The Liberian Socfin plantation SRC opts out of conflict resolution process
03.06.2020
In May 2019, the Liberian NGO Green Advocates filed a complaint with the IFC on behalf of 22 village communities, pointing out serious human rights violations …
Business and Human Rights: A New and Incomplete Action Plan
03.03.2020
The new action plan (NAP) 2020-2023 does not constitute a solid framework for ensuring that Swiss companies respect human rights in their activities, and those …
Communities in Africa fight back against the land grab for palm oil
21.09.2019
Ein neuer Bericht zeigt, wie sich die Gemeinden bei einem massiven Landraub in der Region erfolgreich wehren.
Friends of the Earth Groups an supporters file complaint against ING for financing palm oil abuses
05.07.2019
Today Friends of the Earth groups Milieudefensie (NL), Sustainable Development Institute (Liberia) and WALHI (Indonesia) file a OECD complaint against the Dutch…
Swiss fertiliser traders implicated in human rights violations in Morocco
05.06.2019
New report: The Moroccan state-owned company OCP is polluting the air with its fertiliser factories, thereby harming the health of its employees and of the loca…
The Link Between Employment Conditions and Suicide
07.12.2018
A Study of the Electronics Sector in China (/November 2018)
Dust in the air and polluted soils : Glencore does not exercise enough due diligence in Congo
27.11.2018
Glencore, with its copper and cobalt mines, continues to pollute the air and soil around the town of Kolwezi in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Child labour: LafargeHolcim abandons the victims
08.05.2018
Two years after the child labour scandal in Uganda was discovered, LafargeHolcim and its suppliers have done nothing to help the victims.
FTA Switzerland – Indonesia: Respect human rights and nature – keep palm oil outside!
02.02.2018
Open letter to Federal Councillor Johann Schneider-Ammann: Palm oil must be excluded from the free trade agreement between Switzerland and Indonesia.
No improvement in Sierra Leone
21.12.2017
After the takeover of the failed Addax project by Sunbird Bioenergy Africa Ltd, the situation for those affected has not improved.
Electronics firms rating: From Apple to Huawei – profit before workers’ rights
21.11.2017
In the mobile phone and computer industries labour rights are still a sore point. In particular the new market giant Huawei and HTC still have much to do.
Palm oil leads to land grabbing
04.09.2017
Bread for all and the Swiss Catholic Lenten Fund call on retailers and manufacturers in Switzerland to reduce their use of palm oil.
