On Tuesday 24 May a number of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and civil societies were outside the Annual Deep Sea Mining Summit calling for a ban on...
Colombians evicted for BHP Billiton coal mine to challenge world’s biggest mining firm at London AGM, weeks after new community eviction A Colombian delegation will grill...
We first wrote about financial transaction taxes back in 2011. Here we take a look at those articles and the developments of the last four years. Progress...
Campaigners from anti-poverty charity War on Want have called on the UK’s fashion industry not to forget garment workers, often forced to work long hours in...
Campaigners have today announced that the European Commission has rejected a petition that would force a public review of a secret trade deal between the EU,...
As the conflict in Gaza intensifies with no end in sight, campaigners are urging investors of all types to ditch their holdings in companies profiting from...
Campaigners will launch a national tour of the UK on Tuesday to protest against the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), a controversial proposed EU-US free-trade...
Microsoft founder Bill Gates, the world’s richest man, has begun divesting his philanthropic foundation from the controversial UK security firm G4S, after coming under pressure to...
Consumers are being challenged to ask and think about who made their clothes and the impact their purchasing decisions have around the world. The first Fashion...
Campaigners in London have called on major retail brands to condemn the violence displayed by police officials in Cambodia, where four people were shot during a...
Fashion giants have come under fire from campaign groups for not paying compensation to Rana Plaza victims. After the Rana Plaza factory collapsed in April, killing...
A Bangladeshi union leader has arrived in London ahead of the city’s fashion week to demand a living wage for the workers of factories like the...
The recent collapse of a factory in Bangladesh poses serious questions about safety and working conditions of clothes manufacturers, and also emphasises the role of consumers...
Once a month, we’ll be publishing a topical cartoon created by Polyp – a Manchester-based cartoonist who has designed images for the New Internationalist, Friends of the Earth and...
Beyond Tourism – an agency dedicated to making responsible tourism mainstream – has been launched with an aim of helping individuals consider the ethical and environmental...