Open letter to the EU parliament on conflict minerals
Ahead of a landmark vote on a new conflict minerals law to be held in the European Parliament on 20 May 2015, 157 civil society organisations urgently call on Members of the European Parliament to vote for a law which will finally tackle the trade in conflict minerals...
Is the UK living up to its business & human rights commitments?
The Business and Human Rights Resource Centre has published, ahead of the UK General Election on 7 May, a report called An agenda for the election, and recommendations for the next government. British companies have a massive impact on human rights around the world....
New fact sheets from End Coal
London Mining Network is part of the international End Coal coalition. End Coal have recently published three fact sheets: Towards Climate Catastrophe: the contribution of coal to climate change Towards Climate Catastrophe: the contribution of coal to climate change...
BHP Billiton's Indomet Project: Digging deep into the Heart of Borneo
Joint briefing by WDM, LMN, WALHI, FoE Australia and DTE October 2014 For centuries, the indigenous Dayak peoples of Indonesian Borneo lived from the abundant forests and rivers that blanketed the region. Now, BHP Billiton is planning to build a series of massive coal...