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The energy transition itself carries human rights risks. If clean energy is built on compromised rights, it will not be sustainable in the long term. Photo: Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg/Getty Images
AFRICAN INDUSTRIALISATION

Clean energy must extend beyond megawatts and minerals

Renewable does not always mean responsible, which is why business and human rights needs to be at the heart of Africa’s energy future

  • Pooja Dela & Dylan Cron
5 min read
The binding treaty is one of several mechanisms that aim to curb corporate impunity. (Photo by Kyodo News via Getty Images)
BINDING TREATY NEGOTIATIONS

UN struggles to enforce corporate accountability amid global power imbalances

The binding treaty on Transnational Corporations and Human Rights, proposed by South Africa and Ecuador in 2014, is yet to be ratified

  • Charlize Tomaselli
7 min read