58 Peabody,235 Repsol,236 and Rio Tinto.237 Three (3) of these companies, BHP Billiton, Freeport-McMoRan Inc, and Glencore did not respond to the Commission’s Order. Respondents that claim to be committed to respecting human rights should, at the very least, answer the Petition. IV. RESPONDENTS MUST SUBMIT PLANS ON HOW HUMAN RIGHTS INFRINGEMENTS RESULTING FROM THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE WILL BE ELIMINATED, REMEDIED, OR PREVENTED IN THE FUTURE 4.1. As observed, the information from respondents based on their submissions and published human rights statements and climate change commitments are not the plans and actions that petitioners envisioned as acceptable and adequate to address the human rights implications of climate change. To aid the Honorable Commission in the conduct of the national public inquiry, specifically the forthcoming public hearings, petitioners respectfully ask respondents to submit relevant information and evidence regarding their corporate commitments, plans and actions on climate change and human rights including, but not limited to: 235 (i) all policies and procedures, associated with the companies’ operations, products, and plans, on assessing, preventing, and remedying of human rights impacts resulting from climate change; (ii) all commitments and policies on climate change in order to demonstrate their alignment with States’ commitments in the Paris Agreement and their human rights responsibilities; (iii) the energy and fossil fuel demand forecasts used to determine business strategy; (iv) strategies and plans for aligning their business operations with a world where global temperature increase is limited to 1.5°C or held to well below 2°C; and (v) company policies and procedures governing lobbying, both direct and indirect, and grassroots lobbying communications on domestic climate related legislation and international policy including the companies’ positions on specific climate related measures including: (a) climate science and research, (b) renewable energy targets; (c) vehicle fuel efficiency standards; (d) fossil fuel production and consumption subsidies including Peabody, Statement dated 20 October 2016, op cit. Repsol S.A., Letter to BHRRC, op cit. 237 Rio Tinto London Ltd, op cit. 236

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