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Supply chain responsibility: China's Role in Debate and Standard-Setting

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Supply chain responsibility: China's Role in Debate and Standard-Setting

From Merle Groneweg and Michael Reckordt / 30.12.2019 Comments Disabled

The debate on binding human rights and environmental protection along the entire supply chain has gained momentum. Internationally, as well as in Germany, legal regulations are being debated. In the dispute comes a [...]

Land grabbing for German cars

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Land grabbing for German cars

From Michael Reckordt / 19.12.2019 Comments Disabled

How a mining company violates human rights during bauxite mining in Guinea The Federal Government guarantees in Guinea for the expansion of a mine for a million loan. 13 villages are affected by the negative effects of these [...]

Berlin streets for everyone!

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Berlin streets for everyone!

From Peter Fuchs / 20.11.2019 Comments Disabled

Since the beginning of 2019, PowerShift has been coordinating the "Autorunde" as a new networking of environmental and mobility policy initiatives in Berlin. At the heart of our common demands is the...

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Group action for nuclear phasing out – Germany vs Vattenfall

From Tine Laufer / 12.11.2019 Comments Disabled

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmgcC6aoGuw&rel=0 The Swedish energy company Vattenfall wants money from Germany, quite a lot of money. EUR 6.1 billion, as ‘damage compensation’. The company argues that the maturities of its nuclear reactors are...

Can trade policy protect the environment?

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Can trade policy protect the environment?

From Louisa Prause / 29.08.2019 Comments Disabled

The sustainability chapters in EU trade agreements For many years, consumer protection organisations, environmental associations and trade unions, as well as political decision-makers, have criticised the fact that the EU's trade policy...

Regulatory cooperation in CETA

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Regulatory cooperation in CETA

From Louisa Prause / 29.08.2019 Comments Disabled

Danger to the environment and consumers? Regulatory cooperation is an important part of the EU's new free trade agreements. Among other things, it is part of the agreement between Canada and the EU, the Comprehensive Economic [...]

Environmental protection in the sustainability chapters of EU trade agreements

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Environmental protection in the sustainability chapters of EU trade agreements

From Thomas Fritz / 15.08.2019 Comments Disabled

The EU wants to make its trade policy more environmentally and climate-friendly with so-called sustainability chapters. But does it work? Thomas Fritz doubts the effectiveness of the sustainability chapters in this study.

New chapters on raw materials in EU trade agreements – a stocktaking exercise

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New chapters on raw materials in EU trade agreements – a stocktaking exercise

From Merle Groneweg / 04.07.2019 Comments Disabled

Impact on the environment, human rights and economic development With new chapters on raw materials and energy, the EU Commission wants to ensure the best possible access to these important imported goods for European companies. In the meantime...

Human rights on the siding

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Human rights on the siding

From Thomas Fritz / 25.06.2019 Comments Disabled

The European Union has negotiated a free trade and investment protection agreement with the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in recent years. The two contracts are based on [...]

For a world without child labour

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For a world without child labour

From Vanessa Fischer / 12.06.2019 Comments Disabled

Heute ist Welttag gegen Kinderarbeit. Da passt dieses Bild auf den ersten Blick nur zu gut. Zwei erschöpft schauende Jungs, beide noch im schulpflichtigen Alter. Sie stehen hinter einer Lore, […]