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Nanotechnology: true climate and energy cost exposed

Brussels/Washington, D.C – Nanotechnology will not significantly increase energy efficiency, or help tackle climate change in its current form, reveals a new report from Friends of the Earth in Europe, US and Australia, released today [1]. Nanotechnology, climate and energy: over-heated promises and hot air exposes the true environmental and energy costs of nanotechnology, promoted …

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EU must take further steps to hold companies accountable

A Commission plan about how the EU can make companies more accountable is a step towards ending the global damage European businesses cause people and planet, according to the European Coalition for Corporate Justice (ECCJ). However, the plans to improve corporate social responsibility (CSR), unveiled by the European Commission today in the CSR Communication, miss …

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European Union complicit in human right violations in Latin America

MADRID, SPAIN, 18 May 2010 – Friends of the Earth International today welcomed the ruling of the Permanent Peoples Tribunal, which condemned the European Union and European financial institutions for supporting criminal activities of European transnational corporations in Latin America [1], singling out Unión Fenosa, Stora Enso and Holcim. [2] The ruling was issued on …

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Action Day draws attention to human rights violations by European companies

November 10, 2010 – In preparation of a new Communication on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) – to be launched by the European Commission in 2011 – a network of 250 European NGO’s organised a European wide Action Day. They demand that the Commission takes steps to hold European companies accountable for damage they cause in …

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Parliament blocks expert groups’ budget

Brussels, October 27 – The Plenary of the European Parliament yesterday voted overwhelmingly in favour of freezing part of the budget for the European Commission’s expert groups until new rules are introduced to provide safeguards against their capture by special interests and to improve transparency [1]. ALTER-EU has welcomed this initiative by the Parliament to …

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Ombudsman finds European Commission guilty of maladministration

Brussels, July 9 – The European Ombudsman has this week (July 7) found the Commission guilty of maladministration for failing to disclose correspondence with carmaker Porsche about CO2 emissions cars following a complaint filed by Friends of the Earth Europe. [1] Commenting on the ombudsman’s ruling, Paul de Clerck of Friends of the Earth Europe said: …

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