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Publications
ECCJ contribution to the EU2020 consultation
15 January, by
A new sustainable social market economy, as is currently outlined in the EU2020 consultation document, must also include concrete policy proposals to address the negative effects resulting of the operations of European companies worldwide. Unethical operations of European companies have adverse systemic effects in their own national markets as well as in the EU internal market. Currently, the situation in the internal market is such that responsible businesses are competitively disadvantaged and forced to follow the same path and relocate or outsource their production. This contributes to undesired patterns in
market development, such as disadvantaging small enterprises or hampering required systemic shifts to a low carbon economy.
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Media Seminar: Reasons to report on Corporate Accountability in the EU
1 February, byIn light of the upcoming developments in 2010, the European Coalition for Corporate Justice has organised this seminar to familiarise journalists who focus on EU affairs and/or corporate reporting with the main issues relevant to corporate accountability. The Coalition intends to provide journalists with a wide range of perspectives and policy hints to encourage greater reporting on the role of the EU in improving corporate accountability.
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Our activities
Support the Gold Peak workers and Chinese labour rights groups in their struggle for labour rights
15 January, by
Chinese battery producer Gold Peak Industrial Holding Ltd is under fire by Chinese and international labour groups for failing to be a decent employer. Year-long struggles of (ex-) workers with cadmium related health problems have not yet resulted in an acceptable solution. Gold Peak unilateral decision to close down and relocate its Shenzhen-based Jet Power plant, completely disregarding workers interests, has caused distress.
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Climate victims fight back: Small island state challenges future of Czech coal plant
17 December 2009, by
Copenhagen, Denmark — The Czech Ministry of Environment publicly confirmed today that it has received a request from the Federated States of Micronesia for a transboundary Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of its biggest coal-fired power plant, Prunerov (1). This is the first time that current or future climate victims could legally influence a foreign industry by arguing that it endangers them due to greenhouse gas emissions.
The Micronesian islands, in the Pacific, are on the front (...)
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