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http://www.sagefundrights.org/ 03-12-2021 16:27:40
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SAGE is so excited to be with Nairobi Recylable Waste Association and CEJAD KENYA, who we have supported since 2021 (with @GAIAnobur), to improve the working conditions for waste pickers, reduce plastic pollution, and build a circular economy! More to come next week!! Thank you for hosting!
Thank you for hosting us today, KISUMU WASTE PICKERS WELFARE ASSOCIATION, and sharing your expertise on waste management! To build a circular economy, address inequality, mitigate climate change, and end plastic pollution, you have to start with community organizing. They're brilliant at it. CEJAD KENYA
CEJAD, in collaboration with the SAGE Fund, visited waste pickers from Kisumu where they deliberated on the progress made in the formalization process, the challenges they face and the opportunities available for waste pickers The SAGE Fund
CEJAD in Collaboration with The SAGE Fund is hosting a stakeholder sensitization meeting on Just Transition for waste pickers within the context of the global plastic treaty in Kisumu. We're working together to ensure a sustainable future and fair opportunities for waste
Today we joined our Indigenous allies Apib Oficial to file a complaint against BlackRock — the world's largest asset manager — for directly contributing to environmental and human rights abuses through its investments in big agribusiness (1/5) theguardian.com/environment/20…
📣 Migrant Rights wins 2024 Human Rights & Business Award at #UNForumBHR Migrant-Rights.org receives the #bizhumanrights prize for their work to advance the rights of migrant workers who make up ~90% of the Gulf workforce. Watch the video 🎥 youtube.com/watch?v=X36L31…
We are so proud of our grantee, JA! Justiça Ambiental Moçambique, who will be accepting the Right Livelihood Award tonight! The award recognizes JA's work to hold fossil fuel companies accountable for the climate and human rights impacts of LNG projects in Mozambique. Congrats to all the recipients!
Independent investigation confirms serious human rights impacts of Rio Tinto's Panguna mine. SAGE grantee, Human Rights Law Centre, and affected communities call on company to contribute to independent remedy fund and undertake formal reconciliation. youtu.be/nsBbcqdtRq0?si…
Just 2 weeks after ArcelorMittal backtracked on its climate commitments, 7 banks are helping it raise money to continue making steel with coal. Together with Fair Steel Coalition, we're calling on investors to not buy new ArcelorMittal bonds ❌💵 bit.ly/4gg3EAQ
Congratulations to the Kichwa community of Puerto Franco in the Peruvian Amazon and their allies - SAGE grantees IDL, Forest Peoples Programme and Due Process of Law Foundation - on this legal victory: the creation of the park must respect FPIC & the Kichwa must benefit from the carbon credit project!
Joan Carling Indigenous Peoples’ Rights International - IPRI Cordillera Peoples Alliance The Tenure Facility Naturskyddsförening Rainforest Foundation US We Don't Have Time Focali SIANI Sida GRAIN eyal weizman Forensic Architecture Forensis ECCHR Investigative Commons Al-Haq الحق Issa Amro عيسى عمرو 🇵🇸 CRA AmnestySverige Malachy Browne @HKW_Berlin Is development truly sustainable when it silences communities? 2024 #RightLivelihood Laureate Anabela Lemos calls for the "right to say no"—a call to protect people and the planet over profits. Watch her speech and highlights of the Award Presentation ➡️ bit.ly/3W3Jphv
ICYMI - a powerful articulation of what a just transition could look like in the steel sector, addressing carbon emissions and remedying harm to fence line communities. A grand vision from Centre for Environmental Rights. cer.org.za/news/a-just-st…