What do the EU’s new rules on corporate due diligence mean for Sámi rights and mining in Sweden?
Kløcker Larsen is Senior Research Fellow and Team Lead for the Rights and Equity Team at the Stockholm Environment Institute.
Rasmus Kløcker Larsen is Senior Research Fellow and Team Lead for the Rights and Equity Team at the Stockholm Environment Institute. He is leading work package three, which explores critical raw material goal conflicts within the Mistra Mineral Governance programme.
Together with Carlo Mazzoleni, PhD Fellow in Public, Comparative and International Law, Sapienza University of Rome, he has authored an analysis which examines the new EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive — which introduces new human rights obligations for large businesses.
This 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.