NAFTA arbitrators in environmental case agree to formal public input, a first for trade hearings
...ment harassment, has become "a strategic tool" for corporations and an offensive weapon against new environmental and other public welfare laws, according to IISD. Chapter 11 provides foreign firms with the opportunity to directly sue a government through an investor-state dispute settlement mechanism. Commonly ...Money talks: Concern for biodiversity pressed on boardrooms by new breed of fund managers
... a radically changing global landscape confronting corporations especially those in need of access to new territories and resources. The new statistics showing the strength of fund managers pursuing socially responsible investment (SRI) represent one of several signals in boardrooms that green thinking is essent...First ever legal challenge filed against the patenting of an animal
... surveyed were not even aware that governments and corporations are getting patents on animals. "We don't treat our companion animals like we treat our toasters or computers for the obvious reason that they are not inanimate objects," stated Sue Leary, AAVS President. "They are not articles of manufacture, they a...Beagles win first round in fight for reprieve from patenting
... surveyed were not even aware that governments and corporations are obtaining patents on animals. The public has also responded to the AAVS/PatentWatch initiative by writing to the Patent Office and the President of the University of Texas. Students at UT Austin held a campus rally, collected over 300 signed let...Patent on beagle dogs cancelled
... surveyed were not even aware that governments and corporations are getting patents on animals. "The swift decision of the University to drop all patent claims on sickened beagles demonstrates the patent's weakness, both scientifically and morally," said Tina Nelson, AAVS Executive Director. "This will be the fir...2004 BP Conservation Programme winners pave the way for protecting wildlife
...lving over 2500 participants globally. Many other corporations are providing support to conservation, but no other cross-sectoral partnership has had such an impact over time in terms of developing future capacity. The BP Conservation Programme is proud to say that through giving small amounts of money to young...