Joan Bavaria Lauded as "Hero for the Planet" by Time.com(Archive)
Joan Bavaria, president of Trillium Asset Management Corporation, appears as the latest of the "Heroes for the Planet" on Time.com. As part of Time.com's ongoing series to introduce readers to "...people doing extraordinary things to preserve and protect the environment," Ms. Bavaria is described as an "...ardent campaigner and activist" for socially responsible investing and the environment. …
Slouching To (and From) Kabul (Archive)
Last month, Unocal Corporation, a multinational energy concern loathed in many circles for its business relationship with the Burmese military regime, dropped plans to pursue a natural gas pipeline deal with the Taliban government of Afghanistan, a regime loathed in many circles for its heinous treatment of women. The official story from Unocal is that low oil prices worldwide have forced cost-cutting measures, some of which just happen to include closing three out of four of its offices in the Caspian and Central Asian regions. The real story is that feminists and human rights advocates have made Afghanistan too hot …
Independent Monitoring: A New Approach Gathers Momentum(Archive)
Using the same approach that companies have used to ensure worldwide quality standards, Social Accountability International (formerly Council on Economic Priorities Accreditation Agency) has created a workers' rights standard: Social Accountability 8000, or SA8000. …
The Handwriting On the Wall (Archive)
I trust that if there were anything truly reassuring to tell shareholders about Unocal’s relationship with the barbaric Taliban regime of Afghanistan, Chairman Roger Beach would have said it at last month’s annual stockholders meeting. Several of us attended to press Unocal to explain how the company can insist that it isn’t “negotiating” with the Taliban when numerous international press reports credit the corporation with underwriting their visits to the United States, welcoming them into their homes, doling out gifts from fax machines to frisbees, and even picking up the tab for the occasional pair of eyeglasses. Outside the meeting, …
Another Burma? (Archive)
Unocal Joins Forces With Brutal Afghan Regime To Further Regional Oil Pipeline …
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