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Industry
Competition gone bezerk
Aid Effectiveness beyond Accra: good governance & anti-corruption 2010
Industrial giant Siemens has agreed to pay
Human Rights Translated
Corporate Social License and Community Consent
The System Implodes: The 10 Worst Corporations of 2008
Auditors go easy on contractors
Child Labor In Wuhan, Chinese Argue Good or Bad - Supply chain problems abound.
Regulating the Human Rights Impact of State-owned Enterprises: Tendencies of Corporate Accountability and State Responsibility [PDF]
Election to benefit some industries, harm others
Agriculture
North Carolina Waste Pond Ban won't have immediate effect because farmers aren't expanding in downturn.
Amazon rainforest damage surges 67% in 2008
Sabotaging Drilling Leases: One Student's *Direct Action Gets the Goods*
New Figures Detail Logging Giant’s Vast Herbicide Use
FDA Fish Folly
A Summary Report of Food Riots, Government Responses, and States of Democracy in 2008 [PDF]
Tribe and Farmers Settle Dispute over Tidegates in Washington State
The Fruits of their labor
Last Minute Rulemaking Threatens Organic Farmers
The Wealthy Farm Africa
Automotive
Concessions Foreshadow a Tough Year for Unions
Ssangyong workers weigh strike amid reports of mass layoff plan
Dim Christmas spirits in Detroit
Thinking Anew About a Migratory Barrier: Roads
State rail projects get boost as driving declines
Federal Court Rules Clean Air and Wildlife Must Come First in America's Oldest National Park
In US, gas prices mean more riders, fewer buses
The Auto Industry Push for Weaker Fuel Economy Standards
New Analysis Reveals Comprehensive Approach to Saving Money on Gas Today
BP's Rebranding: Coloring Public Opinion?
Banking and Finance
Concessions Foreshadow a Tough Year for Unions
Colleges Profit as Banks Market Credit Cards to Students
Dim Christmas spirits in Detroit
Aid Effectiveness beyond Accra: good governance & anti-corruption 2010
Madoff scandal could lead to tax losses nationwide
Sitdown Strike in Chicago
Tackle climate change by ending EU house bank's multi-billion subsidies for fossil fuels
Bank of America will no longer finance mountaintop removal coal mining
Corporate Social License and Community Consent
Where's the bailout for nonprofits?
Beverages
Chinese Dairies Agree to Pay $160 Million to Tainted-Milk Victims
Waste & Opportunity: U.S. Beverage Container Recycling
Industry Not Lowering Sodium in Processed Foods, Despite Public Health Concerns
American fast food is almost entirely made of corn
Starbucks, TransFair USA and Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International Announce Groundbreaking Initiative to Support Small-Scale Coffee Farmers
Bottled water firm steamed about Miami-Dade water ads
Monsanto, EliLilly, good for the environment?
VICTORY!
Mayors Vote to End Taxpayer Spending on Bottled Water
A Town Torn Apart by Nestlé
Activists chide Yum over wrappers
Children's Products
Colleges Profit as Banks Market Credit Cards to Students
Chinese Dairies Agree to Pay $160 Million to Tainted-Milk Victims
Last Minute Rulemaking Threatens Organic Farmers
Milk? for my baby.
Kid-Safe Chemicals Act
American fast food is almost entirely made of corn
Brits Get Treats, Americans Get Tricks From Food Companies, Says Nutrition Action Healthletter
Monsanto, EliLilly, good for the environment?
Who is Elizabeth Perrott?
Foodmakers plan big ad campaigns in down economy
Computer
Freedom of Expression and Privacy Rights in Countries that Censor the Internet
U.S. Government OK's Illegal Trafficking in Hazardous Electronic Waste
VICTORY!
A Major Dent in Mountains of Waste: Best Buy Offers Free Electronics Recycling in 117 Stores After Dialogue, Agreement With As You Sow
Find REAL e-Stewards and Responsible e-cyclers
The Naked Employee -
buy from UCS and support CEI/BEN
Google plans renewable energy push
Tell TV Manufacturers: Take Back My TV
Defense/Military
Popular Uprising Against Barrick Gold in Tanzania sparked by killing of local
"I was beaten until I fainted."
Outsourcing Intelligence in Iraq - report [PDF]
Gulf War Illness: As clear as the nose on your face
Feds draft indictment against Blackwater guards [USA]
In Burma, business ventures start with military
Myanmar jails dissidents for 65 years
Auditors go easy on contractors
Critics nix deployment of troops in mining sites
CorpWatch and KPFA Radio Launch "Afghanistan 2008: Seven Years After the Taliban" Multimedia Project Collaboration
Education
Colleges Profit as Banks Market Credit Cards to Students
Pass Up the Poison Plastic - the PVC-Free Guide for Your Family & Home
CorpWatch and KPFA Radio Launch "Afghanistan 2008: Seven Years After the Taliban" Multimedia Project Collaboration
Chicago Heights school unveils Earth-friendly makeover in partnership with Earthday and Walmart.
Report Says Public Outreach, Done Right, Aids Policymaking
Bridging the Class Divide: And Other Lessons for Grassroots Organizing
High Schools Add Classes Scripted by Corporations
VICTORY!
Strong Scholastic Paper Policy Commits to 25% Recycled Content
Creating Sustainable Cities: The San Francisco Bay Area and New York City Are Leading the Way
STUDY: Wal-Mart systematically challenges property tax assessments, cutting support for public schools and other local services.
Energy
Four Green Trends Set in 2008 Which Set Us on a Better Eco-Path for 2009
Mountains of Concrete: Dam Building in the Himalayas
Canada's 'dirty oil' challenge
Indigenous Peoples, Mutlinational Corporations, Multinational Institutions and the State
Tackle climate change by ending EU house bank's multi-billion subsidies for fossil fuels
EPA Allows Mining Companies to Destroy America's Streams
Three Plans to Rescue the Economy and the Earth with Public Transportation
The grades are in! TV manufacturers put to the test
Official: Russians want to search for oil off Cuba
The potential of sunflower biodiesel
Food
North Carolina Waste Pond Ban won't have immediate effect because farmers aren't expanding in downturn.
Chinese Dairies Agree to Pay $160 Million to Tainted-Milk Victims
Waste & Opportunity: U.S. Beverage Container Recycling
FDA Fish Folly
Industry Not Lowering Sodium in Processed Foods, Despite Public Health Concerns
A Summary Report of Food Riots, Government Responses, and States of Democracy in 2008 [PDF]
Tribe and Farmers Settle Dispute over Tidegates in Washington State
The Fruits of their labor
Last Minute Rulemaking Threatens Organic Farmers
The Wealthy Farm Africa
Fossil Fuels: Oil, Gas, Coal
Four Green Trends Set in 2008 Which Set Us on a Better Eco-Path for 2009
Funding Opportunity for Indigenous Groups Affected by Mining
Disaster left dangerous levels of toxins in river, independent tests show
Sabotaging Drilling Leases: One Student's *Direct Action Gets the Goods*
Exxon Mobil to pay $6.1 million fine over air pollution
NO bailout for TARSANDS!
From Bill McKibben, a long-time climate protection activist and Wendell Berry, a farmer, man of letters and prophetic voice in American literature.
IP3 supports Black Mesa Water Coalition Action at Office of Surface Mining in Denver
Battle in a Poor Land for Riches Beneath the Soil
Canada's 'dirty oil' challenge
Garbage and Recycling
North Carolina Waste Pond Ban won't have immediate effect because farmers aren't expanding in downturn.
Trying to make reusable a requirement in Texas
Waste & Opportunity: U.S. Beverage Container Recycling
Naughty or Nice? 3rd Annual Catalog Environmental Scorecard Released
Recycling goes from boom to bust as economy stalls
All the World's a CAFO
Don Tyson Details Plans to Export the U.S. Meat Model of CAFOs to Global South
The Greenhouse Gas That Nobody Knew
Plastic Bag Will Carry a Fee
The Pollution Report
Internet
Freedom of Expression and Privacy Rights in Countries that Censor the Internet
What Image Opened Your Eyes to Human Rights?
The grades are in! TV manufacturers put to the test
Spam plummets as gang leaves net
Child Labor In Wuhan, Chinese Argue Good or Bad - Supply chain problems abound.
Cell Phone Boycott Protests War in Congo
Google.org issues $14.8 million in disease prevention grants
Foodmakers plan big ad campaigns in down economy
FISA and Corporate Misbehavior
The Naked Employee -
buy from UCS and support CEI/BEN
Media
Divergence On The Corporate Front: Sustainability Shakeout Begins
Freedom of Expression and Privacy Rights in Countries that Censor the Internet
What Image Opened Your Eyes to Human Rights?
Green, Inc.: An Environmental Insider Reveals How a Good Cause Has Gone Bad
China's environmental NGOs' influence increases as total doubles in 3 years
London is THE Fairtrade city!
Bottled water firm steamed about Miami-Dade water ads
Cell Phone Boycott Protests War in Congo
ABC Blocks Ad Focusing on Renewable Energy Needs
Verizon, 2 unions agree on new 3-year contact
Medical/Health Care
Health as a Human Right
Leaving Platform That Elevated AIDS Fight
Weak Oversight Lets Bad Hospitals Stay Open
Drug firms 'block cheap medicine'
Research Center Tied to Drug Company
Millions unknowingly taking unapproved meds
Gulf War Illness: As clear as the nose on your face
American fast food is almost entirely made of corn
Cities, States Questioning Wisdom of Adding Fluoride Chemicals to Public Water Supplies
Google.org issues $14.8 million in disease prevention grants
Mining
Funding Opportunity for Indigenous Groups Affected by Mining
Disaster left dangerous levels of toxins in river, independent tests show
The Real Price of Gold
Sabotaging Drilling Leases: One Student's *Direct Action Gets the Goods*
Coal Ash Spill Is Much Larger Than Initially Estimated
NO bailout for TARSANDS!
From Bill McKibben, a long-time climate protection activist and Wendell Berry, a farmer, man of letters and prophetic voice in American literature.
Popular Uprising Against Barrick Gold in Tanzania sparked by killing of local
IP3 supports Black Mesa Water Coalition Action at Office of Surface Mining in Denver
"I was beaten until I fainted."
Nuclear Energy
Energy and Arms Deals for India
Associated Press - Hanford Pipefitters Awarded $4.7 Million
Pharmaceuticals
Leaving Platform That Elevated AIDS Fight
A little prettier!
Study Ties Chicken Trucks to Bacteria
Drug firms 'block cheap medicine'
Millions unknowingly taking unapproved meds
Most industries remain dependent on hazardous substances
Public pays health care for private workers
Fight Looms on Federal Regulation of Cosmetics
Mexico To Lift Limits On Foreign Drug Makers
Drug Companies Move to Self-Regulate, Before Anyone Else Does
Prisons
Why not get arrested today!
Renewable Energy
The potential of sunflower biodiesel
The Greenhouse Gas That Nobody Knew
President Obama’s Big Climate Challenge
China Will Be the Biggest Wind Power Equipment Manufacturer by End of 2009
Google Earth Layer Maps Renewable Energy Potential of US Contaminated Land
Scientists on Cellulosic Fuel: Avoid Mistakes Before They Happen
Clean Tech Investing At Record High
NRDC Joins Aviation, Energy and Academic Leaders to Accelerate Development and Availability of Sustainable Biofuels
New Report: Green Investment Will Yield Two Million New Jobs in Two Years
Senate Vote Shows Growing Support for Global Warming Legislation
Timber
Amazon rainforest damage surges 67% in 2008
New Figures Detail Logging Giant’s Vast Herbicide Use
Groups Fight to Save the Endangered Species Act
Naughty or Nice? 3rd Annual Catalog Environmental Scorecard Released
The Little REDD Book
Celebrating the soya moratorium
Don't log the forest for the fuel! [PDF]
Indonesian Officials Unveil a Deal to Protect Forests
Illegal Logging Market: from there to Wal-Mart.
Exposed: Photos Show Kimberly-Clark Gets Trees From Ancient Forests
Tobacco
Through the smoke.
Absolving Your Sins and CYA: Corporations Embrace Voluntary Codes of Conduct
Report on Reynolds American Inc. and North Carolina Tobacco Production [PDF]
House Votes to Let FDA Regulate Tobacco
US: Menthol Dose Manipulated, Study Says
Shareholders Demand Philip Morris USA Stop Interfering In Health Policy
Japan's Obstructionist Position On Illicit Trade Protocol Earns Marlboro Man Award
Big Tobacco's Split a Mixed Bag for Global Health
Altria Ready to Consider Next Breakup: Tobacco
Global Tobacco Treaty Action Guide
Transportation
Public transport up!
Active Transportation for America:The Case for Increased Federal Investment in Bicycling and Walking[PDF]
Three Plans to Rescue the Economy and the Earth with Public Transportation
Global Warming Opens Northwest Passage
LA Port Project Brings Unusual Merger of Union Bosses and Environmentalists
Thinking Anew About a Migratory Barrier: Roads
Maritime Organization Seeks to Cut Air Pollution From Oceangoing Ships
State rail projects get boost as driving declines
NRDC Joins Aviation, Energy and Academic Leaders to Accelerate Development and Availability of Sustainable Biofuels
U.S. Food and Water Supply Poisoned by Perchlorate
Water
North Carolina Waste Pond Ban won't have immediate effect because farmers aren't expanding in downturn.
Citing Environment, China Delays World's Longest Aqueduct Project
Disaster left dangerous levels of toxins in river, independent tests show
Mountains of Concrete: Dam Building in the Himalayas
Sabotaging Drilling Leases: One Student's *Direct Action Gets the Goods*
Coal Ash Spill Is Much Larger Than Initially Estimated
NO bailout for TARSANDS!
Groups Fight to Save the Endangered Species Act
South Florida Water Management District Does the Right Thing
From Bill McKibben, a long-time climate protection activist and Wendell Berry, a farmer, man of letters and prophetic voice in American literature.
Special Interest
Wal-Mart: A bully benefactor
Big Business and the U.N. - Toward a new framework for corporate responsibility
Tar Sands, Banking Crisis, & Peak Oil - Mired At The Crossroads
No Golden Parachutes for the Working Poor
Exposed: The Toxic Chemistry of Everyday Products and What's at Stake for American Power
AIG execs' retreat after bailout angers lawmakers
Paved With Good Intentions
Lehman Bros head took home $300m
Body Shopping: The Economy Fuelled by Flesh and Blood
Building an Anti-Economy
Indigenous Rights
Funding Opportunity for Indigenous Groups Affected by Mining
Hundreds of Brazil's eco-warriors at risk of assassination
NO bailout for TARSANDS!
IP3 supports Black Mesa Water Coalition Action at Office of Surface Mining in Denver
Tribe and Farmers Settle Dispute over Tidegates in Washington State
Earth Matters: Indigenous Peoples, the Extractive Industries and Corporate Social Responsibility
Brazilian Indians 'win land case'
Indigenous Peoples, Mutlinational Corporations, Multinational Institutions and the State
Corporate Social License and Community Consent
Big oil gets help leaving footprints in Alaska
Animal Rights
Why not get arrested today!
Last Minute Rulemaking Threatens Organic Farmers
PETA Renews Calls for Immediate Termination of Abusers at Company's West Virginia Farms Following Undercover Investigation
Don Tyson Details Plans to Export the U.S. Meat Model of CAFOs to Global South
Organized eco-crime
EBay Bans Ivory Sale After Pressure Over Elephant Poaching
Thinking Anew About a Migratory Barrier: Roads
Environmental Crime - a Threat to Our Future
Russian Groups Sue Exxon Project to Protect Endangered Gray Whales and Native Communities
Nature loss 'dwarfs bank crisis'
CEOs
Madoff scandal could lead to tax losses nationwide
Over 230 Companies Worldwide Have a Public Human Rights Policy Statement
Where's the bailout for nonprofits?
An Evaluation Report on the project “Strengthening Responsible Corporate Citizenship in the Businesses of the MENA Region” [PDF]
Cheney, Gonzales Indicted in Texas Prisoner Abuse Case
Thieves and Liars: Exxon’s Plundering of Americans Breaks Another Record
No Golden Parachutes for the Working Poor
AIG execs' retreat after bailout angers lawmakers
Companies 'need green directors'
Paved With Good Intentions
Child Labor
2009 Shop with a Conscience guide!
Child Labor In Wuhan, Chinese Argue Good or Bad - Supply chain problems abound.
Mining companies expand their operations abroad - and so do their problems
The True Cost of Shrimp
How to End Child Labor on West African Cocoa Farms
Disney's Children's Books Made with the Blood, Sweat, and Tears of Young Workers in China
Looking for Mickey Mouse's Conscience-A Survey of the Working Conditions of Disney Factories in China
Everyday Low Wages: The Hidden Price We All Pay for Wal-Mart
Climate Change
Tackle climate change by ending EU house bank's multi-billion subsidies for fossil fuels
Active Transportation for America:The Case for Increased Federal Investment in Bicycling and Walking[PDF]
Global Warming Opens Northwest Passage
U.S. Power Company Agrees to Reveal Financial Risks of Climate Change
The Pollution Report
Mexico pollution solution: Go green
Thinking Anew About a Migratory Barrier: Roads
Maritime Organization Seeks to Cut Air Pollution From Oceangoing Ships
Change Coming To Water Politics - Twelve US States Face Extended Drought Conditions
Groups Challenge Federal Decision to Waste Natural Gas, Ignore Global Warming at Colorado Coal Mine
Community
Concessions Foreshadow a Tough Year for Unions
Funding Opportunity for Indigenous Groups Affected by Mining
Disaster left dangerous levels of toxins in river, independent tests show
John Abrams, The Company We Keep
Governing Women: Women's Political Effectiveness in Contexts of Democratization and Governance Reform
Mountains of Concrete: Dam Building in the Himalayas
Sabotaging Drilling Leases: One Student's *Direct Action Gets the Goods*
Hundreds of Brazil's eco-warriors at risk of assassination
Coal Ash Spill Is Much Larger Than Initially Estimated
Groups Fight to Save the Endangered Species Act
Corporate Misbehavior
Ssangyong workers weigh strike amid reports of mass layoff plan
Colleges Profit as Banks Market Credit Cards to Students
Disaster left dangerous levels of toxins in river, independent tests show
The Real Price of Gold
Chinese Dairies Agree to Pay $160 Million to Tainted-Milk Victims
Sabotaging Drilling Leases: One Student's *Direct Action Gets the Goods*
Competition gone bezerk
Coal Ash Spill Is Much Larger Than Initially Estimated
Working for Scrooge?
Exxon Mobil to pay $6.1 million fine over air pollution
Corporate Social Responsibility
Concessions Foreshadow a Tough Year for Unions
Health as a Human Right
North Carolina Waste Pond Ban won't have immediate effect because farmers aren't expanding in downturn.
Ssangyong workers weigh strike amid reports of mass layoff plan
Four Green Trends Set in 2008 Which Set Us on a Better Eco-Path for 2009
Colleges Profit as Banks Market Credit Cards to Students
Divergence On The Corporate Front: Sustainability Shakeout Begins
Disaster left dangerous levels of toxins in river, independent tests show
Chinese Dairies Agree to Pay $160 Million to Tainted-Milk Victims
Leaving Platform That Elevated AIDS Fight
Democracy
John Abrams, The Company We Keep
Governing Women: Women's Political Effectiveness in Contexts of Democratization and Governance Reform
Groups Fight to Save the Endangered Species Act
From Bill McKibben, a long-time climate protection activist and Wendell Berry, a farmer, man of letters and prophetic voice in American literature.
A Summary Report of Food Riots, Government Responses, and States of Democracy in 2008 [PDF]
Freedom of Expression and Privacy Rights in Countries that Censor the Internet
Tribe and Farmers Settle Dispute over Tidegates in Washington State
Why not get arrested today!
Corporate Social License and Community Consent
Naomi Klein on the Bailout Profiteers and the Multi-Trillion-Dollar Crime Scene
Education Materials
Health as a Human Right
John Abrams, The Company We Keep
Ethical Markets
New York Times: Locavestors Have One of the Best Ideas of 2008
New Figures Detail Logging Giant’s Vast Herbicide Use
Pearls, Politics, and Power - How Women Can Win and Lead
Industry Not Lowering Sodium in Processed Foods, Despite Public Health Concerns
Freedom of Expression and Privacy Rights in Countries that Censor the Internet
Battle in a Poor Land for Riches Beneath the Soil
What Image Opened Your Eyes to Human Rights?
Environment/Environmental Justice
North Carolina Waste Pond Ban won't have immediate effect because farmers aren't expanding in downturn.
Trying to make reusable a requirement in Texas
Amazon rainforest damage surges 67% in 2008
Citing Environment, China Delays World's Longest Aqueduct Project
Four Green Trends Set in 2008 Which Set Us on a Better Eco-Path for 2009
Funding Opportunity for Indigenous Groups Affected by Mining
Disaster left dangerous levels of toxins in river, independent tests show
The Real Price of Gold
Mountains of Concrete: Dam Building in the Himalayas
Sabotaging Drilling Leases: One Student's *Direct Action Gets the Goods*
Fair Trade
The Real Price of Gold
Factory Girls: From Village to City in a Changing China
Wal-Mart: A bully benefactor
2009 Shop with a Conscience guide!
Positive outlook for natural products
All Starbucks' coffee to be Fairtrade
President-Elect Obama Cites GAO Farm Subsidy Report as Example of Wasteful Spending
The potential of sunflower biodiesel
A 'tipping point' for fair-trade policy?
Child Labor In Wuhan, Chinese Argue Good or Bad - Supply chain problems abound.
Faith
Christianity, Incorporated: How Big Business is Buying the Church
For Children
A little prettier!
Pass Up the Poison Plastic - the PVC-Free Guide for Your Family & Home
CSR and the Role of the Private Sector in the Sexual Exploitation of Children [PDF]
World Toilet Day Recognizes 2.5 Billion People Without Proper Sanitation
Kid-Safe Chemicals Act
Crisis and Gender
Chicago Heights school unveils Earth-friendly makeover in partnership with Earthday and Walmart.
Brits Get Treats, Americans Get Tricks From Food Companies, Says Nutrition Action Healthletter
Praise Wal-Mart when praise is due! [PDF]
U.S. Government Mandates HPV Vaccine For New US Residents
Framing
Health as a Human Right
Four Green Trends Set in 2008 Which Set Us on a Better Eco-Path for 2009
Divergence On The Corporate Front: Sustainability Shakeout Begins
John Abrams, The Company We Keep
Competition gone bezerk
Aid Effectiveness beyond Accra: good governance & anti-corruption 2010
Madoff scandal could lead to tax losses nationwide
Green, Inc.: An Environmental Insider Reveals How a Good Cause Has Gone Bad
Human Rights Translated
Over 230 Companies Worldwide Have a Public Human Rights Policy Statement
Globalization
Amazon rainforest damage surges 67% in 2008
Mountains of Concrete: Dam Building in the Himalayas
Dim Christmas spirits in Detroit
Aid Effectiveness beyond Accra: good governance & anti-corruption 2010
December 18th - International Migrants' Day highlights Trade Issues [PDF]
Freedom of Expression and Privacy Rights in Countries that Censor the Internet
Battle in a Poor Land for Riches Beneath the Soil
Factory Girls: From Village to City in a Changing China
Why not get arrested today!
Hervé Kempf on Corporate Watchdog Radio [w/AUDIO]
Human Rights
Health as a Human Right
The Real Price of Gold
Mountains of Concrete: Dam Building in the Himalayas
Ethical Markets
A Summary Report of Food Riots, Government Responses, and States of Democracy in 2008 [PDF]
"I was beaten until I fainted."
Battle in a Poor Land for Riches Beneath the Soil
What Image Opened Your Eyes to Human Rights?
Hervé Kempf on Corporate Watchdog Radio [w/AUDIO]
Human Rights Translated
Labor Rights/Econ. Justice
Concessions Foreshadow a Tough Year for Unions
Ssangyong workers weigh strike amid reports of mass layoff plan
John Abrams, The Company We Keep
The Real Price of Gold
Ethical Markets
Hundreds of Brazil's eco-warriors at risk of assassination
Working for Scrooge?
Tell Millstone Coffee: Unfair trade is rotten!
Popular Uprising Against Barrick Gold in Tanzania sparked by killing of local
December 18th - International Migrants' Day highlights Trade Issues [PDF]
Legislation
Trying to make reusable a requirement in Texas
U.S. Representatives Introduce Legislation to Protect Drinking Water From Oil & Gas Development
Tyranny of Oil
Limits on Lobbying for Bailed-Out Banks?
Congress Announces Ban on Toxic Chemicals
FISA and Corporate Misbehavior
Gaveling Down the Rabble:How "Free Trade" Is Stealing Our Democracy
VICTORY!
Oakland Research Matters in Historic South African Water Rights Decision
In Britain, Corporate Manslaughter Act: firms face huge fines for deaths.
Turkey's Government Plans Sweeping Water Privatisation in Run-up to World Water Forum in Istanbul
Public Health
Health as a Human Right
North Carolina Waste Pond Ban won't have immediate effect because farmers aren't expanding in downturn.
Disaster left dangerous levels of toxins in river, independent tests show
Chinese Dairies Agree to Pay $160 Million to Tainted-Milk Victims
Leaving Platform That Elevated AIDS Fight
Sabotaging Drilling Leases: One Student's *Direct Action Gets the Goods*
In Reversal, Court Allows a Bush Plan on Pollution
Coal Ash Spill Is Much Larger Than Initially Estimated
New Figures Detail Logging Giant’s Vast Herbicide Use
Exxon Mobil to pay $6.1 million fine over air pollution
Sarbanes-Oxley
Sarbanes-Oxley Upheld By Court as Constitutional
Rogue Corporations, Corporate Rogues & Ethics Compliance: The Sarbanes-Oxley Act, 2002
Socially Responsible Investing
Concessions Foreshadow a Tough Year for Unions
Ssangyong workers weigh strike amid reports of mass layoff plan
Amazon rainforest damage surges 67% in 2008
Colleges Profit as Banks Market Credit Cards to Students
Divergence On The Corporate Front: Sustainability Shakeout Begins
Disaster left dangerous levels of toxins in river, independent tests show
John Abrams, The Company We Keep
The Real Price of Gold
Leaving Platform That Elevated AIDS Fight
Mountains of Concrete: Dam Building in the Himalayas
Sweatshops
Battle in a Poor Land for Riches Beneath the Soil
The Fruits of their labor
Wal-Mart: A bully benefactor
2009 Shop with a Conscience guide!
Child Labor In Wuhan, Chinese Argue Good or Bad - Supply chain problems abound.
No Golden Parachutes for the Working Poor
The Gates of Hell - Jungle takes a look at the lesser known side of the ethanol boom
Argentine Law Offers Model to Fight Sweatshop Labor
Human Trafficking and Abusive Conditions ~ for WalMart
Illegal People: How Globalization Creates Migration and Criminalizes Immigrants
Toxics
Disaster left dangerous levels of toxins in river, independent tests show
Chinese Dairies Agree to Pay $160 Million to Tainted-Milk Victims
In Reversal, Court Allows a Bush Plan on Pollution
Coal Ash Spill Is Much Larger Than Initially Estimated
New Figures Detail Logging Giant’s Vast Herbicide Use
Exxon Mobil to pay $6.1 million fine over air pollution
NO bailout for TARSANDS!
FDA Fish Folly
Canada's 'dirty oil' challenge
A little prettier!
Trusts
Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on News
Corporate Breakdown-Standing up to the Competition? The Future of European Mergers
Corporate Crime
Wall Street
Madoff scandal could lead to tax losses nationwide
Ethics still matter in hard times
U.S. Power Company Agrees to Reveal Financial Risks of Climate Change
Lehman Bros head took home $300m
BofA to pay $8 billion over subprime suit
Dirty Fuels Have No Place in Bailout Deal
Deeper in debt: Predatory lending in America
Clean Tech Investing At Record High
The Financial Re-Regulatory Agenda
Dire warnings fail to sway senators on big bailout
Women
Governing Women: Women's Political Effectiveness in Contexts of Democratization and Governance Reform
Pearls, Politics, and Power - How Women Can Win and Lead
Factory Girls: From Village to City in a Changing China
A little prettier!
Where's the bailout for nonprofits?
Milk? for my baby.
The potential of sunflower biodiesel
Women Buying Health Policies Pay a Penalty
Crisis and Gender
CorpWatch and KPFA Radio Launch "Afghanistan 2008: Seven Years After the Taliban" Multimedia Project Collaboration
World Trade Organization
Aid Effectiveness beyond Accra: good governance & anti-corruption 2010
WTO abandons plan for trade talks
Indigenous Peoples, Mutlinational Corporations, Multinational Institutions and the State
Big Business and the U.N. - Toward a new framework for corporate responsibility
An Evaluation Report on the project “Strengthening Responsible Corporate Citizenship in the Businesses of the MENA Region” [PDF]
'Climate Investment Funds;' report exposes World Bank's 256 percent increase in support for coal
Cotton Symbolises Global Trade System’s 'Iniquity'
CIEL and colleagues find that leading international banks do not have a robust framework for minimizing the social risks posed by their projects.
The truth about GM
US in '$4bn cotton row sanction'
Press Room
Susan Casey-Lefkowitz of the Natural Resources Defense Council on tarsands
Jodie Van Horn from the Rainforest Action Network (www.ran.org)
Recent Articles
OP/ED BY CORPORATE ETHICS INTERNATIONAL, in the SEATTLE PI: Companies' support goes against the environment
OP/ED BY CORPORATE ETHICS INTERNATIONAL, in the OREGONIAN: Cities should review impact of Wal-Mart
Press Contact Information
Recent Press Releases
The envelope please.... 2008 BENNY and Path to Victory Awards!
Wal-Mart Political Contributions to Anti-Environment Candidates - New Report Released by Corporate Ethics International and Friends of the Earth
Projects
The envelope please.... 2008 BENNY and Path to Victory Awards!
Top 25 Censored Stories for 2009
Big Box Campaign
Wal-Mart to Pay $54 Million to Settle Minnesota Suit
Wal-Mart: A bully benefactor
Wal-Mart's profits beat forecast
Wal-Mart has perfected the art of union-busting.
Praise Wal-Mart when praise is due! [PDF]
Agreement Reached Wtih Wal-Mart in Bentonville, AR on Clean Air Act Violations
Illegal Logging Market: from there to Wal-Mart.
Bagging Wal-Mart
Wal-Mart China Unions!
Human Trafficking and Abusive Conditions ~ for WalMart
Articles and Opinion Pieces
Wal-Mart to Pay $54 Million to Settle Minnesota Suit
Wal-Mart: A bully benefactor
Wal-Mart's profits beat forecast
Wal-Mart has perfected the art of union-busting.
Praise Wal-Mart when praise is due! [PDF]
Bagging Wal-Mart
Wal-Mart China Unions!
Human Trafficking and Abusive Conditions ~ for WalMart
Some change: Wal-Mart Turning Trash Into Cash
Is Wal-Mart stealing money meant to help low-income women and children?
Flash Films
Sam Suds, and the Case of PVC, the Poison Plastic: A Film Aimed at the Target Corporation
Friends with Low Wages
Big Box Mart
Recommended Reading
Public pays health care for private workers
The Local Economic Impact of Wal-Mart
Javatrekker: Dispatches from the World of Fair Trade Coffee
No-One Makes You Shop at Wal-Mart: The Deception of Individual Choice
Wal-Mart: The Bully of Bentonville: How the High Cost of Everyday Low Prices Is Hurting America
The Small-Mart Revolution: How Local Businesses Are Beating the Global Competition
Are Chain Stores Ruining America?
Big Box Swindle
Beyond the Wal-Mart Economy
The Bully of Bentonville: How the High Cost of Wal-Mart's Everyday Low Prices is Hurting America
Recommended Viewing
Illegal Logging Market: from there to Wal-Mart.
Why the employee free choice act matters ~ video
Everyday slave wages at Wal-Mart
Wal-Mart Sues Disabled Woman
Talking to the Wal(l)
Store Wars: When Wal-Mart Come to Town
Wal-Mart: the High Cost of Low Prices
Talking to the Wall
Frontline: Is Wal-Mart Good for America?
Reports
Twin studies on Wal-Mart wages from the U.C. Berkeley Labor Center
How Wal-mart's Sourcing Practices Encourage Illegal Logging and Threaten Endangered Species
Ethical Standards and Working Conditions in Wal-Mart’s Supply Chain
Counter Sustainability Report 2007
Wal_Mart and Beyond: The Battle for Good Jobs and Strong Communities in Urban America
Top 10 Reasons Why Wal-Mart Is Wrong for Northcross Mall
Discounting Rights: Wal-Mart's Violation of US Workers’ Right to Freedom of Association
ActionAid’s report ‘Who Pays?: how British supermarkets are keeping women workers in poverty’
WORKER RIGHTS CONSORTIUM ASSESSMENT re CHONG WON FASHION, INC. (THE PHILIPPINES)
Wal-Mart Political Contributions to Anti-Environment Candidates - New Report Released by Corporate Ethics International and Friends of the Earth
Site Fight Resources
Two doctors voice opposition to Wal-Mart plan
City bans stores of more than 90,000 square feet: Move effectively ends debate over big box stores
How to win in a fight with Wal-Mart
Sprawlbusters
Big Box Tool Kit
Wal-Mart and Beyond: The Battle for Good Jobs and Strong Communities in Urban America
Big-Box Sprawl (And How to Control It)
Victories
Wal-Mart to Pay $54 Million to Settle Minnesota Suit
Wal-Mart China Unions!
VICTORY!
Maine Legislature Passes Bill Requiring Economic Impact Studies of Big-Box Projects
S.D. council bans supercenter-size stores
Wal-Mart Loses Suit
Beaverton council rejects Cedar Mill Wal-Mart plan
Tosa keeps 'big box' moratorium
No smiles for Wal-Mart in California
Wal-Mart Loses Unpaid Overtime Case
Business Ethics Network
Peter Barnes clip from 2007 BEN Conference
Vandana Shiva clip from 2007 BEN Conference
David Korten Clip from 2007 BEN Conference
Corporate Campaign University Schedule
2007 BENNY Award and Path to Victory Nominees
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A Decade of Consumer Pressure Is Driving Monsanto's Bovine Growth Hormone off the Market
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International Campaign for Justice in Bhopal
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