10/10/18
The EU’s track record of putting profit over people
This week, world leaders will meet at the United Nations in Geneva to negotiate a historic international …
09/10/18
European governments are protecting big business over victims of human rights abuses
Opinion piece by Neelanjana Mukhia, head of global engagement at ActionAid International, and Paul de Clerck, …
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27/09/18
Save the Hambach Forest – stop coal mining!
Hambach Forest in Germany’s Rhineland is 10,000 years old. But it is under massive threat from German energy g …
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27/07/18
Banking giants stop supporting mine waste dumping in Norway
Norway is famous for its rich, untouched nature – and for its fish. Shockingly, the Norwegian government has p …
04/04/18
Shell faces historic legal action for its failure to act on climate change
Friends of the Earth Netherlands announced today that they will take Shell to court if it does not act on dema …
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08/03/18
UN Human Rights Council paves way to historic treaty on business and human rights
Today, the UN Human Rights Council discussed the report by the Intergovernmental Working Group (IGWG) [1] rega …
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