This Clear Spot from April 26th asks which dodgy company most deserves the Greenwash Gold medal in 2012? Who is covering up environmental destruction and devastating communities while pretending to be a good corporate citizen …
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Greenwash Gold on Resonance FM
Will London 2012 glitter as the fair play Olympics?
This week the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is meeting in Quebec City. There is some irony to the venue of this meeting which may not be obvious to all Metro readers. The UK-based mining giant …
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The age of extreme oil: “This used to be a forest?”
Achuar Indigenous People from Peru inspect Canada’s tarsands.
Protesters want Rio Tinto off the Olympic podium
A protest against London 2012 sponsor Rio Tinto, which has supplied the metal to make the Olympic and Paralympic medals, welcomed the company’s shareholders yesterday in Brisbane, Australia, where the Australian annual meeting of the …
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Chilean Supreme Court Red Lights Goldcorp Mine
Indigenous community leader celebrates ruling, promises continued opposition
The Chilean Supreme Court has ratified a lower court ruling that rendered Goldcorp’s environmental assessment for the El Morro mine null, due to irregularities including the company’s …
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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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Shareholders Say Guatemalans Should Not Have to Pay for Goldcorp’s Mess
Several shareholders have filed a resolution with Goldcorp Inc asking the company to commit to the full costs of closure of the Marlin mine in Guatemala, and to fully disclose its closure plans. They indicate …
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London 2012: Rio Tinto and the ethics of corporate sponsorship
As London 2012 draws near, and the world’s media goes into Olympics overdrive, we need to focus on some of the Games’ corporate suppliers and sponsors. Much has been said about some of the front …
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Vote Rio Tinto for Greenwash Gold 2012
Vote for Rio Tinto for Greenwash Gold 2012! Rio Tinto is providing the metal for the 2012 Olympic Medals. Visit www.greenwashgold.org. And support locked out workers at Alma, Quebec, as they call for Rio Tinto to be pushed off the podium! Click on image for more…
Unions to protest at Rio Tinto AGM against its lockout of workers in Canada
All are welcome to join this protest.
Unions are protesting at the Rio Tinto shareholders’ AGM in London on Thursday 19 April against the four month-long lockout of 780 union members of the United Steelworkers …
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Tell the International Olympic Committee that unfair companies have no place in the Olympic Games.
Unionised workers at Rio Tinto Alcan’s aluminium smelter in Alma, Quebec, Canada, have been illegally locked out by the company for over three months. They are calling on the International Olympic Committee to exclude Rio …
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