Colombia: Consulta popular buscará frenar explotación de minería de oro en...
“El primer paso de Ibagué para frenar explotación minera” Desde que en 2013 el municipio de Piedras rechazó por medio de una consulta popular la minería de oro que estaba promoviendo la empresa...
View ArticleNigeria: Local community group seeks govt. intervention over Shell's "slow"...
"Nigerian locals decry ‘slow’ Shell oil spill cleanup", 3 Jan 2016 The Edagberi community in Nigeria’s oil-rich Rivers State has decried the slow cleanup operation to clear the spillage at the Shell...
View ArticleWeekly Update 6 Jan: Workers feared dead in Myanmar jade mine landslide
Our run down of this week's top stories and breaking news about business & human rights. Includes company responses (including from CommScope, Foxconn, Lexmark, Indura Beach & Golf Resort);...
View ArticleGreenBiz 2016
More than 700 sustainability executives are set to convene next month in Arizona to discuss the trends, tools and technologies needed to move their companies toward a more sustainable future,...
View ArticleChina: Cancer patients bear unusually high costs for drugs by international...
"The Children of China's Cancer Slum: Drug Costs Putting Young Lives at Risk", 16 Dec 2015 The children of Wujianong are an outgrowth of China’s unprecedented cancer epidemic powered by pollution and...
View ArticleIndia: Report highlights precarious work conditions in India's automotive sector
A report on the automotive sector questions whether manufacturing in India can ever deliver on its promises without offering a safe environment for workers. The report points out through 20 case...
View ArticleMost of top listed firms fail to meet minimum CSR spending
Most of India’s top listed firms did not manage to meet the minimum spending requirement on corporate social responsibility (CSR) as laid down in the New Companies Act 2013, even though aggregate CSR...
View ArticleIndia: CSR spending increased, but more needs to be done
The Companies Act, 2013, requires companies above a certain financial threshold to spend at least two per cent of their average net profit of the preceding three years on CSR. Although CSR spending is...
View ArticlePrimark and DFID to Improve Factory Conditions in Bangladesh and Pakistan
Irish fast-fashion retailer Primark has partnered with the U.K.’s Department for International Development (DFID) in a bid to better working conditions for garment workers in developing markets...The...
View ArticleGovernment says Syrian refugees in Turkey to be given work permits
Thousands of Syrian refugees who are currently being employed in different sectors across Turkey may finally receive their work permits from the government, a spokesperson said on Monday. Speaking...
View ArticleLabour says ALL G4S prisons must be put into special measures following...
All prisons and detention centres run by G4S should be put in special measures following allegations about a secure training centre, Labour has said...Andy Slaughter today urged Justice Secretary Mr...
View ArticleG4S guards at youth prison alleged to have falsified reports to avoid fines
Guards at a children’s prison run by G4S are alleged to have routinely falsified documents in order to prevent the company being fined for “losing control” of the young people in their care...The...
View ArticleLocals paying the price for Malaysia’s bauxite mining boom
DESPITE the three-month moratorium on bauxite mining that will be implemented from January 15, for locals in Kuantan, Pahang, the damage has already been done. Many now fear the effects of the...
View ArticleUS Supreme Ct. rejects Nestlé, ADM & Cargill's bid to dismiss Alien Tort case...
"U.S. top court rejects Nestle bid to throw out child slavery suit", 11 Jan 2016 The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected a bid by Nestle SA…and two other companies to throw out a lawsuit seeking to...
View ArticleMyanmar: Letpadaung mine protesters still denied justice
27 Nov 2015 Myanmar’s government stands accused of putting profits before human rights at the Letpadaung copper mine, with continued detention of activists and continued refusal to investigate use of...
View ArticleUSA: Methane leak at SoCalGas well will contribute to climate change
"A single gas well leak is California's biggest contributor to climate change", 5 Jan 2016 …The broken well at the Aliso Canyon natural gas storage site has released more than 77,000 metric tons of the...
View ArticleМолдова: 20 человек пострадали в результате взрыва в столовой
"Около двух десятков человек пострадали при взрыве в столовой Кишинева", 9 января 2016 года В центре столицы Молдавии около 20 человек пострадали при взрыве в столовой. Как сообщают "Вести.md", взрыв...
View ArticleCorporate tax avoidance “is now a structural cause of growing global...
"Wayne Swan: Tax avoidance impoverishes us all. Fighting it requires challenging the powerful", 11 Jan 2016 …[T]wo of Australia’s largest global mining companies, BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto, were...
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