Resource justice & new economies

Getting companies to report on their use of resources, like materials, water, land and carbon, as well as their impacts upon human rights, will help move Europe towards a resource efficient future that benefits people and planet. This was the message of a debate organised on Tuesday by the European Coalition for Corporate Justice (ECCJ) …

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Samsung Electronics has admitted for the first time that it uses tin in its products that’s destroying tropical forests, killing coral and wrecking the lives of communities in Indonesia, Friends of the Earth England, Wales and Northern Ireland reveals today. The world’s best-selling smartphone brand has committed to urgent action to tackle the problem following …

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Social movements in Guatemala are being increasingly criminalised, repressed, intimidated and subjected to human rights abuses, according to representatives of indigenous and feminist social movements, including Friends of the Earth Guatemala. Guatemala has increasingly opened its doors to European investors, which has resulted in mounting pressure on local communities and the environment, and has led …

Human rights abuses in Guatemala linked to European companiesRead more