Environment
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Commentary: Beautiful legislation' fails to protect PNG's environment, landowners
Author: Lucy EJ Woods, Mongabay
"'Beautiful legislation' fails to protect PNG's environment, landowners", 14 February 2019...
Commentary: Palm oil sustainability can be achieved by balancing economic livelihood & conservation interests
Author: Rizal Algamar
"Commentary: East Can Meet West on Palm Oil Controversy", 13 February 2019...
- Related in-depth areas: Biofuels / Palm oil
Nigeria: Esther Kiobel testifies against Shell in The Hague
Author: BBC
"Nigeria: Ogoni widow testifies against Shell in The Hague", 12 February 2019...
- Related stories: Shell lawsuit (re Nigeria - Kiobel & Wiwa)
- Related companies: Shell
Nigerian widows sue Shell for complicity in activist deaths
Author: Associated Press
"Nigerian widows sue Shell for complicity in activist deaths", 12 February 2019...
- Related stories: Shell lawsuit (re Nigeria - Kiobel & Wiwa)
- Related companies: Shell
Brazil court tells Vale to halt its largest Minas Gerais mine
Author: Reuters
"Brazil court tells Vale to halt its largest Minas Gerais mine", 4 February 2019...
- Related stories: Brazil: At least 58 dead & hundreds missing after Vale tailings dam breaks, fresh warnings of a second dam failure
- Related in-depth areas: Brazil: Vale tailings dam bursts in Brumadinho
- Related companies: Vale
India: IIM Bangalore's response
Author: Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty, Chairman, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore
28 January 2019 ...
- Related stories: India: Civil society raises concerns over censure of IIM Bangalore professor in connection with statements about Hindustan Unilever’s environmental record
- Related in-depth areas: Environment
- This is a response from the following companies: Hindustan Unilever Unilever
India: Villagers in Kerala demand complete halt to mining activities
Author: National Herald, India
"Kerala mining: Villagers of Alappad demand complete halt to mining activities", 21 January 2019...
- Related in-depth areas: Latest news on natural resources Natural resources
Vedanta Resources seek to block water contamination case affecting 1800 villagers heard in the UK; argue case involved its subsidiary in Zambia
Author, Mail & Guardian, 24 January 2019...
- Related in-depth areas: Latest news on natural resources Natural Resources
- Related companies: Vedanta Resources
Response from Unilever
Author: Prasad Pradhan, Hindustan Unilever Ltd
…The Indian Institute of Management Bangalore is an independent institution; any action taken by the institution against one of its faculty members, is their internal matter and it would not be appropriate for us to comment on this. ...
- Related stories: India: Civil society raises concerns over censure of IIM Bangalore professor in connection with statements about Hindustan Unilever’s environmental record
- Related in-depth areas: Freedom of expression
- This is a response from the following companies: Hindustan Unilever Unilever
Human Rights Watch's new world report explores role of businesses in abuses
Author: Human Rights Watch (USA)
World Report 2019, 17 Jan 2019...