Corporate Links

Inclusion in this links page does not necessarily mean that Friends of the Earth endorses either the sources included or the information therein.

General
UK investment sector
Balfour Beatty and the Ilisu Dam
Rio Tinto
Scotts and Peat Extraction
Asia Pulp and Paper

Palm oil

General

Corporate Watch
http://www.corporatewatch.org.uk/

Multinational Monitor
www.essential.org/monitor/

CORE - The Corporate Responsibility Coalition
www.corporate-responsibility.org/

UK Investment Sector

Useful Links

Financial Advice

Friends of the Earth cannot advise on ethical investments, however, investing in the Earth Saver Account by Triodos Bank (supported by Friends of the Earth) is recommended

Contact the following two organisations for a list of Independent Financial Advisors (IFA) who should be able to help you.

EIRIS (Ethical Investment Research & Information Service)
80-84 Bondway,
LONDON,
SW8 1SF
Tel:020 7840 5700

Ethical Investment Association
http://www.ethicalinvestment.org.uk/

Information on Companies

The Ethical Consumer Research Association produces the Ethical Consumer Magazine and Corporate Critic Online Database - an essential tool for checking the ethical and environmental performance of companies.
http://www.ethicalconsumer.org/

Corporate Watch publishes a DIY Guide on How to Research Companies.
http://www.corporatewatch.org/

Multinational Monitor tracks corporate activity, especially in the Third World, focusing on the export of hazardous substances, worker health and safety, labour union issues and the environment.
www.essential.org/monitor/monitor.html

Balfour Beatty and the Ilisu Dam

Balfour Beatty
http://www.balfourbeatty.co.uk/

For Balfour Beatty's perspective on the Ilisu Dam and the World Commission on Dams click on "corporate responsibility" under the about us section
www.balfourbeatty.co.uk/aboutus/

The Ilisu Dam Campaign
www.ilisu.org.uk

The UK Government's Trade and Industry Select Committee's report, May 2000
www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200001/ ¬
cmselect/cmtrdind/512/51204.htm

Rio Tinto

Rio Tinto
www.riotinto.com

World Development Movement:
66 Offley Road
London
SW9 0LS
Phone: 020 7737 6215
http://www.wdm.org.uk/

For more information on Rio Tinto:

Partizans (People Against Rio Tinto and its Subsidiaries)
41 Thornhill Square
London N1
Phone: 020 7700 6189
Email: partizans@gn.apc.org

Minewatch
54 Camberwell Road
London SE5 0EN
Phone: 020 7277 4852
Email: minewatch@gn.apc.org

For information on other mining issues all over the world, you can check the following sites:

Corporate Watch
http://www.corpwatch.org/

Mineral Policy Institute Australia
http://www.mpi.org.au/

The site of the Mirrar clan
www.mirrar.net

The Andrew Lees Trust is committed to developing social and environmental education projects in the south of Madagascar to assist local populations to improve their food security, resource management and quality of life. To find out more about the Trust and the Libanona Ecology Centre, visit their website: http://www.andrewleestrust.org.uk/.