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.
A new database “Land Portal” provides detailed information on worldwide land-grabbing. Available is data concerning target and investor countries, the size of land and the… Read More »New database on transnational land grabbing
Only three days after Shell closed a pipeline due to “oil theft and force majeure”, two fresh onshore oil pipeline leaks were found on the… Read More »Oil leaks in Nigeria
Danish Institute for Human Rights released a report: “Values Added: The Challenge of Integrating Human Rights in the Financial Sector.” It identifies the challenges and… Read More »Report “Values Added: The Challenge of Integrating Human Rights in the Financial Sector”
The Santander Bank (owner of BZ WBK, also operates on the Polish market) is the second largest Spanish financial institution in terms of size of… Read More »Santander Bank is investing in the armaments industry
The Ethical Consumer organization criticizes the Equator Principles – probably the best known initiative of the financial sector for socially responsible investments. The article lists… Read More »Equator Principles – standards for show?
The publication of the new version of the Equator Principles for the banking sector has been pushed back to October 2012. Works on a six… Read More »Equator Principles 3 – publication delayed for October 2012
Due to the crisis ethical investing has become a very important issue. For over 10 years, many investors take into account the so-called criteria of the… Read More »New FIDH report
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
