2026 NEID Global Giving Circle: Global Movements for Corporate Accountability, Session 4

Led by NEID Global member True Costs Initiative, this giving circle will illuminate how corporate accountability efforts intersect with strengthening community-driven development and climate justice.

This session opens with an introduction to Just Transition and corporate accountability, then examines two critical pressure points where the current transition is falling short. Featuring EarthRights International and Corporate Accountability, this session opens with an introduction to Just Transition and corporate accountability, then examines how a just transition requires both more justice and more transition.

The green economy is neither just enough nor transitioning enough. Social and economic equity remain an afterthought for the communities most affected, while extractive industries continue largely unchecked. Rare earth mining puts this in sharp relief: who bears the costs, whose stories get told, and how communications and media can shift the narrative.

At the same time, any honest accounting…