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 line sponsors, but last week both unions and environmental and human rights groups turned the spotlight on one of the less noticeable suppliers to the Games – the metals and mining giant Rio Tinto, who held their AGM at London’s Queen Elizabeth 2 Centre in Westminster.
See http://www.leftfootforward.org/2012/04/rio-tinto-ethics-corporate-sponsorship/.