Southeast Asian clean energy firms do not have policies to protect environmental defenders: report

Published on September 24, 2024

ACEN and B Grimm are among the renewables firms that lack policies to protect environment defenders in Southeast Asia, but they are the only companies with pledges to respect Indigenous peoples' rights, new analysis finds.

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