International RBC Agreement for the Renewable Energy Sector

A broad coalition of solar and wind energy companies, industry associations, the Dutch government, knowledge institutions, NGOs and trade unions jointly committed themselves to making international value chains more sustainable.

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About the Agreement

Through the Agreement participating organisations join forces to identify, address and prevent human rights violations and environmental damage in renewable energy value chains.

Join us

Is your company involved in the production, manufacturing, trading, installation or distribution of wind and solar energy and would you like to have better understanding how your activities affect people, environment and biodiversity in your value chain and what you can do about it? Then joining this Agreement could help you.

Participants

A broad coalition of solar and wind energy companies, industry associations, the Dutch government, knowledge institutions, NGOs and trade unions committed themselves to the Agreement.

News

01 November 2023

Parkwind and TotalEnergies Renewables Netherlands new members IRBC Agreement for the Renewable Energy Sector

The IRBC Agreement for the Renewable Energy Sector is expanding with the companies Parkwind and TotalEnergies Renewables Netherlands as parties to the agreement. This brings the total number of companies, organisations and governments involved to 39.

06 October 2023

IRBC Agreement for the Renewable Energy Sector is expanding

The IRBC Agreement for the Renewable Energy Sector is expanding with the ABP Pension Fund as a supporting organisation and the companies SSE Renewables (The Netherlands) Holdings B.V. and Van Oord Offshore Wind as parties to the agreement. This brings the total number of companies, organisations and governments involved to 37.

06 March 2023

Renewable energy sector joins forces for sustainable value chains

Solar and wind energy companies, industry associations, the Dutch government, knowledge institutions, NGOs and trade unions will jointly commit themselves to making international value chains more sustainable. The parties have made agreements in the field of international responsible business (international RBC) in the new International RBC Agreement for the Renewable Energy Sector, which was signed today. The aim of the agreement is to jointly tackle and prevent risks in the field of human rights violations and environmental damage through cooperation.

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