Liberemos a la ONU de la cooptación empresarial

The document examines the increasing influence of multinational corporations within the UN, specifically regarding the 'Green Economy', 'Sustainable Energy for All' (SE4ALL), the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), water policies, and the UN Global Compact. It contends that these partnerships lead to 'greenwashing' and the commodification of nature and water, while marginalizing civil society and the rights of the poor.

• The 'Green Economy' concept promoted by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) is criticized for relying on a market-based approach that treats nature as a commodity to be quantified and priced, which the report claims ignores the root causes of the ecological crisis.
• The 'Sustainable Energy for All' (SE4ALL) initiative is described as lacking democratic accountability, with a High-Level Group dominated by representatives from multinational companies and fossil fuel interests, including executives from BP, Shell, and Statoil.
• The UN's water policies are being influenced by private sector interests seeking to transform water into a tradable commodity and financial product, which threatens the universal human right to water and sanitation.
• The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is being pushed toward a market-based approach, such as the proposed Green Development Mechanism (GDM), which would allow companies to trade biodiversity credits to offset environmental damage.
• The UN Global Compact is characterized as a 'blue-washing' tool because it is a voluntary initiative without sanctions for non-compliance, allowing companies to improve their image without changing their behavior regarding human rights or environmental abuses.
• The report identifies a trend where UN agencies are increasingly dependent on private sector funding and where officials move between the UN and the private sector, creating a conflict of interest.

APA

de Clerck, P., Cingotti, N., Ortiz, L., Slob, B., Rojas, I., Drago, M., Hoedeman, O., Clifton, S.-J., & Naidoo, A. (2012). Liberemos a la ONU de la cooptación empresarial. Friends of the Earth International. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Reclaim-the-UN-Spanish.pdf

Chicago

de Clerck, Paul, Natacha Cingotti, Lucía Ortiz, Bart Slob, Isaac Rojas, Martín Drago, Olivier Hoedeman, Sarah-Jayne Clifton, and Anil Naidoo. Liberemos a la ONU de la cooptación empresarial. Friends of the Earth International, 2012. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Reclaim-the-UN-Spanish.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{declerck2012liberemos, author = {de Clerck, Paul and Cingotti, Natacha and Ortiz, Lucía and Slob, Bart and Rojas, Isaac and Drago, Martín and Hoedeman, Olivier and Clifton, Sarah-Jayne and Naidoo, Anil}, title = {{Liberemos a la ONU de la cooptación empresarial}}, institution = {Friends of the Earth International}, year = {2012}, url = {https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Reclaim-the-UN-Spanish.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }