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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...
TAKE ACTION for a living wage with JustPay!
Matilda Lee
4th May, 2011
The new JustPay! campaign is asking investors and individuals alike to activate their money and demand that support staff, such as cleaners, at the UK's top corporations are ensured a Living Wage more...
Why supply chains for commodities like tea need urgent regulation
Seb Klier
13th April, 2011
It is time for the UK government to act if we want to stamp out the ongoing abuses perpetrated by corporations overseas and ensure an ethical weekly shop, argues Seb Klier more...
Climate Week is too cosy with EDF, RBS and Tesco - join an activist group instead
Danny Chivers
17th March, 2011
Danny Chivers, author of the all-new No-Nonsense Guide to Climate Change, gives his verdict on the upcoming RBS-sponsored Climate Week 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...
Merchants of Doubt
Phil England
10th September 2010
In a hard-hitting new investigation, Naomi Oreskes & Erik M. Conway report on the scientists prepared to distort the truth on the key issues of our time - from tobacco to climate change to coal fired power stations 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...
Titnore vs. Tesco
Jan Goodey
9th April, 2009
One of the country’s longest standing tree-camps is determined to see off Tesco, its planned new hyperstore and allied £3bn development at Titnore Woods, Durrington, near Worthing. more...
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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...
How to be free: Stepping into the ring
Tom Hodgkinson
1st July, 2008
At the end of May, I went to give a talk at the Hay-on-Wye literary festival. John Bird, of The Big Issue, and I, sang songs to my ukulele accompaniment and enthused about the pleasures of thrift. 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...
How to be free: Supermarket suffocation
Tom Hodgkinson
1st June, 2008
I have to confess I've been feeling thoroughly gloomy about the state of the nation lately, and I blame a certain supermarket chain that I shall call 'Blank' 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
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The privatisation of water
Jon Luoma
1st March, 2004
The privatisation of global water services means billion-dollar profits for corporations and pollution, disconnection and soaring prices for consumers more...
Corporate muscle
Ronnie Hall
1st June, 2003
Friends of the Earth International’s Ronnie Hall introduces some of thebiggest lobby groups working today
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Puppet Show
Matilda Lee
1st June, 2003
Matilda Lee explains how democracy is bypassed as multinationals pushchanges in trade law through the labrynthine corridors of the EU more...
World (fair) Trade Organisation
George Monbiot
1st June, 2003
George Monbiot argues that fair trade is the answer to world poverty. He proposes a radical new system that would also rein in corporatepower and protect labour rights and the environment. more...
Corporate power wielded through limited liability status
Derrick Jensen
20th March, 2001
‘Immortal’ and created solely to amass ever larger amounts of wealth, limited-liability corporations institutionalise dissatisfaction. They are, Derrick Jensen writes, the economic manifestation of the Buddhist notion of ‘hungry ghosts’ – spirits that roam the earth, always eating, never sated. more...
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...Members
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