One World - In het stroomgebied van de Pastaza in Peru, heeft oliebedrijf Pluspetrol volgens de inheemse bevolking door de jaren heen een ecologische en sociale ravage achter gelaten.
CNN Phillipines - On the eve of the Paris Climate Summit, more than half a million people around the world took to the streets for the Global Climate March. They called on leaders to scale up action on climate change to achieve full use of renewable energy, eliminate poverty and protect people from worsening climate conditions.
Noticias - Op 24 november organiseerde het Transnational Institute (TNI) een forum over de gevolgen van oliewinning in de Amazone voor de inheemse bevolking. Verschillende sprekers bespraken de cases van Pluspetrol in Peru en Chevron in Ecuador. Beide oliegiganten weigeren verantwoordelijkheid te nemen voor de schade die ze hebben aangericht aan mens en natuur.
EU observer- Since 2002, the price of land in Romania has seen a 25-fold increase, and Rabo Farm believe it will continue to grow – albeit at a slightly slower rate.
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28 July 2015
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Vice Versa - Mensenrechtenschendingen door bedrijven komen op grote schaal voor en worden vaak niet bestraft. Van 6 tot 10 juli 2015 onderhandelden de VN over bindende regels voor bedrijven, verantwoordelijkheid voor schade die zij veroorzaken, en toegang tot het recht voor slachtoffers van mensenrechtenschendingen. De EU, en Nederland in haar kielzog, koos ervoor om niet deel te nemen aan de onderhandelingen. Dit staat in schril contrast met het beeld van de mensenrechtenkampioen dat de EU graag van zichzelf schetst
Susan George chairs the Transnational Institute in Amsterdam. She says the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement could give powerful companies the right to challenge domestic laws which restrict their future profits.
A LEADING international political economist has warned that democracy is being damaged by the insidious creep of transnational corporations into government policy and their refusal to adopt country-by-country accounting practices, which have helped them avoid taxes.
One of the most impacting meetings took place Thursday, when more than 100 people filled a lecture hall, organized by the coalition Stop Corporate Impunity, to hear an array of speakers on a panel called “Confronting the Power of Transnational Corporations and Unpacking the Global Investment, Trade and Financial Regimes.”
A new report on how the legal industry is exploiting investment state disputes clauses in trade agreements shows why New Zealand must refuse to sign any trade agreement that includes these provisions.
Speaking at a recent conference in Iceland, David Fig of UCT questioned why SA remained trapped in an undemocratic industrial paradigm which gave primacy to its minerals and energy sector.
