Fourteen business leaders in Dagens Industri

In a timely op-ed in Dagens Industri, just ahead of the annual meeting of International Criminal Court members in the Hague, fourteen Swedish business leaders encourage the Swedish government to take a pioneering role in the EU, by engaging for ecocide to be made a crime within the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court.
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Op-ed key points:

– Sweden can take a pioneering role in the EU.

– By 2026, mass environmental destruction will be criminalized in the EU as a result of implementation of the revised EU Environmental Crime Directive.

– The EU covers only 7% of the Earth’s land: a law with global reach is needed.

– To limit climate change, we need to protect nature.

– If there is to be enough food to feed a growing global population, biodiversity and unspoilt lands are needed.

– By protecting nature, we are doing ourselves a favour.

– There is strong popular support for ecocide law.

– There is considerable support in Swedish Parliament.

– Swedish businesses are already at the forefront of sustainability.

– Given popular and parliamentary support, it should be an easy step for the Swedish government to firmly back the proposal of small island nations: that the States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court should review making ecocide a fifth crime.

 

Signatories:

Johanna Lundgren Gestlöf, Sustainability Manager, SPP
Robert Dackeskog, CEO, Duni Group
Karin Bodin, CEO, Polarbrödsgruppen
Eva Karlsson, CEO, Houdini Sportswear AB
David Ekelund, CEO, Icebug AB
Fredrik Emilson, CEO, Scandinavian Enviro Systems
Jenny Edfast, CEO, Rejlers Sweden
Maria Flock Åhlander, CEO, Ekobanken medlemsbank
Jacob Steen, CEO, Brukspecialisten
Misha Istratov, CEO and Founder, Elithus AB
Anders Enetjärn, Founder, Ecogain
Johan Falk, CEO and Co-founder, Exponential Roadmap Initiative
Ingmar Rentzhog, CEO and Founder, We Don’t Have Time
Nina Macpherson, Chair, Ecocide Law Alliance

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Dagens Industri is Sweden’s leading newspaper for business.

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