Research from LMN member group WDM has revealed that Royal Bank of Scotland’s 2012 carbon emissions could be up to 1,200 times higher than the figure reported by the bank, and 18 times the total emissions of Scotland. See...
This short video involves interviews with shareholders in the London-listed, Chilean-based Antofagasta after the company’s 12 June AGM in London and includes news of what has happened since to the company in Chile, where most of its operations are. See...
The annual thematic report of the Special Rapporteur on the Rights of indigenous peoples, which he will present to the Human Rights Council in September 2013,addresses issues related to extractive industries and implications that they have for the rights of indigenous...
The use of rare earths in electronics devices such as smart phones, batteries and hard drives is well-known, but a lesser-explored area is how the rare metals might be recycled. Doing so would not only cut down on e-waste, but could go some way towards mitigating the...
The UK Action Plan on Business and Human Rights will bring little comfort to victims of corporate abuse, says UK NGO Rights and Accountability in Development (RAID). The Action Plan is a damp squib more concerned with pandering to the concerns of British business...
Press release from CORE Coalition, Wednesday 4 September 2013 A coalition of human rights and development NGOs, alongside unions, has given a cautious welcome to today’s launch of an official UK government Action Plan on Business and Human Rights by Vince Cable and...
On a dirt road passing through sparkling lakes and spruce woods in the wilds of northern Sweden, a woman belonging to Europe’s only indigenous people – the Sami – chants a traditional, high-pitched tune. Since the end of the last Ice Age, the Sami...
Protest against human rights abuses linked with mining in the Philippines Human rights abuses against anti-mining advocates are picking up in the Philippines. Once more there have been killings of opponents of Glencore Xstrata’s Tampakan mine in Mindanao. Tribal...
US authorities have warned BHP Billiton that they are looking into issues that could lead to the world’s No.1 mining company having to face action over potential breaches of anti-corruption laws, related mainly to terminated projects and its sponsorship of the...
Hundreds of Peruvians affected by a toxic spill are considering taking considering legal action against the Antamina mining company. Antamina is the world’s third largest copper producer and is majority owned by the British-Australian firm BHP Billiton and the...
The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), which represents 64% of the country’s mine workers, served gold producers with a notice today announcing they will start a strike from the nightshift of Sept. 3 after that sector’s wage talks broke down. In a statement,...
Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) is moving forward with massive job cuts promised at the beginning of the year: Nearly 7,000 South Africans working for the world’s largest platinum producer will be out of work come September. In January the company had warned...
