Sponsorship protests escalate as Dow & BP targeted in the same day
The organisers of the campaign to name and shame the worst Olympic sponsor have announced preliminary voting results that show mining company Rio …
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Rio Tinto announced as early front runner for the Greenwash Gold
Steelworkers to Canadian Olympic Committee: Athletes Deserve Untarnished Gold
United Steelworkers (USW) members demonstrated last week at the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) offices to convince Canada’s Olympic organizers to help get mining giant Rio Tinto “Off the Podium.”
USW activists delivered the message in …
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Earthworks Stands in Solidarity with Alma Smelter Workers in Quebec
Calls on Rio Tinto to End Illegal Lock-out and Respect Workers’ Rights
Earthworks, a US-based energy and mining reform organization that leads the No Dirty Gold campaign, announced today its support for the United Steelworkers’ …
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Olympics 2012: Rio Tinto, Mining Company Responsible For Medals, Faces Lawsuit Over Green Record
The mining company contracted to provide metal for the London 2012 Olympic medals is facing a lawsuit in Utah accused of violating the country’s clean air laws. Reported by Al Jazeera, the findings undermine the …
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Al Jazeera documentary: The Great Olympic Greenwash
London will soon play host to the 2012 Olympics, which organisers boast will be the most environmentally friendly Games ever. But with the metal for all competitor medals coming from one huge polluting hole in …
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No Audit, No Certification – Throw Rio Tinto Off the Olympic Podium
Steelworkers Outraged by Lack of Ethics in London Olympics
LONDON, U.K., 20 June, 2012 – International outrage is growing over Rio Tinto’s involvement in the London Olympics following the shocking revelation the mining giant has …
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Mining campaigners react angrily to LOCOG’s Rio Tinto ‘exception’
2012 medals mine linked to premature deaths in Utah
London Mining Network, an extractive industry watchdog, has reacted angrily to news that mining giant has been allowed to supply metals for the Olympics without having …
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London 2012 Olympics: Rio Tinto allowed to start production of Games medals without audit
The gold, silver and bronze metal in the London 2012 Olympic Games medals was mined after London Olympic Games organisers allowed its supplier Rio Tinto “to slip through the net”, an Olympic watchdog has found.…
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The Great Olympic Greenwash
This year’s medals, the largest and heaviest in Olympic history, will be made almost entirely from the raw materials extracted and smelted at the Kennecott Copper Mine, owned by Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto. But …
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Organised workers get behind Greenwash Gold 2012 Campaign, condemn Rio Tinto
Vote to Condemn Rio Tinto as Olympics Medals Provider
Affiliates of the ICEM, IMF, and ITGLWF are uniting in action around the world in support of the United Steelworkers (USW) campaign to push Rio Tinto …
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Corporate PR advisers note effectiveness of Greenwash Gold Campaign
‘Conversational Corporation’ says BP, Dow Chemical and Rio Tinto, may find their partnering of the Olympics has backfired given the well organised and frequently covered Greenwash Gold Campaign.
See http://theconversationalcorporation.com/the-true-value-of-the-olympics-for-official-partners-part-3/.…
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IndustriALL Global Union to be New Force
The IndustriALL Global Union will be founded on 19 June in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Uniting 50 million workers along global supply chains, uniting the history, expertise, and passion of three proud international organisations, IndustriALL will fight …
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