Here you find news and information about companies excessively and continuously breaching international norms and standards regarding human and labour rights, environmental protection, controversial weapons and corruption.
The Ecumenical Council for Corporate Responsibility (ECCR) published a new report titled “The banks and Society: Rebuilding trust”. The report addresses the following topics: financial… Read More »“The banks and society: rebuilding trust” report
Banktrack released a new report titled “The Outside Job”. The report looks at changes in the Equator Principles – a voluntary basis of regulations for… Read More »Banktrack report – ‘The Outside Job’
On the one hand UniCredit Bank claims to “have engaged in a number of initiatives aiming at reducing direct and indirect impacts of ‘their’ operations”… Read More »UniCredit – A ticking bomb on climate mitigation
The Polish project “Respect Index” has published a table that contains policies of governments and stock exchanges around the world which regulate issues related to… Read More »Policy of governments and stock exchanges on non-financial disclosure
According to the “Friends of the Earth Europe” report, European banks, investment funds and insurance companies are speculating with food prices and are sponsoring the… Read More »“Friends of the Earth Europe” report about food prices speculation
The Dutch pension fund APB put Walmart and the Chinese oil giant PetroChina on its investments blacklist. APB is one of the largest pension funds… Read More »Dutch pension fund puts Walmart and PetroChina on investment blacklist
As several resource rich countries begin to nationalize their commodities operations, Glencore´s CEO announced a battle on these resources. After Argentina voted for the nationalization… Read More »Glencore announces battle on resources
Somo and ICN (both from the Netherlands) published a follow-up report on working conditions in the textile and garment industry in India in April 2012… Read More »Young Dalit women exploited in Indian garment industry
In another court ruling, Brazil´s Superior Court of Justice ruled in favor of the federal tax authority in its appeal against an injunction granted in… Read More »Vale looses tax dispute in Brazil
Branislav Kapetanovic worked for UXO (unexploded ordnance) clearance in Serbia until he was seriously injured by a BLU-97 cluster bomblet. Today he is a spokesman… Read More »Cluster munitions victims are disappointed of the Deutsche Bank
