Kenya: Locals express health concerns over proposed AmuPower coal plant to...
“Lamu Coal: A much needed energy boost or cancer causing project?” …Mohammed Athman, 51, adjusts himself…[as] lawyers flip through pages from mountains of submissions tabled before them. Athman...
View ArticleKnowTheChain Apparel & Footwear Action Guide on Supply Chain Forced Labour
Following the release of KnowTheChain's apparel & footwear sector benchmark, KnowTheChain has published a guide for the sector with recommended resources and actions to address supply chain forced...
View ArticleUganda: LafargeHolcim urged to remediate for child labour in its subsidiary's...
A report by Bread for All & Twerwaneho Listeners' Club has called on LafargeHolcim to take responsibility for former child labourers who have been supplying raw materials to its Uganda subsidiary...
View ArticleKashmir Issue, Religious Conflicts ‘Risks to Investment in India’
A number of large foreign funds, managing trillions of dollars of investor assets globally, have flagged...persisting religious conflicts...and the ‘Kashmir dispute’ as potential risks to their...
View ArticleBangladesh: Rana Plaza owner, 9 others indicted for violating building code
A Dhaka court has framed charges against 10 accused including Rana Plaza owner Sohel Rana in a case filed over violation of Bangladesh National Building Code in the construction of Rana Plaza, which...
View ArticleDes fonds «responsables» donnent priorité à l’impact social et...
«Les habits neufs de l’investissement responsable», 13 mai 2017 Une nouvelle génération de fonds émerge qui donne priorité à l’évaluation de leur impact sur l’environnement et sur la...
View ArticleCivil society calls on insurance companies to stop "underwriting climate chaos"
Burning coal is the biggest contributor to climate change. If the goals of the Paris Agreement are to be met, no new coal power plants can be built and existing plants must be retired over the coming...
View ArticleMore than half of the employees that speak up about work related abuses...
"New Study Finds “More Sweatshops than Starbucks” in Chicago", 19 May Illegal abuses in low-wage workplaces are largely going unreported by workers because of a realistic expectation their bosses will...
View ArticleExecutive Summary: "Challenging the Business of Fear" report
Illinois workplaces have become dangerous and abusive sweatshops through the growing use of fear as a way of doing business…Retaliation is a constant threat deployed by employers in response to...
View ArticleAmérica Latina: Director de la FAO señala que además de problemas de uso del...
“‘Es un crimen’ que 35 millones de latinoamericanos sufran hambre” El combate contra el hambre ha sido “notablemente exitoso” en América Latina y el Caribe, pero “es un crimen” que todavía haya en el...
View Article“Amnistías e indultos a favor de las personas criminalizadas -Manifiesto INREDH”
Considerando que la Fundación Regional de Asesoría en Derechos Humanos, INREDH ha constatado que durante el periodo de gobierno 2009- 2017, el derecho a defender derechos en Ecuador ha sido...
View Article“Neves: ‘El 63% de la gente no quiere minería ni centrales nucleares’”
“Neves: ‘El 63% de la gente no quiere minería ni centrales nucleares’” El gobernador de Chubut, Mario Das Neves, sostuvo que “esta es una provincia absolutamente ambiental” al hacer alusión a la...
View Article"Rionegrinos y Chubutenses juntos contra la central nuclear”
20 de mayo de 2017 Las vecinas y vecinos auto-convocados de Sierra Grande, Las Grutas, San Antonio Oeste, Puerto Pirámides, Puerto Madryn y Trelew, reunidos aquí presentes, rechazamos y repudiamos los...
View Article“Argentina necesitará más del doble de uranio natural para las nuevas...
…Las dos nuevas centrales nucleares, cuya construcción fue acordada por el presidente Mauricio Macri en su reciente visita a China, demandarán para su funcionamiento unas 280 toneladas de uranio...
View ArticleArgentina: Comunidades locales expresan rechazo a dos centrales nucleares por...
Tras ser aceptada en el organismo nuclear de la OCDE, el gobierno de Argentina ha propuesto la construcción de dos centrales nucleares a base de uranio, con capitales chinos. Las autoridades locales y...
View ArticleAIIB should strive to decarbonize energy supply system & demonstrate its...
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is due to finalise its energy sector strategy before its annual meeting at Jeju, South Korea in June. With vested interests in the coal sector placing...
View ArticleMyanmar: Fishermen protest against access restrictions at Kyaukphyu seaport;...
"Fishermen Protest Against Kyaukphyu Seaport," 22 May 2017 Fishermen aboard 120 boats protested along the Thanzit River against the Maday Island deep seaport in Arakan State..., as authorities have...
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