Environmental pollution in China In a report, published on August 31, 2011, five Chinese NGOs claim that Apple is using suppliers with public records of… Read More »Apple: Report reveals Apple suppliers’ environmentally harmful delinquencies
Human Rights Violations in Ghana As only the most recent case, Kwame Eric of Binsere, a 23 year old man, was shot near Obuasi, Ghana,… Read More »AngloGold Ashanti: Security agencies engaged by mining company shooting at locals
Environmental Damage and Safety Hazards in Malawi The Malawian civic group KANRJC has filed a request to access environmental information concerning the operations of the… Read More »Paladin Energy Ltd: Failure to comply with environmental and safety standards
Environmental Damages in Scotland In August 2011, a spill in the Gannet Alpha platform 180 km from Aberdeen in Scotland has evolved into the worst… Read More »Royal Dutch Shell: Leak at the Gannet Alpha oil platform in the North Sea
Neue Recherchen belegen massives Investment deutscher Banken und Versicherer in die Herstellung und den Export des Kampfpanzers LEOPARD 2.
Facing Finance hat vor dem Hintergrund des umstrittenen Exportes von deutschen Kampfpanzern nach Saudi-Arabien eine aktuelle Broschüre veröffentlicht ebenso wie eine Presseerklärung.
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Human Rights Violations in Ghana In 2009, the mining company tried to expel locals from their villages by intimidating them in order to expand its… Read More »AngloGold Ashanti: Land grabbing
Labor Rights Violation in Argentina The Brasilian group Vale S.A. heads a multi-billion potassium mine project in Rio Colorado, Argentina, which is planed to start… Read More »Vale S.A. : Suspension of a potassium mine project in Argentina
Fraud and tax avoidance Tanzania Tanzania, located atop 45 million ounce of gold, economically valued at US$39 billion, is Africa’s third largest gold producer. Barrick… Read More »Barrick Gold and AngloGold Ashanti (AGA): profiting from deception and depriving Tanzania
Environmental devastation in Tanzania Barrick Gold is running a gold mine in the Mara-district in North Tanzania. People claimed that the tailing dam was leaking… Read More »Barrick Gold: High levels of various metals contaminate the environment
Bündnis 90/ Die Grünen seek expand the law about the control of war weapons. Their demand is to change the law so that along with… Read More »Grüne want to ban investment in antipersonnel mines and cluster munitions
