"We consider the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights in all our activities."
Márcia Balisciano, Global Head of Corporate Responsibility, RELX (2023)
Scientists who began a dialogue with Elsevier about its facilitation of new fossil fuel projects have announced a UN-based Grievance Mechanism, which can include anyone wishing to address Elsevier's negative impacts. Learn more and decide if you or your organization care to be involved.
Scientists who began a dialogue with Elsevier about its facilitation of new fossil fuel projects have announced a UN-based Grievance Mechanism process, something that can include anyone wishing to address Elsevier's negative impacts. Learn more and decide if you or your organization care to be involved.
Elsevier and its parent company RELX have disregarded the human rights impacts of accelerating fossil fuel discoveries for years. In 2021, employees pointed to the company’s neglect of its UNGP human rights obligations, just as scientist groups did in 2022—and as the UN has done with other companies still facilitating fossil fuel expansion, indicating complicity in "significantly worsened climate change-related human rights impacts." A Grievance Mechanism can involve anyone seeking to generate mitigation and access to remedy. All voices are welcome and needed in such a process—will you lend yours?
The company is neglecting its climate & ethics pledges by promoting fossil fuel expansion and misinformation.
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The Grievance Mechanism is open to all stakeholders potentially impacted by the company's business activity.
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Concerns have long been raised by scientists, organizations, and the company's employees and customers.
Learn more"We consider the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights in all our activities."
"If this were the case, Elsevier would be 'discontinuing activities with potentially adverse climate change-related human rights impacts'…We are concerned that RELX/Elsevier is not living up to its ethical commitments.”
"We have to keep fossil fuels in the ground…life on Earth really does depend on how fast we can do this…There’s no more room [in the carbon budget] for fossil fuel expansion.”
“We may disagree because the world still needs fossil fuels...We do provide data and analytics and information” for customers engaged in fossil fuel expansion.
