Friends of the Earth International

Negotiations toward a UN #BindingTreaty on transnational corporations and Human Rights carry on. We believe in People Power and stand in solidarity with the peoples and movements who built this space and to whom it belongs. With a strong Binding Treaty, we're calling #Checkmate on corporate power.

After one week at #COP17, major issues are still not addressed. Thanks to our team, the elephants in the room have now been made visible in the COP. Read our report to learn about the structures that need to be changed to save biodiversity.
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We are at #COP17 to remind negotiators that debt-for-nature swaps are a trap. Proponents sell them as a solution to environmental destruction & a way for countries in the global South to alleviate their debt. This is not the case, find out what they really are: www.foei.org/publication/...

We are at #COP17 with an important delegation to bring to the table critical issues that are being left unresolved. We call for more attention to what is currently insufficient, what is going in the wrong direction and what is moving from the discussions. www.foei.org/publication/...

⚡PRESS RELEASE Strong UN Binding Treaty on the horizon as negotiations close The 12th session of negotiations for a United Nations Binding Treaty on Human Rights and transnational corporations has closed in Geneva, Switzerland. www.foei.org/strong-bindi...

Transnational corporations are violating Human Rights all over the world, not only on land but at sea. Ravindranath Dabare (CJE / FoE Sri Lanka) explains the X-Press Pearl disaster and the struggle for justice. For communities and environmental justice, we demand a strong, legally #BindingTreaty

Transnational corporations like Chevron, Total, Mekorot and Palantir are complicit in ecocide and the genocide against the Palestinian people. These TNCs have shown egregious disregard for life, and communities need access to justice. A strong #BindingTreaty will be a #Checkmate on corporate power.

⚡PRESS RELEASE UN Binding Treaty negotiations kick off as Checkmate on corporate power nears Talks for a #BindingTreaty to hold transnational corporations accountable for their #HumanRights violations and ensure affected communities have access to justice are underway www.foei.org/binding-trea...

UN #BindingTreaty talks have kicked off! We're with @stoptncimpunity.bsky.social demanding a strong Treaty that ends impunity and ensures communities on the frontlines of corporate power, whose rights have been violated, have access to justice Follow along as we call #Checkmate on corporate power!

⚡PRESS RELEASE Checkmate campaign launches ahead of Binding Treaty negotiations at the UN, bringing together millions Movements, unions, Indigenous Peoples and affected communities are coming together to demand a strong, legally #BindingTreaty bit.ly/4AZBy7J

🚨 UN Treaty Could Mean Justice for Communities Affected by Corporate Power Corporate human rights regulation must reflect the reality of corporate power. We need a #BindingTreaty Read FoEI's Economic Justice programme co-coordinator Letícia Paranhos's op-ed in @commondreams.org bit.ly/4hPeG1L

Pari Islanders’ case against cement corporation Holcim was declared admissible by a Swiss court, a key step toward holding transnational corporations accountable for their role in the climate crisis. We stand in solidarity with communities fighting for #ClimateJustice✊🏽 www.foei.org/victory/pari...

Total has built a neocolonial empire around the extraction of fossil fuels That's why movements and orgs like FoEI, JA!/FoE Mozambique, @amisdelaterre.org and those on the frontlines of corporate power are calling for a #BindingTreaty on transnational corporations and #HumanRights bit.ly/4ibdbvl

On September 29, SAM - Friends of the Earth Malaysia President Meena Raman arrived in Miri, Sarawak, only to be told she had been banned from entry, and was then escorted back to the plane on a flight back to Kuala Lumpur. No reason was given. Solidarity with SAM and Meena. More information:

All over the world, monoculture plantations leave local communities without land, rights, and hope for a better future. On this International Day of Struggle Against Monoculture Tree Plantations, we stand in solidarity with affected communities and call out the expansion of these plantations.

Today marks the start of the Berta Cáceres International Feminist Organising School (IFOS) in Nairobi, Kenya. Hundreds of grassroots African, Black and Indigenous feminists, are gathering until 15 September for the first edition of the IFOS in Africa. More: www.foei.org/charting-pat...

The Berta Cáceres International Feminist Organising School begins on Friday in Nairobi, Kenya. “We learn how to organise ourselves as a movement and to weave our political proposals together,” said Mercedes Gould, from Friends of the Earth Latin America and the Caribbean.

The struggle of communities affected by Chevron in the Ecuadorian Amazon will be featured at the Berta Cáceres International Feminist Organising School (IFOS) in Nairobi, Kenya 11-15/9. “The only thing left for us is unity. It is about women standing together, so that we can resist.”

Chevron is more than a fossil fuel corporation. It is part of a global system that puts profit over peoples, human rights and the planet. Together with @udapt.bsky.social, @stoptncimpunity.bsky.social and others, we continue the struggle against corporate impunity and for #ClimateJustice

The Global Biodiversity Framework remains largely ineffective. Nele Marien, our Forests & Biodiversity programme coord, reflects on the subsidiary body of the Convention on Biological Diversity meeting Developing countries need funding and the GBF must finally address the root causes of the crisis

Two irreplaceable people have been taken from us. Esther and Javier dedicated their lives to defending their land and the rights of its people. Javier was one of the leaders of La Vía Campesina who guided us in our Food Sovereignty work. May the earth rest lightly on you.

We are celebrating the launch of a Common Political Action Agenda on Food Sovereignty and towards system change! The #NyeleniForum has brought together grassroots movements from all regions of the world to build a united front against fascism and corporate power. www.foei.org/victory/move...

Soon, the Chair will release a new "no surprises" draft text. Our message to negotiators: the mandate is to end plastic pollution. The majority of countries are ready to deliver on that mandate. Keep going and don't settle for less. Full statement: bit.ly/4vbnx2C

Les communautés pastorales ont joué un rôle crucial dans la production alimentaire et la préservation de la biodiversité. Elles sont aujourd’hui confrontées à de graves défis. Le Bulletin Nyéléni diffuse l’Agenda d’action politique commun du 3e Forum mondial Nyéléni. nyeleni.org/fr/category/...

Pastoralist communities have played a crucial role in food production and the protection of biodiversity. Today, they face serious challenges. The Nyéléni Bulletin also publicises the Common Political Action Agenda of 3rd Nyéléni Global Forum. @infonyeleni.bsky.social nyeleni.org/en/category/...

WORK WITH US! - Friends of the Earth International (FoEI) is looking for an experienced organisational development consultant. Applications until July 12, 2026. Details👇

✊We did it! The Center for Environmental Justice / Friends of the Earth Sri Lanka played a key role in the historic ruling that saw X-Press Feeders fined one billion dollars for the pollution caused by the X-Press Pearl maritime disaster 👉 www.foei.org/victory/x-pr...

GLOBAL ACTION AGAINST CHEVRON 🚫🛢️ We held demonstrations in dozens of countries to protest the impunity of the transnational oil company Chevron (formerly Texaco) and in solidarity with the affected Amazonian peoples and communities. 🌱✊🏽 In the face of devastating projects, we protect and defend life.

Israeli water company, Mekorot, profits from the systematic theft and control of Palestinian water resources as a key player in the machinery of Israeli occupation and #HumanRights violations. Read our latest blog, Water apartheid and the Palestinian struggle for justice 👇 bit.ly/4u2H8RQ

This is it. Our lawyers gave their final argument. You could feel the tension in the Supreme Court. And now, we wait… Curious what it was like inside? Read everything here: https://bit.ly/4tV2DnL

Those who destroy nature attack its defenders. Corporations continuously rely on violence to exploit new territories at the expense of human rights. In this opinion piece, Nele Marien makes the case for the need for a legally #BindingTreaty on corporations. Read here: www.foei.org/those-who-de...

On #BiodiversityDay we examine ties between biodiversity and human rights. Corporations destroy natural environments and Indigenous territories, violating the human rights of the land defenders. Profits from human rights violations and biodiversity destruction must end👇 www.foei.org/publication/...

Today, we join groups across the world standing in solidarity with the Union of People Affected by Chevron-Texaco/ Friends of the Earth Ecuador ✊ We delivered a letter to the Ecuadorian Embassy in DC to stand together with our international community. @foeint.bsky.social

Ecuador must not pay Chevron ❌ For over 30 years, Ecuadorian communities have been fighting Chevron (formerly Texaco) for polluting and appropriating their land. On this Anti-Chevron Day, we stand together with our international community to demand justice for the victims of big polluters.

Today, we join groups across the world standing in solidarity with the Union of People Affected by Chevron-Texaco/ Friends of the Earth Ecuador ✊ 🧵

Join us in our call for justice for communities affected by polluted rivers and rainforest ecosystems in the Ecuadorian Amazon. @udapt.bsky.social #indigenouscommunities #protectnature #pollution #amazonrainforest

Chevron. No crimes. No impunity. No evasion of justice Ecuador must NOT pay Chevron; it must demand that Chevron PAY those affected by environmental destruction #Solidarity action from Melbourne, Australia #DoNOTPayChevron #StopImpunity @foeint.bsky.social @udapt.bsky.social

In Ecuador, Chevron has caused severe environmental pollution and health impacts through its oil operations for decades. FoE Japan stand with affected communities. Ecuador MUST NOT PAY Chevron. ❌ #NOPagarAChevron #BastaDeImpunidad #DoNOTPayChevron @udapt.bsky.social @foeint.bsky.social

The anti-Chevron week of action is coming ✊ Transnational corporations like Chevron hide behind commercial law to defend the market and profit. In contrast, communities sustain, defend and nurture life. Ecuador MUST NOT PAY Chevron. @udapt.bsky.social #DontPayChevron #StopCorporateImpunity

Ecuador must not pay Chevron! ❌ The ruling in favour of Chevron and against Ecuador violates national sovereignty and prevents real access to justice for those affected. As we get closer and closer to the Anti-Chevron action, we reaffirm: #DontPayChevron @udapt.bsky.social

📽️GLOBAL GRAB: Mozambique's Coal and Jindal's extractive curse Justiça Ambiental / FoE Mozambique + FoEI invite you to learn about the struggle of affected communities for the right to say NO to extractivism destroying lives, ecosystems + climate for corporate profit www.youtube.com/watch?v=_s0R...

⚖️🇪🇨 The Ecuadorian courts have ruled: CHEVRON MUST COMPENSATE for the damage caused in the Ecuadorian Amazon. More than 30,000 affected people fought for over 30 years to achieve this. #EndImpunity In the days leading up to the Anti-Chevron action❌🛢️, we reaffirm #DontPayChevron

Transnational corporations are using secretive Investor-State Dispute Settlement tribunals to sue states over policies that could risk their profits ISDS threatens peoples, planet and the Feminist and Just Energy transition We've signed on to say NO to ISDS europeantradejustice.org/2026-isds-st...

⚡PRESS RELEASE First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels closes with limited progress but commitment from movements to a truly just energy transition Read here 👇 bit.ly/4cR1gkR

The only way out of today's environmental and social crises is through an anti-imperialist, feminist, and just energy transition. We've wrapped up the People's Summit and First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels in Santa Marta, but the struggle continues for a #JustTransition

We marched through Santa Marta, Colombia, to demand a Feminist and Just Energy Transition, alongside hundreds of people from across movements from around the world We're calling for an end to imperialism, all systems of oppression and internationalist solidarity for #ClimateJustice

In Santa Marta, calling for a Feminist and Just Energy Transition The energy transition must shift power, not just energy sources, so that communities can shape their own futures.

Today during the First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels, we heard from members from across the FoEI federation, calling for a truly feminist, just and anti-imperialist energy transition Read the 10 principles for an FJET discussed today 👇 bit.ly/4lJllw7

The rush for critical minerals is producing new sacrifice zones to sustain: 🏭 Overconsumption 💣 Militarism 📈 Profit-driven accumulation It's time for a Feminist and Just Energy Transition

We're in Santa Marta, Colombia, demanding a Feminist and Just Energy Transition that centres life The climate, social and environmental crises today are a result of systems of oppression that put profit above all else A just transition means #SystemChange and an end to imperialism