Amidst its lofty rhetoric about excellence and sustainability the London Olympics have chosen some of the world’s most unethical companies as corporate sponsors. Phil England presents powerful first-hand testimonies from victims and campaigners dismayed and …
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London2012: an Olympian exercise in corporate greenwashing
UK Parliamentary motion supports Greenwash Gold campaign
If you live in the UK, please ask your MP to sign Early Day Motion 2951:
Greenwash Gold 2012
‘That this House welcomes the launch by Bhopal Medical Appeal, London Mining Network and UK Tar …
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UK Parliamentary motion challenges Olympic sponsors
If you live in the UK, please ask your MP to sign Early day motion 2969:
ETHICAL TRADING STANDARDS AND THE LONDON 2012 OLYMPICS
“That this House is concerned about press reports that UK Olympians …
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Justice for Rio Tinto workers in Canada
Workers at Rio Tinto Alcan’s Alma plant in Quebec, Canada, have been locked out by the company since the end of December as they struggle to protect secure jobs for the future.
See http://www.justiceforriotintoworkers.ca/ and …
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Exposing the world’s top mineral “thieves”
Over a third of them are London-based
Using data from Bloomberg and Forbes’ long-running global rich list, MINING.com has come up with more than 90 billionaires involved in minerals, metals and mining.
The website points …
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Vedanta’s PR Campaign Backfires in India
On a recent visit to Bhubaneswar, the capital of the large eastern state of Odisha, I found the airport plastered with advertisements and slogans expressing the nurturing, socially conscious side — caring for the poor, …
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Once more into the breach – Vedanta
UK company brazenly flouted construction rules
Two and a half years ago, Vedanta’s BALCO subsidiary was accused of illegally constructing a coal-fired power plant whose chimney collapsed, killing at least forty two workers in the …
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Indian minister halts fresh Vedanta bid to mine Niyamgiri
India’s environment minister has ordered that the proposal by UK-listed Vedanta to expand its Orissa alumina refinery six fold, be held in abeyance.
The decision seems effectively to put the highly-controversial Nyamgiri mine project on …
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London Calling reveals Vedanta son’s mission to bring health and happiness to India’s rich
Yet another junior member of the notorious Anil Agarwal clan has spread their wings with the blessing of the pater familias. Last month, the Vedanta Resources’ executive chairman’s daughter was revealed as leading the company’s …
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Deadline looms for Bakrie group to resolve covenant breach
Indonesian group Bakrie has until Friday to resolve a covenant breach on a $437 million loan following a drop in the price of its London-listed coal miner Bumi Plc last week, sources familiar with the …
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Mining giant Glencore accused in child labour and acid dumping row
Glencore, the commodity and mining firm worth £27bn, stands accused in the Democratic Republic of the Congo of dumping raw acid and profiting from children working 150ft underground. The revelations come as the notoriously secretive …
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CoAL rail plan faces farmers’ resistance
London-listed Coal of Africa Limited (CoAL) has again sailed into an environmentally-charged storm over its plans to build a R300 million railway line north of the Soutpansberg in the Limpopo River basin.
See http://www.iol.co.za/business/companies/coal-rail-plan-faces-farmers-resistance-1.1281325.