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Pillage theory: a blueprint for prosecuting corporations trading in conflict resources
Matilda Lee
20th April, 2012
Timber, diamonds, gold and oil have long been recognised as drivers of war. But companies involved in trading commodities from conflict zones are seldom prosecuted. Isn't it time they were held to account? Matilda Lee reports more...
7 ways to help stop tropical deforestion & illegal logging
Peter Dauvergne & Jane Lister
11th March, 2011
A store like Walmart can wield more power than a country over a logging company - especially in the global South. But what's good for Walmart is not always good for the planet. Peter Dauvergne & Jane Lister outline 7 key tools for retailers to limit the impacts of timber consumption more...
GRAPHIC: What business wants in Copenhagen
Ecologist
10th December, 2009
Copenhagen is awash with lobbyists of all creeds and colours, but those representing big business interests have more power than most. Here are their demands... more...
Google, McDonalds and Amazon dodge carbon disclosure
Ecologist
25th November, 2009
Survey of whether UK's biggest brands are reducing their carbon emissions finds more greenwash than progress more...
10 independent media groups
Ecologist
19th June, 2009
Seek out campaigns, context and investigations that you're unlikely to find in the mass media in our pick of the best independent publications more...
Why Copenhagen will be crawling with business lobbyists
Dan Box
9th November, 2009
Is a business presence at Copenhagen crucial or corrosive? Either way, in a few weeks Denmark is going to be up to its eyes in corporate lobbyists... more...
Corporate greenwash
John Naish
16th May, 2008
From cars to petrochemical giants, every man and his dog has green credentials to show off to the world, but just how genuine are they? John Naish takes a closer look more...
Indonesia wages war against tribe
Paul Kingsnorth
29th January, 2009
Armed and financed by Western corporations, Indonesia is waging a brutal war against a tribal people with little more than bows and arrows to defend itself. more...
Hell for leather
Jim Wickens
1st June, 2008
Must-have handbags? shoes to die for? From cheap trinkets to luxury car interiors, Jim Wickens discovers the startling facts behind what we buy into when we buy leather goods.more...
Shell slapped down for flower refinery advert
News
7th November, 2007
The Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) has upheld a complaint by Friends of the Earth against Shell over the oil company's claims that it uses its waste CO2 to grow flowers. more...
Rainforest Action Network
Nicola Graydon
1st February, 2006
Described as a ‘mosquito inside a tent’,Rainforest Action Network are forcing corporate
America to change its destructive practices.
Nicola Graydon meets this inspiring group of activists
more...
Corporate muscle
Ronnie Hall
1st June, 2003
Friends of the Earth International’s Ronnie Hall introduces some of thebiggest lobby groups working today
more...
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Can we trust the media on the environment?
David Edwards and Caspar Henderson
9th June, 2000
Are we getting the facts about the world from a free press, or being led astray by a corporate media uninterested in the real issues? Writer and thinker David Edwards argues it out with environmental journalist Caspar Henderson more...
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