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Press Release: New Rules for Business needed at World Economic Forum meeting
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11 May, by
Business leaders and European lawmakers meeting today at the ’World Economic Forum on Europe’ in Brussels are being urged to make companies accountable for the harm they cause people and the environment around the world. Delegates at the ’World Economic Forum’ (WEF) meeting are discussing whether and what European rules are needed for business. The European Coalition for Corporate Justice (ECCJ) and Public Eye are asking the European Commission for clearer rules to protect citizens and the (...)
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URGENT ACTION: Union leaders kidnapped in India. Take action now!
26 August, by
Take action now to condemn the kidnapping of two trade union leaders at a Marks & Spencer (M&S) supplier factory in India and to call for their immediate and safe return. The kidnappings are part of a brutal attack against 60 workers, which took place as they arrived for work at the Viva Global factory in Gurgaon, India. The workers were attacked by thugs brandishing hockey sticks and lathis as they arrived for their shift at 9:30am Delhi time on the 25th August 2010. One of the (...)
Outrage at Shell-funded UN report on Nigeria oil spills
24 August, by
LAGOS (NIGERIA) / AMSTERDAM (THE NETHERLANDS).- Friends of the Earth International is outraged by reports that a major UN investigation into Nigeria oil spills funded by oil giant Shell relies more on figures produced by oil companies and Nigerian state statistics than on community testimony and organizations on the ground who work with communities. [1] After releasing some information last week about its ongoing investigation, which is due to be released in early 2011, the UN Environment (...)
ECCJ in the media
ECCJ Fact Finding Mission in South Africa
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fr
22 October 2009, by
In September 2009, ECCJ successfully organized a fact finding mission in South Africa to document the pollution and human rights abuses committed by ArcelorMittal in the Vaal region near Johannesbourg. Numerous articles have since been published, which clearly illustrate the need for much greater regulation of the steel giant in its country of origin, Luxembourg, South Africa and around the world. Below you will find links to three online news sources, which reported the case. The author (...)