Last week, the regional labor agency searched the offices of Goldman Sachs in Zurich. The Bank Employees Association accused Goldman of undocumented working hours and… Read More »Goldman Sachs accused of violating labor laws: company offices in Zurich searched
At the oil sands project of Canadian Natural Resources, two new bitumen leaks have been reported, taking the total to six. The leaks pose a… Read More »2 new leaks at Canadian Natural Resources’s Alberta oil sand project
The Environmental Protection Agency announced that Royal Dutch Shell affiliates Shell Gulf of Mexico and Shell Offshore will pay a 1,1 million penalty. The two… Read More »Royal Dutch Shell pays $1,1 million for violations of air permits
Royal Dutch Shell will begin talks over two oil spills in Nigeria that reach back to 2008. The local communities claims exceed $150 million. The… Read More »Shell faces Nigerian oil spill compensation claims
The public prosecution office of Bremen is currently investigating the arms companies Rheinmetall Defence Electronics and Atlas Elektronik, a subsidiary of EADS and ThyssenKrupp, for… Read More »Corruption at Rheinmetall and Atlas Elektronik?
Deutsche Bank invests only 19% of its resources into loans to the real economy. More than half of its assets are on the hunt for… Read More »Deutsche Bank and BNP Paribas: Casinos Rather Than Banks?
Check the interview JA! gave in Brussels! Fairfin interviews Facing Finance partner Samuel Mondlane of JA! from Mozambique about their campaign for more corporate social… Read More »From Mozambique to Brussels
Today we interviewed Facing Finance partner mr Samuel Mondlane from the Mozambican JA! about their efforts to teach the international mining companies some true corporate social… Read More »Local population should benefit from Investments
In 2003, an Ecuadorian oil-pipeline worth 900 million euro in total and predominantly financed by the German WestLB was put into operation. The WestLB was… Read More »WestLB pipeline-construction in Ecuadorian rainforest violates World Bank Guidelines
