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With the worsening crises of climate change, biodiversity loss, and industrial levels of pollution, the need for urgent environmental action is clear. The Clean and Green Manifesto, developed in consultation with civil society groups, identifies five areas of consensus where anti-corruption efforts could help tackle environmental harm to promote an economy that is both clean
A new report by the Environmental Investigation Agency and PremiCongo raises serious concerns about pollution and public health risks linked to operations at the Tenke Fungurume Mining (TFM) site in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The report, Toxic Transition, documents large emissions of sulphur dioxide (SO₂) from TFM’s processing facilities since 2023. According to the investigation, these emissions
Rights and Accountability in Development (RAID) has made a submission to the UN Special Rapporteur on the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment, highlighting systemic failures in how Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs) are carried out and enforced in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) copper-cobalt mining region. Our submission seeks to inform
“Glencore UK’s failure to conduct proper human rights due diligence has had devastating consequences for communities living near the Badila oil field. While we welcome the NCP’s findings that Glencore UK failed to prevent these harms, it is troubling that the company is not being held accountable for remedying the damage caused. Not only does