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Standards are treated as conditional tools, with concerns that consolidation weakens rights, defender and remedy protections.

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Blanca Racionero GómezSenior Researcher, Just Transition and Natural Resources · Business & Human Rights Resource CentreLinkedIn ↗
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Blanca Racionero GómezSenior Researcher, Just Transition and Natural Resources · Business & Human Rights Resource CentreLinkedIn ↗

Standards are treated as conditional tools, with concerns that consolidation weakens rights, defender and remedy protections.

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Attributed contributors: Blanca Racionero Gómez. “Standards are treated as conditional tools, with concerns that consolidation weakens rights, defender and remedy protections..” The Cleanest Ton: Critical Minerals, Trust, and the New Extractive Bargain. ECOSYSTEM Summit, Barcelona, 18 September 2026. Session time 19:49–21:17. https://cs-ecosystem.commonshare.workers.dev/evidence/E-ec566e44ffa2

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Standards are treated as conditional tools, with concerns that consolidation weakens rights, defender and remedy protections.

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Blanca Racionero GómezSenior Researcher, Just Transition and Natural Resources · Business & Human Rights Resource CentreLinkedIn ↗

Proposed mechanism: Evaluate substantive protections rather than assuming one consolidated standard is stronger.

Conditions: Robust standards and independent due diligence.

Limit: Critique of a draft; underlying text not independently reviewed.

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