Every year, corporations forcibly evict millions of people without consultation or compensation. The food and agriculture sector is responsible for 74% cases in 78 countries.
10% of global destruction of forest is caused by the EU through it’s consumption of meat, dairy, soy for animal feed, palm oil, coffee and cacao.
100 fossil fuel companies, including major EU ones, are the source of 71% of the world’s emissions.
People affected by corporate human rights and environmental abuses face many hurdles in holding parent companies to account.
Every week, 4 land defenders die for standing up to corporate greed.
For example, there are around 25 million people in forced labour. 16 million of them are exploited in the private sector.
Our Priorities
We are a coalition of civil society organisations and NGOs from all over Europe working on business and human rights, corporate accountability, and corporate social responsibility.
Social Responsibility Network (NeSoVe) is a network of 21 NGOs and workers’ representatives to enhance corporate accountability by advocating for legal developments regulating corporate conduct at national, European and international level.
The National Centre for Development Cooperation (CNCD) gathers NGOs and associations working in the field of international solidarity. CNCD conducts development projects, raises awareness and carries out advocacy actions to eradicate poverty and defend a fairer and more sustainable world.
Frank Bold is a law firm solving social and environmental problems. Founded in 1995 as a student volunteer group, it is now the biggest watchdog organisation in the Czech Republic and it operates in three EU countries through six different offices. Frank Bold provides legal expertise on corporate accountability to the European institutions and it supports civil society in human rights, environmental, and anti-corruption cases.
The Danish 92 Group – Forum for Sustainable Development is a coalition of 23 Danish NGOs working on issues related to the environment and development. It monitors UN conferences, corporate social responsibility and sustainable investments at national and international level, and conducts advocacy and lobbying activities.
Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) is a research and campaign group working to expose and challenge the privileged access and influence enjoyed by corporations and their lobby groups in EU policy making.
Friends of the Earth Europe is the largest grassroots environmental network in Europe, uniting more than 30 national organisations with thousands of local groups. It works to promote environmental, social, economic and political justice and to raise public awareness by providing institutions, media and the public with regular information via campaigns, publications and events.
Finnwatch is a coalition of development and environmental organisations and trade unions. Finnwatch seeks to promote ecologically, socially and economically responsible business by monitoring the impacts of Finnish companies in developing countries. Its advocacy work is influencing public policy on corporate responsibility at both national and EU-levels.
Citizen’s Forum for Corporate Social Responsibility works on the social, environmental and societal responsibility of companies. Its action targets in particular French decision-makers, in conjunction with its counterparts at the level of the European Union.
The Corporate Accountability Network (CorA) is a network of over 50 human rights organisations, including trade unions, religious and development organisations and consumer and environmental organisations, working on corporate accountability.
In ECCJ, CorA Netzwerk is represented by Germanwatch e.V., which advocates for a political, economic and social framework that can ensure a future for people pushed to the margins of society through unbridled globalisation and whose very existence is threatened by the loss of their ecological and economic foundations of their livelihoods.
FIDH (International Federation for Human Rights) is an international human rights NGO federating 192 organisations from 117 countries, created to defend all civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights as set out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by carrying out urgent responses, investigative missions, legal actions, advocacy and public awareness campaigns.
Global Legal Action Network (GLAN) is an independent organisation made up of legal practitioners, investigative journalists and academics that identify and pursue legal actions that promote accountability for overseas human rights violations.
GLAN represents the Irish Coalition for Business and Human Rights (ICBHR) within the ECCJ.
Mani Tese is a non-governmental development organization operating at national and international levels to enhance justice and solidarity on various economic and social justice issues. Its activities include public awareness raising, advocacy and lobby, and development projects.
The Initiative for a duty of vigilance is a coalition of 16 civil society organizations in Luxembourg, including trade unions, development and international organizations, advocating for human rights, labor standards and international environmental agreements throughout the business value chain of transnational companies hosted in Luxembourg.
MVO Platform is a network of 35 Dutch civil society organisations and trade unions working together in the field of corporate social responsibility. It promotes the Dutch government’s role in ensuring companies are held accountable for their impacts as well as to guarantee the protection of victims of corporate abuses.
The Norwegian Forum for Development and Environment (ForUM) is a network of 50 development, environment, peace and human rights organizations that contributes to policymaking. Its current focus areas comprise business and development, international climate negotiations and Sustainable Development Goals.
The Polish Institute for Human Rights and Business is an independent think tank advancing the respect for human rights and sustainable development principles by Polish businesses through research, as well as educational and awareness-raising programmes.
The Corporate Social Responsibility Observatory is an independent civil society coalition dedicated to promoting corporate social responsibility policies through cooperation, research, monitoring and awareness raising.
Diakonia is a faith-based Swedish development organization. It supports and works with around 350 local partner organizations in 25 countries to ensure that more people are able to live dignified lives. Diakonia’s goal is to change unfair political, economic, social and cultural structures that generate poverty, oppression and violence.
The Swiss Coalition for Corporate Justice (SCCJ) is a coalition gathering over 70 Swiss organizations that campaign to make human rights and environmental responsibility an obligation for Swiss businesses around the globe.
The Corporate Justice Coalition has been at the forefront of UK campaigning on corporate accountability for 20 years. It brings together NGOs, academics, trade unions and legal experts to ensure that companies can be held to account for their impacts at home and abroad, and to guarantee access to justice for people adversely affected by their activity.
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The non-binding nature of #UNGPs explains governments’ failure to regulate #Rules4Corporations.
This is despite evidence that business can damage the environment & violate human rights.
🧑🤝🧑 and the 🌍 cannot afford another decade of regulatory inaction.
https://corporatejustice.org/news/justice-delayed-10-years-of-un-guiding-principles/
