Opinion: Trócaire's Caoimhe de Barra says the EU watering down of legislation on big polluters this week was a huge disappointment.
Caoimhe de Barra Trócaire CEO THIS WEEK THE EU missed a vital opportunity to agree strict new rules aimed at ending appalling human rights and environmental abuses connected to corporate activities around the world.
In addition, the draft law leaves the inclusion of the financial sector in the legislation at the discretion of each member state, something which will lead to market fragmentation and a ‘race to the bottom’. Advertisement In my work with Trócaire, I have visited many communities around the world, who despite living next to great natural wealth, are suffering from corporate exploitation. From Honduras to Palestine to Myanmar, I have sat with many people as they have told me similar stories.
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