See full report here: SUMMARY Glencore in Colombia: civil society’s view on the sustainability of mining operations This shadow report[1] is intended as a contribution towards civil society’s duty to provide oversight and demand responsibility from large companies and transnational…
We, militants of the World March of Women, united in solidarity, are here together to denounce capitalism greed and patriarchy that exploit and expropriate women’s bodies and productive labor. On the 24th April we remember the Rana Plaza massacre, in Bangladesh, when…
Community Opposed Project for Pollution, Water Concerns For Immediate Release April 21, 2015 New Delhi, India: Bowing to public outrage, the state government of Tamil Nadu in south India has cancelled plans for a new Coca-Cola bottling plant in Perundurai in…
Exhibit #1 T. Matthew Phillips Today a class action lawsuit was filed in Los Angeles County, California against theMonsanto corporation. The suit alleges that Monsanto is guilty of false advertising by claiming that glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup, targets an enzyme only found in plants and…
The ITUC has described a $300m claim against El Salvador by an Australian/Canadian mining conglomerate as an example of the worst excess of corporate greed. The claim is being decided in a tribunal under the tainted “Investor-State…
– Report denounces rights violations committed by Vale – More than 30 cases in three continents are presented in the document produced by the InternationalArticulation of those Affected by Vale – The report gathers several allegations of human and environmental rights violations, such asforced labor, espionage and irregular environmental licensing – Vale Unsustainability Report 2015 will be available for download on the …
Dare to publish a scientific study against Big Biotech, and Monsanto will defame and discredit you. For the first time, a Monsanto employee admits that there is an entire department within the corporation with the simple task of ‘discrediting’ and ‘debunking’ scientists who…
17 April 2015: International Day of Peasant and Farmer Struggle against Transnational Companies and Free Trade Agreements (Zimbabwe, Harare, March 30, 2015) La Via Campesina declared April 17th as the International Day of Peasant Struggle in order to highlight the struggle…
Right now President Zuma is reading the findings of the Farlam Commission of inquiry. Almost 3 years after the Marikana Massacre, the Farlam Commission investigating the massacre has handed its findings to President Zuma. 34 miners were gunned down by…
In a surprising turn of events, Shell has officially endorsed a SumOfUs-backed shareholder resolution committing the company to take action against climate change. But Shell is still lobbying to block any kind of real climate solutions in the run-up to the UN…
Hundreds denounced a secret tribunal housed at the World Bank that is getting ready to rule on a case that could determine the future of El Salvador’s water supply. By Manuel Perez-Rocha Three environmental and human rights heroes came…
How international investment rules undermine agrarian justice Pietje Vervest Timothé Feodoroff The investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) clause present in many trade treaties give investors far-reaching protection, curtailing governments’ ability to regulate for progressive agrarian and agricultural policies and reinforcing the…