European Banks and Pension Funds Fuel Land Grabs in Uganda

Friends Of The Earth International

KAMPALA (UGANDA) / BRUSSELS (BELGIUM) May 21, 2013 – European banks and pension funds are funding palm oil giant Wilmar International, a company implicated in land grabbing in Uganda, according to new research released today. [1] British, Dutch, French and●●●

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Breathless for Blue Jeans: health hazards in China’s denim factories

War on Want, SACOM, IHLO, CCC

The Clean Clothes Campaign (CCC) alongside with War on Want, SACOM and IHLO release new research that shows that the practice of sandblasting – used in order to give jeans a worn or ‘distressed’ look – is still widespread in●●●

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