Guiding Case No. 75

Guiding Case No. 75: China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation v. Ningxia Ruitai Technology Co., Ltd.

An environmental NGO may have standing even if its charter does not expressly mention environmental public interests, so long as its sustained activities and mission are substantively connected to the environmental interests in suit.

Holding

An environmental NGO may have standing even if its charter does not expressly mention environmental public interests, so long as its sustained activities and mission are substantively connected to the environmental interests in suit.

Issues

standing of environmental NGOsTengger Desert pollutionmission-claim nexus for public-interest standing