Companies get behind ecocide law as SEI launches its Open Business Letter

A growing number of businesses are seeing the potential benefits of the legal guardrail that an international ecocide law will afford and are joining calls to criminalise those acts which threaten the most serious environmental damage.

 Stop Ecocide International has launched an Open Business Letter calling on governments to support the recognition of ecocide at the International Criminal Court and to engage positively in the global conversation to make this a reality.  

 Sophie Dembinski, Head of Public Policy at search engine Ecosia, says: “It is in the interests of the business community to ensure a healthy commercial environment, but right now, businesses spearheading sustainable practices are at a competitive disadvantage. Setting a boundary for what is legally and morally acceptable will create a level playing field for sustainable enterprise, reward those doing the right thing and create the conditions for a regenerative economic cycle in which we can all thrive.”

 The team behind the United Nations Race to Zero recently launched a report, The Pivot Point, co-authored by over 40 expert organisations, which acknowledged ecocide law as a key driver for business action towards achieving Net Zero.

Read the Open Business Letter here

Read The Pivot Report here