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The resources here are specifically designed for general readers. They are arranged by type:
They give information on the activities of individual companies and information on broader concerns about multinational corporations. You can also find more detailed information under experts.
Agrofuels: Fuelling or Fooling Europe?
(PDF† 174K) October 2007
Friends of the Earth Europe's position on agrofuels/ biofuels.
Mining Madagascar - forests, communities and Rio Tinto's white wash
(PDF† 63K) Oct 2007
This briefing highlights how, contrary to the claims of Rio Tinto and the World Bank, Rio Tinto's mining project is in fact creating economic insecurity, social upheaval, and environmental destruction in Madagascar, depriving local people of their land and livelihoods while yet to demonstrate any real benefits in return.
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.
How
Public Money Funds Oil
(PDF† 88K) October 2004
This briefing explains how UK tax payers money funds oil extraction
projects overseas using two case studies as examples.
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.
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
targetted and the reasons why.
Older briefings are available here.
Shell: Use your profit to clean up your mess
(PDF† - 1.26 MB) Feb 2007
Report on how Shell should fund local solutions for environmental and social destruction caused by its projects
The
oil for ape scandal: How palm oil is threatening the orang-utan
(PDF† 448 KB) 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.
Beyond Oil: the
oil curse and solutions for an oil free future
(PDF
- 735K) Jan 2005
This report brings together information and contacts needed to stop
the conflict and destruction that the oil economy generates at every
stage of its cycle.
Xposé
Awards 2004 Ceremonial Brochure
(PDF† - 537K) Sept
2004
Full details of all companies and lobby groups nominated for Xposé
Awards at the Labour Party Conference in Brighton 2004.
Xposé
Award Winners
(PDF† - 150K) Sept
2004
Details of the award-winning companies and lobby groups at the Xposé
Awards.
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.
Older reports are available here.
Big
business, the environment and you
(PDF† - 674K) January 2004
This colour booklet provides a straight forward introduction
to this issue and offers advice on how people make a difference. For
paper copies visit our online Publications catalogue's free resources section.
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