On 20th June 2016 the NGO Global Witness published their new study “On Dangerous Ground” drawing attention to the dramatic worldwide increase of killings of… Read More »New study by Global Witness shows a dramatic increase in killings of land and environmental defenders
On 05.24.2016 the international NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW) published a report investigating the occurrence of child labour in tobacco plantations in Indonesia. More than… Read More »Child Labour on Tobacco Plantations in Indonesia
K-UTEC AG Salt Technologies plans to develop a significant lithium mine in Bolivia, which could have negative consequences for the local people and the environment.… Read More »K-UTEC AG Salt Technologies mining Lithium in Bolivia
Following years of protests in Peru, as documented by Facing Finance, Newmont Mining Corp has taken the Conga Mine off the table. In its most… Read More »Newmont Mining Corp: Conga mine off the table.
A significant achievement for the people of Colombia: The Colombian Constitutional Court has withdrawn all 347 mining licenses for coal in the Colombian area of Páramo, a region… Read More »Colombian Constitutional Court withdraws licenses for coal extraction in the Andean Region
The Swiss-based mining company Glencore, has given up looking for survivors after a wall collapse at their open-pit Katanga mine in the Democratic Republic of… Read More »Glencore: Seven dead in mining accident in Democratic Republic of Congo.
Since 2013 Berta Cáceres has led her community in peaceful opposition against a hydropower project on the river Gualcarque, the Agua Zarca Dam project. The… Read More »Protest leaders killed in Honduras.
San Leon Energy is an oil and gas company headquartered in Dublin, Ireland. They are Europe’s largest unconventional oil and gas company, unconventional oil and… Read More »San Leon Energy: Excluded by Norwegian Government Pension Fund
The first free consumer portal rating the social and environmental commitments of German banks sees GLS Bank and Triodos Bank in the lead. (Berlin, March… Read More »Press release: How fair is my bank?
