Dismantiling transnational corporate power
27 March 2017 | Interviews | Monitoring transnationals
In light of the approval by the European Commission of the $130 billion mega-merger between agribusiness corporations Dow Chemical and Du Pont, and anticipating similar authorizations for other agribusiness giants, organizations warn that a mega-monopoly has been consolidated with a complete control over agrochemicals and commercial seeds. Read more
14 March 2017 | Interviews | Monitoring transnationals | Berta lives on!
The report launched last week by the Intergovernmental Working Group of the United Nations Human Rights Council mandated to elaborate a binding treaty on transnational corporations and human rights violations was “an important step” towards the third round of negotiations to take place in October, stated Friends of the Earth International (FoEI) on Monday. Read more
10 March 2017 | Interviews | Monitoring transnationals | Social activists at risk
The second report of the Intergovernmental Working Group of the United Nations Human Rights Council that is negotiating a binding treaty on transnational corporations and human rights violations was presented this Thursday in Geneva, Switzerland. Read more
25 February 2017 | Interviews | Monitoring transnationals | Social activists at risk
On Tuesday, the French Parliament passed a law that establishes a duty of care obligation for parent and subcontracting companies across the whole supply chain, covering human rights violations and environmental damage caused. Read more
21 February 2017 | Interviews | Monitoring transnationals | Grain
International organization GRAIN has just published a new report (attached) where they explain how the industrial production of meat and dairy contributes with global climate change. Read more
17 February 2017 | News | Monitoring transnationals | Land grabbing
The Mexican government is encouraging the development of an export-oriented agriculture that benefits big companies such as Monsanto and individual producers with large extensions of lands, with an agrarian reform that aims to accelerate the communal land privatization process, warns Otros Mundos Chiapas – Friends of the Earth Mexico. Read more
10 February 2017 | News | Monitoring transnationals | Social activists at risk
Erich Pica, Chair of Friends of the Earth US, rejected on Tuesday Donald Trump´s decision to restart the Dakota Access pipeline, already under construction, but suspended by the previous administration led by Barack Obama. Pica stated that they will carry out a campaign to pressure banks supporting the project. Read more
6 February 2017 | Videos | Monitoring transnationals
The Movement of People Affected by Dams (MAB) of Brazil launched a new video on what is considered the worst socioenvironmental crime in the history of Brazil, which took place on November 5th, 2015, after a toxic waste dam of Samarco mining company collapsed in Mariana, Minas Gerais State. Watch video
1 February 2017 | News | Monitoring transnationals
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Senate today voted to confirm former Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson to be the United States Secretary of State. In response, Friends of the Earth President Erich Pica issued the following statement: Read more
21 December 2016 | Videos | Financialization of nature | Monitoring transnationals | COP on Biological Diversity
Isaac Rojas, co-coordinator of the Forests and Biodiversity Program of Friends of the Earth International (FoEI) has been following up the Financialization of Nature (FN): a process through which the private sector can participate in the conservation of biodiversity. FN consists in converting ecosystems and its benefits in financial assets, an example of this are carbon markets. Watch video
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