Full Coverage: Corporations
June 2008
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06/25/2008
A conference of U.S. mayors -- with support from restaurants, businesses, and public interest groups -- passed a resolution Monday to phase out municipal use of bottled water in favor of tap water.
Read moreFrom: Corporate Accountability International Related: [United States] [Cities] [Water/Sanitation] [Consumption] [Business] [Environmental Activism] [Pollution] |
06/23/2008
Donate to a non-profit, plant a tree, or make a political statement with new socially responsible credit cards that redirect part of their profits to efforts to improve the community.
Read moreFrom: Co-op America Related: [Consumption] [Credit and Investment] [Finance] [Activism] |
06/17/2008
Sixteen U.S. congresspeople have asked the prime minister of India to support Bhopal activists, who survived the toxic 1984 explosion of a Union Carbide pesticide plant, by bringing this corporation and its new owner, Dow Chemical, to justice.
Read moreFrom: Bhopal.net Related: [United Kingdom] [Environmental Activism] [Pollution] [Health] [Disease/treatment] [Civil Rights] [Disability] [Activism] [Civil Society] [Geopolitics] [Governance] [Justice and Crime] [Law] |
06/13/2008
The Caterpillar corporation came under fire during its shareholder meeting yesterday for continuing to sell machinery to Israel that is used to demolish Palestinian homes.
Read moreFrom: Jewish Voice for Peace Related: [United States] [Palestine] [Israel] [Human Rights] [Activism] [Geopolitics] [Arms & Military] |
06/12/2008
Several members of Congress have called upon the U.S. Treasury Secretary to address the issue of vulture funds -- private companies accused of debt profiteering at the expense of the world's poorest people -- at the upcoming G-8 summit.
Read moreFrom: Jubilee USA Network Related: [United States] [International Cooperation] [Credit and Investment] [Debt] [Geopolitics] |
06/03/2008
Leading manufacturers of compact fluorescent light bulbs have unveiled plans to reduce the amount of mercury in these energy-efficient lamps.
Read moreFrom: Worldwatch Institute Related: [United States] [Europe] [Energy] [Intermediate Technology] [Environmental Activism] [Pollution] |
06/02/2008
Burger King agreed last week to raise the wages of Florida tomato farmers following a near year of campaigning by the the Coalition of Immokalee Workers.
Read moreFrom: Oxfam America Related: [United States] [Agriculture] [Food] [Labor] [Activism] |
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