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The rights researcher calls for deliberation on mineral end uses and meaningful rights-holder involvement beyond traditional CSR.

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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 ↗

The rights researcher calls for deliberation on mineral end uses and meaningful rights-holder involvement beyond traditional CSR.

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Attributed contributors: Blanca Racionero Gómez. “The rights researcher calls for deliberation on mineral end uses and meaningful rights-holder involvement beyond traditional CSR..” The Cleanest Ton: Critical Minerals, Trust, and the New Extractive Bargain. ECOSYSTEM Summit, Barcelona, 18 September 2026. Session time 34:41–35:24. https://cs-ecosystem.commonshare.workers.dev/evidence/E-71e88bfb909e

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The rights researcher calls for deliberation on mineral end uses and meaningful rights-holder involvement beyond traditional CSR.

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

Proposed mechanism: Prioritise uses and involve rights holders in project design.

Conditions: Fair negotiation, remedy and shared prosperity.

Limit: Normative priorities differ from a supply-expansion-only framing.

sufficiencydecision rightsbenefit distribution

Where it connects.

A fair material transition needs physical capacity and a debate about demand as well as credible reporting.

Standards and data can guide change, but processing capacity, feedstock, finance, incentives and who benefits remain material constraints. Sufficiency and end-use priorities challenge supply-only framings.

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