United for corporate accountability in the steel sector.
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Environmental Human Rights Defenders (EHRDs) in the steel sector face profound physical risks residing in "sacrifice zones"—areas where contamination, systemic violence, and corporate impunity endanger predominantly marginalized populations with disproportionate impacts on women.
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5GW of gas. Higher costs. Greater climate risks. ⚠️
Civil society warns that government's gas procurement plans could undermine South Africa's Just Energy Transition and lock the country into costly fossil fuels.
#JustEnergyTransition
"In spite of the climate emergency, ArcelorMittal has suspended or cancelled as many as seven projects that were supposed to decarbonise its steel production in Europe.
Via @Disclose_ngo
disclose.ngo/en/article/arce…
Fair Steel Coalition retweeted
Three weeks. One mission: Taking the law into our own hands! ✊🏽
Today, we celebrate the Rights & Remedies #ClassOf2026! 🎓
Equipped with legal knowledge and practical tools, these activists are ready to advance environmental justice.
Learn more: rightsremedies.org.za
🧵 @BankTrack and the #FairSteelCoalition are calling on banks to temporarily suspend finance to ArcelorMittal until the company has worked with communities to provide remedy and implemented safeguards to prevent future adverse impacts from occurring.
“Despite multiple warnings and interventions to the banks financing ArcelorMittal, the situation in Liberia remains dire for communities who have had their homes, crops, and livelihoods destroyed by #ArcelorMittal.
Enough is enough, it’s time for banks to start living up to their human rights commitments.” - John Nimly Brownell, Green Advocates of Liberia.
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banktrack.org/article/banks_…
Multi-billion-dollar steel and mining enterprises use legal and financial leverage as an active mechanism of intimidation.
Deploying legal coercion, criminalization, and structural abandonment, major industry actors drain grassroots resources and enforce a pervasive chilling effect.
Read our full input to learn more!
bit.ly/4jaHi85 👈🏽
#FairSteelCoalition #HumanRightToAHealthyEnvironment
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How much CO2 does a blast furnace emit? How much more carbon does a blast furnace pump out over its extended lifespan when relined?
The new Blast Furnace Emissions Calculator from @SteelWatch2030 puts the impacts of relining decisions into context, helping estimate how much a unit, plant, or company might emit under different relining scenarios.
Eliminating coal from steelmaking is a critical challenge, but many steelmakers continue to reline blast furnaces, extending their lives by decades and locking in long-term emissions.
This calculator shows the long-term risks of extending the lives of blast furnaces, underlining the responsibility every company has to phase them out in favour of near-zero-emissions technologies.
Try it now: steelwatch.org/bf-calculator
Fair Steel Coalition retweeted
Defending #enviromentalrights is not an abuse of the law.
CER’s Pettavia Madibana and Bokang Galogakoe unpack the #constitutional questions raised by the Mabola water-use licence ruling.
Read👉news24.com/opinions/columnis…
In Buchanan #Liberia, #ArcelorMittal refused to repair houses for workers, they are refusing to repair it's footprint that weakens not only workers dignity but also, the right to a healthy environment!
There is no future for steel without dignity for workers!
Consequently, defenders coexist in environments where all substantive elements of the right to a healthy environment are severely compromised by corporate activity.
These risks are compounded by limited information access, restricted public participation, and ineffective remedies.
Read our full input to learn more!
bit.ly/4jaHi85 👈🏽
#FairSteelCoalition #HumanRightToAHealthyEnvironment #EnvironmentalHumanRightsDefenders
🧵Did you know that?
#SocialJustice relies on several key ideas:
#Equity: Recognizing that people have different needs and starting points, so giving them specific support to reach a fair outcome.
#Access: Ensuring everyone can reach vital services like healthcare, education, clean water, and jobs.
#Participation: Allowing all people to have a voice in social, economic, and political decisions.
#Rights: Protecting fundamental human rights for every person.
#Diversity: Respecting and valuing differences in race, gender, ability, and background.
#FairSteelCoalition
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From Emalahleni to Stanford. 🥳
Congratulations to CER Rights & Remedies alumna Promise Mabilo, winner of Stanford’s 2026 Bright Award for Environmental Sustainability.
A powerful recognition of community-led environmental justice.
#activism #environmentalist