foei-treaty-leaflet-with-cases-pt-with-vale-case-brazilmoz.compressed-35138fd9f8129f3e.pdf

This fact sheet by Friends of the Earth International advocates for a legally binding UN treaty to regulate transnational corporations (TNCs) and end corporate impunity for human rights and environmental abuses. It argues that voluntary corporate social responsibility codes are ineffective and that current international law disproportionately protects corporate profits over human rights.

• The document argues that voluntary self-regulation and corporate social responsibility (CSR) codes are insufficient to hold companies and their financiers accountable for abuses. It highlights that despite adopting voluntary Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) criteria, several North American and European financiers continue to provide services to companies like Wilmar International, which is accused of deforestation and forced land possession.
• The text details several cases of corporate abuse: in Nigeria, Total is accused of illegal gas flaring and land seizure in the Egi communities; in Colombia, the El Cerrejón coal mine (linked to Anglo American, Glencore Xtrata, and BHP Billiton) is cited for using 17 million liters of water daily while local residents consume only 0.7 liters; and in El Salvador, Pacific Rim (OceanaGold) used Investor-to-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) to sue the government for $301 million after the state denied an environmental license.
• The document describes the 2015 Samarco dam collapse in Mariana, Brazil, as the largest environmental crime in Brazil's history. The disaster, attributed to shareholders Vale and BHP Billiton, resulted in 17 deaths, 2 disappearances, 1,265 homeless people, and the contamination of over 500 km of the Rio Doce, affecting 35 cities in Minas Gerais and 4 in Espírito Santo.
• In Mozambique, the company Vale is accused of forcing approximately 1,300 families to relocate for coal mining in Moatize, providing inadequate resettlement housing. The document notes that the Mozambican justice system denied the Associação de Oleiros the right to sue as victims of Vale's operations in 2013.
• The document supports the creation of a legally binding UN treaty on Transnational Corporations and other business enterprises in respect of Human Rights. This effort is led by the Intergovernmental Working Group (IGWG) and is supported by over 800 organizations and governments including South Africa, Indonesia, India, China, and Ecuador.

APA

Friends of the Earth International (n.d.). foei-treaty-leaflet-with-cases-pt-with-vale-case-brazilmoz.compressed-35138fd9f8129f3e.pdf. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/FoEI-TREATY-leaflet-with-cases-PT-with-Vale-case-BrazilMoz.compressed.pdf

Chicago

Friends of the Earth International. foei-treaty-leaflet-with-cases-pt-with-vale-case-brazilmoz.compressed-35138fd9f8129f3e.pdf. n.d. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/FoEI-TREATY-leaflet-with-cases-PT-with-Vale-case-BrazilMoz.compressed.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

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