A test case has been filed with the Philippine Commission on Human Rights to investigate so-called “Carbon Majors” for human rights violations resulting from impacts of climate change. Of the 50 respondents, 10 have branches or subsidiaries in the Philippines — Chevron, ExxonMobil, BP, Royal Dutch Shell, Total, BHP Billiton, Anglo American, Lafarge, Holcim, and Taiheiyo Cement Corporation.
A test case has been filed with the Philippine Commission on Human Rights to investigate so-called “Carbon Majors” for human rights violations resulting from impacts of climate change. Of the 50 respondents, 10 have branches or subsidiaries in the Philippines — Chevron, ExxonMobil, BP, Royal Dutch Shell, Total, BHP Billiton, Anglo American, Lafarge, Holcim, and Taiheiyo Cement Corporation.
So, Vedanta has managed to tempt yet another former CEO of a British mining company to join Tom Albanese in his house of cards. Is Vedanta trying to collect a full-house of ‘failed CEOs’?
The decision by Australia’s rightwing Abbott government to sell uranium to India is based on fraudulent statistics and a gross distortion of the pretended benefits of sales and jobs in the home country. Not only have the figures been misrepesented, but India’s nuclear expansion is currently in a state of “deep freeze”. Most of the Australian uranium destined for India will come from mines owned by Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton.
BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto and the Business Council of Australia are among the world’s largest companies and industry groups holding back action on climate change, according to a new survey.
