México: Juez ordena suspensión de hidroeléctrica por impactos negativos a...
“Juez ordena suspensión de la Hidroeléctrica Puebla 1 en favor del Pueblo Tutunaku” …[C]omunidades indígenas Nahuas y Totonacas de la Sierra Norte de Puebla levantamos la voz para exigir un alto a la...
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“Endless consequences: another victim of the World Bank & IDB’s genocidal Chixoy Dam Project in Guatemala”, 5 Jul 2016 …A terrible accident has taken the life of 9 year-old…and her mother…in the...
View ArticleCerrejon coal response
...We appreciate the BHRRC giving us the opportunity to comment on the report published by CINEP in May of 2016 titled “Mining, agrarian and environmental conflicts in southern La Guajira”. Although...
View ArticleColombia: ONG sueca critica vínculos entre Vattenfall y supuestos abusos de...
Un nuevo informe (en inglés) sobre Cerrejón (parte de Anglo American, BHP Billiton y Glencore), producido por la ONG sueca ForumSyd, se interroga acerca de los vínculos entre inversiones y la cadena...
View ArticleNew report presents 6 case studies on company efforts against modern slavery...
"Building a Fairer System: Tackling Modern Slavery in Construction Supply Chains", 13 Jul 2016 ...the built environment sector harbours many...forms of exploitation. Disguised within seemingly...
View ArticleInternational Labour Standards & CSR: Understanding workers’ rights in the...
The course aims to strengthen the capacity of participants to understand the principles of ILS as they relate to company operations (including due diligence related to labour rights) and how those...
View ArticleAldi veröffentlicht erstmals Nachhaltigkeitsbericht über...
....Die CR-Grundsätze gelten für alle Gesellschaften und Mitarbeiter von ALDI SÜD. Sie werden durch internationale Strategien für die einzelnen Handlungsfelder konkretisiert, die von den...
View ArticleShareholder litigations put spotlight on company's fraud regarding its...
"Shareholder litigation puts a spotlight on environmental risk", 12 Jul 2016 Rule 10b of the Securities Exchange Act gives shareholders the right to bring a lawsuit to recover economic loss sustained...
View ArticleUruguay : Le tribunal arbitral de la Banque mondiale donne raison au...
« Victoire judiciaire de l’Uruguay sur le cigarettier Philip Morris », 9 juillet 2016 L’Uruguay a remporté son long conflit contre le cigarettier Philip Morris, qui lui réclamait 25 millions de dollars...
View ArticleRussie : La FIFA termine les visites de contrôle des conditions de travail...
« Fin des premières visites de contrôle des conditions de travail sur les stades », 12 juillet 2016 Le système de surveillance des conditions de travail des ouvriers employés à la construction ou la...
View ArticleUganda: Allocation of forest land to private investors compromising...
"Land Grabs Continue to Destroy Uganda’s Forests" Uganda is considered one of the most beautiful countries in the African continent because of its diverse ecosystems that include natural forests,...
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"The Unholy Alliance, Five Western Donors Shape a Pro-Corporate Agenda for African Agriculture" The 2007-2008 food price crisis should have created momentum to address the root causes of food...
View ArticleHow donor countries shape corporate agenda for African agriculture
"Five Western Donors Shape a Corporate Agenda for African Agriculture" The Unholy Alliance, Five Western Donors Shape a Pro-Corporate Agenda for African Agriculture, a new report released today by the...
View ArticleAfrica: Report says putting "profit-driven corporations" in charge of food...
The Unholy Alliance, Five Western Donors Shape a Pro-Corporate Agenda for African Agriculture, a new report by the Oakland Institute, exposes how a coalition of four donor countries and the Bill and...
View Article"When Law Is Not Justice" - Professor Gayatri Spivak on how rule of law can...
[Brad Evans]: What are the implications when the promotion of human rights is left to what you have called “self-appointed entrepreneurs” and philanthropists, from individuals such as Bill Gates onto...
View ArticleUSA: Workers at Trump Taj Mahal strike over living wages, health insurance,...
"A Thousand Workers At The Trump Taj Mahal Are Still On Strike", 5 July 2016 Rajeshra Patel used to clean 14 rooms per day in her job here as a housekeeper at the Trump Taj Mahal. A couple of years...
View ArticleIndia: Bhopal organisation moves for ex-parte trial proceedings against Dow...
Leaders of all the organisations of survivors of the Union Carbide Disaster in Bhopal on Wednesday condemned the governments of both India and USA for the non appearance of any representative of Dow...
View ArticleNepal: Mental cost of migration
Like thousands of Nepali migrant workers, Ganesh Singh Dhami wanted to provide for his family when he left to work as a carpenter in Saudi Arabia last year....within three months, he was back in...
View ArticleIndia: Seven child workers rescued
The labour department on Wednesday rescued seven child labourers from three textile markets...Official said the the children were rescued from the textile shops where they were employed for organizing...
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