Full Coverage: Corporations
04.11.2009
Britain's leading cheap fashion retailer, Primark, today faced accusations of cashing in on the recession by exploiting overseas workers producing its clothes.
more...From: War on Want Related topics/regions: [United States] [United Kingdom] [Labour] |
03.11.2009
Surprisingly, Ralph Nader says yes.
more...From: In These Times Related topics/regions: [United States] Image: Warren Buffett announcing his $30 billion pledge to the Gates foundation © Gates Foundation
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28.10.2009
Primark opens its new London store next month amid claims that Britain's leading cheap fashion retailer is expanding by exploiting overseas garment workers.
more...From: War on Want Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Bangladesh] [Trade] [Labour] |
27.10.2009
The world's biggest mining company, Billiton, is accused of human rights abuses and environmental destruction in a report launched today.
more...+ Where is the Church of England’s heart invested? Related topics/regions: [Australia] [Canada] [Chile] [Colombia] [Papua New Guinea] [Philippines] [South Africa] [Human rights] [Health] [Pollution] [Climate change] |
27.10.2009
A handful of companies are showing progress in their commitments to buy and use sustainable palm oil, yet the majority - contrary to their commitments - are failing to buy the product in spite of its availability, according to a Palm Oil Buyers’ scorecard.
more...From: WWF International Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Ethics & value systems] [Forests] [Trade] [Agriculture] |
26.10.2009
Lasting respite seems to have returned to Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta with the declaration of an "indefinite ceasefire" by the main militant group, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta.
more...Related topics/regions: [Nigeria] [Conflict resolution] [Energy] |
24.10.2009
Hundreds of activist organisations had their internet service turned off after the US Chamber of Commerce strong-armed an upstream provider to pull the plug on The Yes Men.
more...Related topics/regions: [United States] [Internet] [Freedom of expression] |
23.10.2009
For many Western campaigners, the collapse of apartheid was a highlight – perhaps the highlight - of their political lives. “Separate development” was so disgusting and the enemy so obdurate that success was particularly sweet.
more...From: OneWorld UK Related topics/regions: [South Africa] [Information & media] [Race Politics] [Economy] |
07.09.2009
A useful summary of latest thinking on privatisation of public water supplies. From Poverty to Power
more...Related topics/regions: [Water/sanitation] |
25.06.2009
Joe Berlinger describes making Crude as “heartbreaking and inspiring”. That will surely also be the verdict of most viewers.
more...From: OneWorld UK Related topics/regions: [Ecuador] [Law] [Energy] Image: Crude
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16.05.2009
This would be a perfect article for April Fool's Day. But it's deadly serious and very original. Mara Gordon argues that Coca-Cola's distribution methods in Tanzania offer ideas for getting life-saving medicines to those who need them. Global Health
more...Related topics/regions: [Tanzania] [Health] |
16.02.2009
Christian Aid is urging supporters to recruit their local MPs in a bid to bring tax justice to developing countries.
more...From: Christian Aid Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] Image: Has Gordon Brown got the Tax Factor? (ChristianAid/Joshua Blake/stockphoto)
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16.02.2009
Mobile phone manufacturers must audit their supply chains in order to exclude minerals financing the armed conflict and atrocities in eastern Congo, say activists as the Mobile World Congress opens in Barcelona.
more...Related topics/regions: [Congo (Democratic Republic of)] [Conflict] Image: Global Witness
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18.12.2008
Despite driving poor communities off their land and patently failing to deliver carbon emissions reductions, lobbyists for big industries and institutions such as the World Bank were active in Poznan climate negotiations pushing for further deregulation and expansion of the market-based Clean Development Mechanism.
more...From: Transnational Institute Related topics/regions: [Pollution] [Climate change] [Trade] [Credit and investment] [Poverty] Image: Distribution of CDM emission reductions, by country. Image credit: Wikipedia
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06.05.2008
UNITED NATIONS, May 5 (OneWorld) - The United Nations is facing scathing criticism from the world's indigenous communities for its attempts to promote carbon trading as a tool to address climate change concerns.
more...From: OneWorld US Related topics/regions: [Land] [Business] [Credit and investment] [Climate change] [Forests] [Indigenous rights] Image: Amazon rainforest. © WWF International
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03.05.2008
UNITED NATIONS, May 2 (OneWorld) - The global food crisis is likely to persist if speculative investment by the corporate world is not reined in soon, warned a top expert responsible for reporting to the United Nations on human rights violations.
more...From: OneWorld US Related topics/regions: [Agriculture] [Food] [Credit and investment] [Trade] [Human rights] [Geopolitics] [Governance] Image: Corn: food or fuel? © Network for New Energy Choices
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30.04.2008
Transparency Internationals new report calls on leading oil and gas companies for greater transparency in payments made to governments of resource-rich countries. Host governments need to enforce and enact regulations for an equitable exploitation of their oil and gas wealth to help fight poverty, the report adds.
more...Related topics/regions: [Poverty] [Business] [Corruption & transparency] [Governance] |
09.04.2008
Coca-Colas bottling plant in northern India has been facing the ire of local people. They say the soft drink maker has been operating illegally and has caused the severe water crisis in the area.
more...Related topics/regions: [South Asia] [Water/sanitation] [Environment] [Pollution] Image: Protestors raising slogans against Coca-Cola / Photo credit: IRC
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01.04.2008
NEW YORK, Mar 31 (OneWorld) - Green groups are planning to celebrate April Fools Day Tuesday with a variety of actions designed to embarrass oil industry bosses gathering in Washington.
more...From: OneWorld US Related topics/regions: [United States] [Energy] [Business] [Climate change] [Environmental activism] [Renewable energy] [Activism] Image: Greenpeace says ExxonMobil unduly influences U.S. energy policy. © Greenpeace International
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