Zambia: Almost a century of lead mining and smelting has poisoned generations...
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View ArticleCurrent rift in Qatar puts business, rights of migrant workers at risk
On 5 June 2017, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Egypt severed diplomatic ties with Qatar and subsequently cut off all land, air, and sea traffic over the country's alleged support...
View ArticleAfrique: La chute du prix du cacao menace d'appauvrir les planteurs et risque...
Le rapport 2016 de la Fondation International Cocoa Initiaitive souligne que la chute du prix du cacao risque de saper les importants progrés qui ont été réalisés par l'industrie cacaoyère en faveur...
View ArticleParis climate accord divides industrial trade group
The Eastman Chemical Company -- one of the largest chemical manufacturers in the United States, which like many U.S. firms supported the Paris climate accord -- discontinued membership in one of the...
View ArticleNorway's sovereign wealth fund will ask banks in which it has invested to...
Norway's $960 billion sovereign wealth fund will ask the banks in which it has invested to disclose how their lending contributes to greenhouse gas emissions, its chief executive told Reuters on...
View ArticleMoçambique: Resposta da Portucel Moçambique
...Ao Centro de Informação sobre Empresa e Direitos Humanos...A Portucel Moçambique considera essencial o diálogo constante, o acordo e o bem-estar entre a empresa e as comunidades residentes nas...
View ArticleMoçambique: Justiça Ambiental & World Rainforest Movement lançam relatório...
"Portucel: O Processo de acesso à Terra e os direitos das comunidades locais/Incluído no Boletim 230", 10 de maio de 2017 Portucel Moçambique é uma empresa portuguesa que, entre as empresas de...
View ArticleMoçambique: Petição ao governo e empresas de plantação de árvores pede para...
"Parem as plantações em Moçambique!", 22 de setembro 2016 ...Justiça Ambiental e WRM juntos lançaram esta Ação pedindo às principais empresas que promovem as plantações de árvores em Moçambique, em...
View ArticleUN Working Group visits Williams Lake, Aboriginal people say there's still...
"UN Working Group visits Williams Lake," 6 June 2017. Following a meeting in Williams Lake on the Mount Polley mine breach, a United Nations Working Group on business and human rights... called for...
View ArticleSix reasons why corporations like (and want) the Foreign Corrupt Practices...
The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) gives US companies an invaluable tool to fight corruption abroad. It has also been an effective tool for foreign countries to reduce bribery, and it has led to...
View ArticleGroups march in Taiwan to protest air pollution; ask local govt. to stop...
Several groups marched in Yunlin…to demand the local government do more to reduce the use of coal and carbon emissions to improve air quality in the county. At the rally, protesters urged Yunlin...
View ArticleMoçambique: “Portucel – O Processo de acesso à Terra e os direitos das...
"Portucel – O Processo de acesso à Terra e os direitos das comunidades locais", 18 de abril de 2017 O relatório "Portucel – O Processo de acesso à Terra e os direitos das comunidades locais"foi...
View ArticleMoçambique: Acção Académica para o Desenvolvimento das Comunidades Rurais...
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View ArticleMoçambique: Acção Académica para o Desenvolvimento das Comunidades Rurais...
"Um hectare, uma chapa de zinco-ADECRU", 11 de abril de 2017
View ArticleMoçambique: Justiça Ambiental, World Rainforest Movement & Acção Académica...
O Centro de Informações sobre Empresas e Direitos Humanos convidou a Portucel Moçambique para responder sobre alegações de envolvimento em abusos de direitos humanos relacionados a conflitos de terra...
View ArticleHungary passes bill stigmatising foreign-funded NGOs
"Hungary: NGO law a vicious and calculated assault on civil society", 13 Jun 2017 The passing of a law stigmatising non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that receive foreign funding is the latest in...
View ArticleMozambique: Acção Académica para o Desenvolvimento das Comunidades Rurais...
[The documentary is in Portuguese] “Um hectare, uma chapa de zinco-ADECRU”, 11 April 2017
View ArticleMozambique: “Portucel – The Process of acquiring access to land and the...
"Portucel – The Process of acquiring access to land and the rights of local communities", 18 April 2017 The report "Portucel – the Process of acquiring access to land and the rights of local...
View ArticleMozambique: Justiça Ambiental & World Rainforest Movement launch report...
"Portucel: the process of acquiring access to land and the rights of local communities in Mozambique/Bulletin Issue 230 – April / May 2017", May 15, 2017 Portucel Mozambique is a Portuguese company...
View ArticleMozambique: Justiça Ambiental, World Rainforest Movement & Acção Académica...
Business & Human Rights Resource Centre invited Portucel Moçambique to respond to allegations of involvement in human rights abuses related to land conflicts in Mozambique. Justiça Ambiental and...
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