cover image: What do the EU’s new rules on corporate due diligence mean for Sámi rights and mining in Sweden?

What do the EU’s new rules on corporate due diligence mean for Sámi rights and mining in Sweden?

4 Nov 2024

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The new EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive introduces new human rights obligations for large businesses. This concise analysis evaluates how the new rules will affect mining projects in Sweden and the livelihoods of Indigenous Sámi reindeer herding communities. As an illustrative case, it considers the plans of Swedish mining company LKAB to mine Europe’s largest known deposit of rare earth elements near Giron/Kiruna.
minerals land:land use sei headquarters economy:business sweden , eu

Authors

Carlo Mazzoleni, Rasmus Kløcker Larsen

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.51414/sei2024.042
Pages
18
Published in
Sweden

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