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Brussels / Strasbourg, 13 March – The European Coalition for Corporate Justice (ECCJ) [1] has welcomed today’s approval by the European Parliament of a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) resolution urging the European Commission to extend legal obligations to some key aspects of corporate accountability. By voting for the resolution, MEPs have called for directors to …
MEPs call on Commission to strengthen Corporate Social Responsibility policyRead more
Brussels, 10 March – European Finance Ministers failed to lay hard cash on the table today to support decarbonising economies in developing countries and to compensate for coping with the consequences of climate change [1]. Carbon offsetting schemes, such as the Clean Development Mechanism, have been put forward as mechanisms to tackle climate change and …
Finance ministers dodge responsibility in climate cash decisionRead more
LUXEMBOURG/BRUSSELS, 18 OCTOBER 2005 — As EU Environment Ministers agreed the EU’s position towards the next UN climate negotiations taking place next month in Montreal, Canada, Friends of the Earth Europe warns that by yesterday’s agreement the EU is endangering international leadership previously demonstrated by the EU on climate change. Jan Kowalzig, climate campaigner at …
Europe misses chance to agree ambitious action agenda for next climate negotiationsRead more
Brussels, January 25, 2011 – Growing demand for meat, animal feeds and agrofuels in Europe is contributing to the continued destruction of the Amazon and Cerrado habitats in Brazil, reveals a new report launched today by Friends of the Earth Europe. The research comes at a time when Europe is debating the future of farming. …
Europe’s overconsumption driving destruction of Amazon rainforestRead more
Brussels, 19 March – European leaders meeting in Brussels today failed to cough up the cash needed to finance the fight against climate change, provoking condemnation from Friends of the Earth Europe. Heads of the 27 European Union countries spent most of their time discussing multi-billion Euro responses to the financial and economic crises and …
Europe running out of time to cough up climate cashRead more
Brussels, 18 July 2006 – The European Commission has been ruled guilty of “maladministration” after hiding documents from Friends of the Earth Europe that reveal scientific concerns about the safety of genetically modified (GM) foods. The Commission falsely used the premise that World Trade Organisation (WTO) disputes should involve the secrecy levels of court cases. …
European Commission guilty of wrongly concealing GMO documents says OmbudsmanRead more
