justice.
• As part of the Global Campaign to Dismantle Corporate Power, seven specific demands for the UN treaty are proposed: focusing on global value chains; prioritizing human rights over trade/investment; creating direct legal obligations for corporations; extending responsibility to subsidiaries and suppliers; establishing an international court for transnationals; recognizing the rights of affected communities to reparation and the right to say no; and preventing corporate capture of the treaty process.

APA

admin (2019). System change, resistance, mobilization and an end to corporate impunity. Friends of the Earth International. https://www.foei.org/system-change-resistance-mobilization-and-an-end-to-corporate-impunity/

Chicago

admin. System change, resistance, mobilization and an end to corporate impunity. Friends of the Earth International, 2019. https://www.foei.org/system-change-resistance-mobilization-and-an-end-to-corporate-impunity/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{admin2019system, author = {admin}, title = {{System change, resistance, mobilization and an end to corporate impunity}}, publisher = {Friends of the Earth International}, year = {2019}, month = oct, url = {https://www.foei.org/system-change-resistance-mobilization-and-an-end-to-corporate-impunity/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }