In a new report, “More Shine Than Substance: How RJC certification fails to create responsible jewelry,” an international coalition of labour and environmental groups indicts the Responsible Jewellery Council (RJC)’s certification system as misleading...
Shell, one of the largest multinational corporations in the world and a company that prides itself in having strong stakeholder relations, was taken aback by a barrage of questions from shareholders and groups attending its AGM. Shareholders questioned Shell’s...
Last week, two of the world’s leading scientists travelled to Europe to counter some of the outrageous lobbying coming from the tar sands industry and the Canadian government against EU climate legislation. The trip, by US climate expert Jim Hansen and Canadian...
A complaint has been brought by Rights and Accountability in Development (RAID), a human rights organisation, concerning mining assets controlled by companies associated with Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation (ENRC) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),...
ENRC details founders’ $2.3bn cash-and-share bid plan Kazakhstan’s government and the trio of founders behind miner ENRC, seeking to take the company private, have offered shares in rival Kazakhmys as well as cash in an indicative proposal valuing the group at...
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is under fierce attack for investing hundreds of millions of pounds in US companies which remove the tops of mountains in order to scoop out coal inside. See...
