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Business leaders & environmental orgs. discuss what they hope to see at COP22 climate discussions
Author: Matt Mace & Luke Nicholls, edie
"COP22: Seven green business wishes for the Marrakesh climate talks," 4 Nov 2016...
Swarovski Statement
Author: Swarovski
Recently, a representative from Swarovski participated, along with more than 20 other representatives of Austrian companies, in a delegation initiated by the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber (WKO), an official body that aims to coordinate and...
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European firms seize on Suu Kyi release to hunt profit in Burma
Author: Andrew Buncombe & Joseph Allchin, Independent [UK]
...Swarovski was among two dozen European companies that recently visited Burma on a controversial business trip...[The Austrian] embassy said [it] was an "economic fact-finding trip" and involved no contact with Burmese government officials...EU...
NGO report highlights widespread health, labour abuses in global gemstone supply chain
[PDF] Rough Cut: Sustainability Issues in the Coloured Gemstone Industry
Author: E. de Haan, S. van der Wal, J. Cross, SOMO [Netherlands]
This report…outline[s] the social, environmental and economic issues present in the coloured gemstone supply chain…[T]he coloured gemstone trade can be linked to support terrorism and suppression in a number of countries…[T]here was a high reported...
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[Swarovski response to Observer article entitled "The Price of Sparkle is Child Labor"
Author: Swarovski
A recent article published in the London Observer/Guardian titled “The Price of Sparkle is Child Labor” incorrectly implicated Swarovski in the illegal practice of child labor, an accusation which is not only totally untrue; it also goes against every...
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The price of sparkle is child slavery [India]
Author: Dan McDougall, Observer [UK]
...Manoj Kumar Singh of the Bonded Labour Liberation Front [says]...'...the popularity of these sparkling adornments sold on by the firm [Swarovski] has created a life of servitude, a living nightmare for tens of thousands of children who are forced...
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