Memorandum for the Petitioners \ 134
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a)
Have respondent Carbon Majors assessed the potential
climate-related human rights risks that are associated with
their own activities and /or directly linked to their
operations, products, or services by their business
relationships?
b)
Have they disclosed those potential risks?
c)
Have they disclosed truthful information or have they
otherwise engaged in a campaign of systematic denial or
misinformation?
d)
Have they adopted plans to prevent those risks or to
mitigate them?
e)
Do they have policies in place to address these risks?
f)
More generally, have they applied the financial and human
resources to the best of their capacity to prevent and
address the risks associated with their activities?630
8.184. Complying with their human rights due diligence entails that
respondent Carbon Majors would produce, in consultation with relevant
stakeholders, a robust analysis of the company’s direct and indirect
greenhouse gas emissions in the context of the politically agreed 1.5°C
temperature goal in the Paris Agreement , as assessed by the IPCC in its 2018
1.5°C Special Report .631
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8. 185 . Furthermore, to meet their due diligence obligations,
respondents should describe how they will reduce emissions from their
operations and products in line with the global carbon budget implied by 1.5°C
temperature goal, at a minimum, in order to avoid infringing on human
rights.632
C.
Due diligence entails compliance
with the Task Force on Climaterelated Financial Disclosures
8.186. Human rights due diligence also means reporting, at a minimum,
on compliance with the recommendations presented by the Task Force on
Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) at the G20 conference in 2017
(TCFD recommendations). 633 The TCFD recommendations present a
Ibid.
Marjanac, S., supra note 136, p. 35.
632
Id , p. 47.
633
TCFD, supra note 160, citations omitted .
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