Worker rampages ensued following the recent collapse of a garment factory in Bangladesh in April that killed over 1,100 people. In response to the tragic event, many large retailers, including H&M, Inditex (owner of Zara), and Primark, have chosen to … →
In a recent opinion piece featured by the Financial Times, Christopher Coker addresses the growing trend towards the use of automated machinery in armed conflict. Coker describes how the human element is being progressively removed from warfare in favor of … →
“Rubber Barons,” a recent report released by the international NGO Global Witness links Deutsche Bank and the IFC (International Finance Corporation) to an upsurge in land grabbing that has been taking place in Laos and Cambodia since 2000. Cambodia and … →
The UN has approved a treaty to regulate the international transfer of conventional arms. Member States voted the Arms Trade Treaty in by a resounding 154 approvals. Only three states, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Syria, and Iran, were … →
In May 2011, the Dutch Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations (SOMO) published a study on Unilever. The company acquires vanilla, used in many of their products, like ice cream, from Madagascar. However, the price for vanilla has fallen so … →