Abuses in Aluminum Supply Chains a Blind Spot for Car Industry
Photocredit: (c) Stefan Boness/Visum Automobile companies need to do more to address abuses in their aluminum supply chains and the bauxite mines they source from, said Inclusive Development International and Human Rights Watch in a joint report released today. Car manufacturers used nearly a fifth of all aluminum consumed worldwide in 2019 and they are […]
Report Launch Event – Aluminum: The Car Industry’s Blind Spot
Aluminum, a lightweight metal produced from a red ore known as bauxite, is a key material for car companies’ transition toward electric cars and more fuel-efficient vehicles. Yet despite aluminum’s potential benefits, bauxite mining and aluminum production can have devastating human rights and environmental consequences, from the destruction of farmland and damage to water sources […]
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Peugeot: act against land-grabs in Cambodia now
Inclusive Development International joined partners Equitable Cambodia and Mighty Earth in an open letter to Peugeot, a global automobile brand, calling on the company to use its substantial influence to ensure the return of land, restoration of degraded forests and waterways, and full compensation to Indigenous communities in Cambodia’s Ratanakiri province whose land and livelihoods […]
Lighting the path to justice: Our 2020 Annual Report
>> Download our 2020 Annual Report: Lighting the path to justice When Inclusive Development International takes on a new case supporting communities to defend their rights against a harmful corporate project, we commit for the long haul. We’re really pleased to share our 2020 Annual Report because it highlights several significant victories that have been many years in the […]
Uganda: Release human rights defender arrested while investigating impacts of Total’s oil projects
Maxwell Atuhura, a field worker for our partner organization AFIEGO (Africa Institute for Energy Governance) and fellow member of the global #StopEACOP Alliance dedicated to stopping the development of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline, was arrested along with Italian journalist Federica Marsi yesterday in Buliisa, Uganda’s oil region. The arrest occurred as they were […]
Joint Submission on the Aluminum Stewardship Initiative’s Standards Revision Process
Inclusive Development International and Human Rights Watch wrote today to the Australia-based Aluminum Stewardship Initiative (ASI) to propose revisions to its Performance Standard and auditing process. ASI is a multi-stakeholder initiative that was formed in 2015 to “recognize and collaboratively foster responsible production, sourcing and stewardship of aluminum. ” It is currently undertaking a public […]
Announcing the People’s Map of Global China
Inclusive Development International is excited to welcome the launch of The People’s Map of Global China. Using an interactive, open access, and online ‘map’ format, the map is a collaboration between nongovernmental organizations, journalists, trade unions, academics, and the public at large to provide updated and updatable information on various dimensions of Global China in their […]
Total defends the indefensible as investment decision is signed for a massive climate-destroying oil pipeline in East Africa
French oil company Total has been accused of ignoring significant human rights violations and huge environmental and climate risks as it pushed ahead yesterday with the signing of an investment decision to build the world’s longest heated crude oil pipeline through Uganda and Tanzania. Although the signing will likely see Total, the China National Offshore Oil […]
Announcement of the Bangkok South Civil Court Permitting Class Action Lawsuit against Mitr Phol
In 2020, Cambodian plaintiffs representing more than 700 farming families won a landmark appeal allowing them to move forward with their class action against Asia’s largest sugar producer, Mitr Phol. The transboundary class action Hoy Mai & Others vs. Mitr Phol Co. Ltd. is the first of its kind in Southeast Asia. The case was filed, with […]