El Tratado Vinculante sobre empresas transnacionales y derechos humanos: un paso decisivo hacia la justicia climática

Friends of the Earth International argues that transnational corporations drive the climate crisis through legal loopholes and voluntary codes of conduct. The organization advocates for a UN Binding Treaty that establishes legally enforceable obligations for companies to prevent environmental harm, recognize the right to a healthy environment as a human right, and provide full reparations for ecological damage, moving beyond corporate self-regulation and 'greenwashing'.

• The proposed UN Binding Treaty must explicitly recognize the human right to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment, treating environmental damage—including climate change, pollution, and biodiversity loss—as a direct violation of human rights.
• Transnational corporations should be legally required to prevent environmental harm across their entire global value chains, including responsibility for both direct and indirect pollutant emissions.
• States must mandate binding measures for corporations, such as halting projects with imminent risks, requiring independent impact assessments, and ensuring the free, prior, and informed consent of local communities and Indigenous Peoples, as voluntary due diligence plans are insufficient.
• Corporate accountability must include full reparations that go beyond financial payments to encompass ecological restoration, compensation for affected communities, and guarantees of non-repetition.
• The Treaty should prevent companies from using sustainability language or Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) programs to avoid responsibility, which the document characterizes as 'greenwashing'.

APA

Soares, A., Paranhos, L., Villareal, A., Fandel, G., Blanco, C., Wulf, F., Alderete, G., Renaud, J., Fajardo, P., Mamlouk, R., van Bokhorst, W., & Kyte, W. (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/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/ES-Binding-Treaty-Climate-reccs-2-2.pdf

Chicago

Soares, Andressa, Letícia Paranhos, Alberto Villareal, Ghislaine Fandel, Carmen Blanco, Friedrich Wulf, Giuliana Alderete, et al. 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/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/ES-Binding-Treaty-Climate-reccs-2-2.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{soares2025tratado, author = {Soares, Andressa and Paranhos, Letícia and Villareal, Alberto and Fandel, Ghislaine and Blanco, Carmen and Wulf, Friedrich and Alderete, Giuliana and Renaud, Juliette and Fajardo, Pablo and Mamlouk, Roula and van Bokhorst, Wilco and Kyte, William}, title = {{El Tratado Vinculante sobre empresas transnacionales y derechos humanos: un paso decisivo hacia la justicia climática}}, institution = {Friends of the Earth International}, year = {2025}, month = oct, url = {https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/ES-Binding-Treaty-Climate-reccs-2-2.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }