Author: Estefania Diaz
07 Mar ProDESC’s PERSPECTIVE ON THE PUBLICATION OF THE PROPOSAL FOR A DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL ON CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY DUE DILIGENCE
The publication by the European Commission of a proposal for a directive on corporate due diligence and sustainability represents an important step for those of us who for months have been participating in consultations, forums and debates with high expectations that the proposal can crystallise...
15 Feb URGENT APPEAL: DEFENDERS OF LAND, TERRITORY AND HUMAN RIGHTS OF UNIÓN HIDALGO, OAXACA, AT RISK
[button size='large' style='' text='Download' icon='' icon_color='' link='https://drive.google.com/file/d/1imcuHWcOKKNX9WjcebflWL-v_WOvWaCm/view?usp=sharing' target='_blank' color='#ffffff' hover_color='' border_color='' hover_border_color='' background_color='#7B3C66' hover_background_color='' font_style='' font_weight='' text_align='' margin=''] AU-ProDESC: 1/2022 MEXICO CITY, 11 FEBRUARY 2022 URGENT APPEAL: DEFENDERS OF LAND, TERRITORY AND HUMAN RIGHTS OF UNIÓN HIDALGO, OAXACA, AT RISK [vc_row][vc_column width='1/2'] Alejandro Encinas Rodríguez Under Secretary for Human Rights, Population...
12 Jan Joint statement on delay to EC’s Sustainable Corporate Governance initiative
The EU’s legislative proposal for a Sustainable Corporate Governance initiative, including mandatory human rights and environmental due diligence for EU businesses across their global value chains, and improved corporate accountability, was again expected this month – and was again delayed. With no clear indication when...
11 Dec UN experts call on all EDF’s key stakeholders to uphold their human rights obligations in the development of a wind-farm in Unión Hidalgo, Mexico
- For the first time, Four UN Special Procedures have sent joint requests to the states of Mexico, France and EDF. - Special Rapporteurs acknowledged that if allegations are accurate, EDF would be complicit in human rights violations associated with the acts of its subsidiary company,...