Our Journey to 2030 Is Underway
Last week,...at the UN Global Compact Leaders Summit...[we] started our journey to 2030, by charting our way towards a world free from poverty, inequality, hunger, conflict and diminishing resources -...
View Article2016 Local SDG Pioneers
A part of the UN Global Compact’s Making Global Goals Local Business campaign, the Local SDG Pioneers programme seeks out individuals who are demonstrating how the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)...
View ArticleColombia: Presidente Santos llama nuevamente a empresarios a sumarse a los...
“Armas de las Farc se fundirán y serán monumentos en Nueva York, Cuba y Colombia” Al intervenir en el 18º Congreso Internacional de Andesco, el presidente Juan Manuel Santos anunció que las armas que...
View ArticleEcuador avanza con la iniciativa de creación de un instrumento internacional...
“Ecuador lidera la propuesta de creación de un instrumento internacional sobre transnacionales y derechos humanos” Ecuador preside el Grupo de Trabajo para la elaboración del instrumento vinculante...
View ArticlePerú: Autoridad ambiental sanciona con multa de 3.5 millones de dólares a...
“Perú sanciona con $ 3,5 millones a petrolera estatal por derrame” …La sanción impuesta por el Organismo de Evaluación y Fiscalización Ambiental (OEFA) del ministerio del Ambiente, equivale a unos 3,5...
View ArticleLeaving No One Behind: A Human Rights Approach to Combating Inequalities and...
Save the date: High-Level Political Forum side event Leaving No One Behind A Human Rights Approach to Combating Inequalities and Discrimination As economic inequality reaches a historic high,...
View ArticleThe Corruption Conversation: Blood Oil - Leif Wenar in conversation with...
Global Witness invites you to a discussion on the challenges of western oil consumption and its ties to authoritarian regimes, human rights abuses and global corruption. This is the subject of Leif...
View ArticleL’engagement « zéro déforestation » des entreprises devrait aussi comprendre...
« Comment vérifier l'engagement "zéro déforestation" des grandes firmes ? », 4 juillet 2016 Sous la pression d’ONG et de consommateurs, des géants de l’agroalimentaire s’engagent à stopper la...
View ArticleKenya: World Bank urged to apply Indigenous Peoples Policy consistently to...
"Lessons from Kenya: Why the World Bank must apply the Indigenous Peoples Policy consistently" In 2010, the World Bank approved a $330 million loan for the Kenya Electricity Expansion Program, to...
View ArticleWorld Bank to fund Southern Gas Corridor mega-pipeline in Azerbaijan & Turkey...
"World Bank set to finance criticised mega gas pipeline from Azerbaijan to Europe", 29 June 2016 Defined as “the biggest infrastructure project of our times” by the European Commission and a priority...
View ArticleHuge helium gas field discovered in Tanzania
"Huge helium gas field found in Tanzania said 'game-changer'" Researchers in Britain say they have discovered a huge helium gas field in Africa that they call a "game-changer for the future security of...
View ArticleTanzania: Analyst newly-discovered helium could ignite conflict if locals are...
A team of researchers have discovered vast helium deposit that will "game-changer for the future security of society's helium needs." However, an analyst has warned that "this new deposit threatens to...
View ArticleSerbian workers struggling with ‘widespread’ poor conditions
Government pandering to investors, inadequate labour legislation and a slow-moving judiciary are some of the reasons for widespread violations of workplace rights in Serbia, trade unions believe....
View ArticleSouth Korean firm maltreat workers in Serbia
Yura, South Korean corporation which has several factories in Serbia, has by far the worst attitude toward workers, when compared with other foreign investors in the country. Zeljko Veselinovic,...
View ArticleEl Salvador: Autoridades piden prohibición de agroquímicos por muertes e...
“Salud: agroquímicos han causado 831 muertes en 5 años”, 3 de Julio de 2016 …El debate por la prohibición de 53 agroquímicos tóxicos ha despertado de nuevo dentro de la Asamblea Legislativa, luego de...
View ArticleCosta Rica: Estudios demuestran contaminación del agua por uso de...
“Utilización de agroquímicos podría ser causa de moratoria a piñera en Zona Norte”, 29 de Junio de 2016 …Una denuncia efectuada por el diputado y ambientalista…podría ser la causa de que se aplique...
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