El tratado vinculante sobre empresas transnacionales y derechos humanos: un paso decisivo hacia la justicia climática

Friends of the Earth International asserts that transnational corporations (TNCs) drive the climate and ecological crises while utilizing an international legal architecture to avoid accountability. The organization advocates for the UN Binding Treaty on Transnational Corporations and Human Rights as a necessary mechanism to prioritize human rights and planetary health over corporate profit. The text specifically denounces the influence of corporate lobbying groups, such as the International Organisation of Employers and the International Chamber of Commerce, which it claims seek to weaken the treaty by promoting voluntary codes of conduct and self-regulation. It emphasizes that climate justice is a human rights struggle led by affected communities, particularly in the Global South, and links the treaty's success to the broader goal of dismantling corporate power ahead of COP30.

• Transnational corporations (TNCs) have utilized a complex international legal framework—including opaque trade agreements and Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) mechanisms—to ensure impunity and avoid accountability for their role in the climate and ecological crises.
• Fossil fuel companies, despite early knowledge of climate impacts, have shifted from active denial to strategies of 'greenwashing' and delay, positioning themselves at the center of climate policy formulation to obstruct climate justice.
• Corporate lobbying entities, specifically the International Organisation of Employers (IOE) and the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), are actively working to weaken the UN Binding Treaty by advocating for non-binding, voluntary approaches and corporate self-regulation.
• Climate justice is framed as a human rights struggle, with the most severe impacts felt by Indigenous Peoples, peasants, and communities in the Global South, who are also targets of corporate violence when defending their territories.

APA

Fandel, G. (2025). El tratado vinculante sobre empresas transnacionales y derechos humanos: un paso decisivo hacia la justicia climática. Friends of the Earth International. https://www.foei.org/es/el-tratado-vinculante-y-la-justicia-climatica/

Chicago

Fandel, Ghislaine. El tratado vinculante sobre empresas transnacionales y derechos humanos: un paso decisivo hacia la justicia climática. Friends of the Earth International, 2025. https://www.foei.org/es/el-tratado-vinculante-y-la-justicia-climatica/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{fandel2025tratado, author = {Fandel, Ghislaine}, title = {{El tratado vinculante sobre empresas transnacionales y derechos humanos: un paso decisivo hacia la justicia climática}}, publisher = {Friends of the Earth International}, year = {2025}, month = jun, url = {https://www.foei.org/es/el-tratado-vinculante-y-la-justicia-climatica/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }