NGOs call on EU decision-makers to ensure the upcoming Critical Raw Materials sets the bar high on social and environmental standards
'Raw materials projects must meet highest green and social standards, say NGOs', 9 February 2023
12 green NGOs write to the Commission and the Swedish Presidency of the EU, calling on them to use the Critical Raw Materials Act to ensure that the sourcing of these minerals does not replace one bad dependency with another.
Transport & Environment, Business & Human Rights Resource Centre, WWF, Friends of the Earth, European Environmental Bureau, Birdlife Europe, and big German and Spanish NGOs Deutsche Umwelthilfe and Ecologistas en Acción call for the CRM Act to do 3 things...