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The resources here are specifically designed for use by campaigners and activists.
As well as information, these resources generally contain ideas for actions you can take. You can also find purely information based materials in the general readers section and more detailed information in the experts section.
Act Now! A Campaigner's Guide to the Companies Act
(PDF† 1.7M) September 2007
This guide provides advice and ideas on how activists and campaigners can use the Companies Act to help improve the social and environmental performance of companies.
Agrofuels: Fuelling or Fooling Europe?
(PDF† 174K) October 2007
Friends of the Earth Europe's position on agrofuels/ biofuels.
Shell: Use your profit to clean up your mess
(PDF† 1.2M) February 2007
Report on how Shell should fund local solutions for the environmental and social destruction caused by its projects.
Shell. Wildlife Destroyer of the Year?
(PDF† 60K) October 2006
This briefing outlines some of the impacts that Shell is currently having on wildlife, as well as highlighting the hypocracy of Shell sponsoring the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition.
Broken Promises
(PDF† 79K) June 2006
This briefing outlines how Shell’s non-compliance with the
OECD Guidelines harms people and the
environment, and why voluntary self regulation is not enough to protect them from the activities of companies like Shell.
Palm oil, the survival or the orang-utan and UK company law reform
(PDF† 56K) May 2006
This briefing explains why the failure of hundreds of UK companies to ensure that they do not buy palm oil from destructive sources is a classic example of how the voluntary approach to corporate responsibility has failed, and why the Company Law Reform Bill must be strengthened.
Barclays, human rights and the trans Thai-Malaysia gas pipeline
(PDF† 74K) September 2005
This briefing describes some of the ways Barclays has broken its own rules and has infringed its own human rights policies to fund the trans Thai-Malaysia gas pipeline.
Barclays and
the financing of the Narmada Dams
(PDF† 42K) January 2005
This briefing looks at Barclays' involvement in the Narmada Dam Project
and the principles and laws it breaches in doing so.
Barclays and Omkareshwar
Dam
(PDF† 45K) October 2004
This briefing reveals how Barclays are set to fund a dam with huge environmental
and social consequences that violates their green finance principles.
Every
Little Hurts: why Tesco needs to be tamed
(PDF† 60K) June 2004
This briefing sets out some of the growing evidence that Tesco’s
success is coming at a high price to local communities, UK farmers and
overseas workers, in stark contrast to the Tesco's claims.
HSBC
- financing forest destruction and social conflict
(PDF† 156K) May 2004
This briefing reveals that customers and shareholders of HSBC are unaware
that through their mortgages, overdrafts and shares they have unwittingly
financed companies destroying rainforests and damaging communities in
Indonesia.
Cadbury's
chocolate and palm oil
(PDF† 119K) May 2004
Confectionary giant Cadbury-Schweppes considers itself an international
leader in corporate social responsibility, however this briefing shows
that their use of palm oil can leave a bitter taste.
Rio Tinto
- What's yours is mine
(PDF† 114K) April
2004
A media briefing looking at two examples of the company’s activities
which clearly illustrate why concerns about the company’s greenwash
persist.
AGM
Season 2004
(PDF† 133K) April
2004
An introduction to Friends of the Earth's activities at Annual General
Meetings throughout Spring 2004. Contains a list of the companies being
targeted and the reasons why.
Older briefings are available here.
The
oil for ape scandal: How palm oil is threatening the orang-utan
(PDF† 448K) Sept
2005
This summary report links the demand for palm oil to the impending extinction
of the orang-utan, rainforest destruction and human rights abuses.
Easy
Listening - a research summary
(PDF† - 340 KB) July
2005
This summary shows why the Government needs a new playlist featuring
more than the CBI's old favourites.
Full report - Hidden
voices
Gas flaring in Nigeria: a human rights, environmental and economic monstrosity
(PDF† - 1.5 MB) Jun 2005
More gas is flared in Nigeria than anywhere else in the world. This report tracks its history, explains its implications, and shows how it violates human rights and damages the environment.
Lessons not
learned- the other Shell Report
(PDF† - 505 KB) June
2005
This report tells
the real story of living on Shell's doorstep around the world, that
Shell's reports fail to mention.
BAT in its own words
(PDF†)
April 2005
This report uses BAT's own internal documents to expose how it uses
Corporate Social Responsibility to make a profit at the expense of people,
their health and the environment.
Behind
the shine - the other Shell report
(PDF† - 840K) June
2004
Highlights Shell's poor performance in the area of corporate social
responsibility using accounts from people who live next door to Shell
around the world.
BAT's
big wheeze
(PDF - 900K) April 2004
The alternative British American Tobacco social and environmental report.
Greasy palms
- Palm Oil, The Environment and Big Business
(PDF - 832K) March 2004
Palm oil, the hidden ingredient in thousands of everyday products, is
driving rainforest destruction. This report summarises the connection
between palm oil, the environment and big business.
Older reports are available here.
CSR
- tackling global challenges
(Powerpoint file - 1,005K) March 2005
This presentation discusses what Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
is and what it is not. It discusses the limitations of CSR and what
the current challenges CSR should address. For a downloadable copy of
this presentation please contact the corporates
team directly.
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