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Our website contains a variety of items dating back to 2001. You can use this archive to explore by year, campaign theme, specific campaign, and category.
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MEPs back tough company transparency law
MEPs have today voted to toughen up proposed new company transparency rules to make large companies report annually on risks their operations pose to communities and the natural world, such as accidents, pollution and human rights.
17th Dec 2013
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Campaigners thank North West MEP for backing tough action on irresponsible companies
Greater Manchester campaigners thanked Arlene McCarthy MEP for backing tough action to make companies come clean about their effect on people and the environment in a meeting in Manchester today.
29th Nov 2013
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MEPs must force firms to come clean on impacts
MEPs must resist pressure from corporate lobbyists and UK ministers and close loopholes in new company transparency rules, a coalition of charities including Friends of the Earth is urging today. It comes on the day MEPs debate crucial amendments to … Continue reading
26th Nov 2013
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Close dirty loopholes for cleaner supply chains
This year’s horse meat scandal highlighted just how easy it is for things to go wrong when companies don’t know exactly how their products are made. But horse meat is just the tip of the iceberg. Samsung says it had … Continue reading
12th Aug 2013
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Make it Better: Nokia, Sony, Blackberry, Motorola and LG all come clean
This has been a bit of a crazy week. In the last few days Nokia, Sony, Blackberry, Motorola and LG have all publicly accepted that their phones are likely to contain forest-trashing tin from Bangka Island. And I think I … Continue reading
31st Jul 2013
Apple leads fact-finding mission to Indonesian island over tin
Responding to a change in Apple’s ‘supplier responsibility’ page which says the company has led a fact-finding visit to Bangka Island, Indonesia to learn more about tin mining, Friends of the Earth campaigner Julian Kirby said: “Unlike Samsung and Philips, … Continue reading
12th Jul 2013
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‘Rotten’ Apple told: come clean on Bangka tin
Apple is still refusing to admit to customers that its products contain tin that’s destroying tropical forests, killing coral and wrecking the lives of communities in Indonesia, Friends of the Earth reveals today.
6th Jul 2013
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Make it Better: Turn the heat up on Apple
It’s time to turn up the heat on Apple. Friends of the Earth supporters have already forced its biggest rival, Samsung, to confirm that it uses forest-trashing tin in its products. But Apple is still refusing to go public about … Continue reading
26th May 2013
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