Results for Campaigns & Activism
Campaign Round-Up (October/November 2007)
November 21, 2007 Does the 'war on terror' justify human rights abuses? And are women still facing discrimination? These are a couple of the issues covered in this edition of Briefing. These, and of course, crisps. Read more >
Campaign Round-Up (August/September 2007)
October 03, 2007 This edition's campaigns include a push to encourage corporations to cut carbon emissions and people to shopping locally as well as giving to charity via your stay at a Hilton hotel. Read more >
Campaign Round-Up (Issue 94)
July 30, 2007 Saving the rainforest, switching to energy efficient light bulbs and walking for a very long time – it's all about the environment in this edition's campaigns round-up. Read more >
Campaign Round-Up (Issue 93)
May 21, 2007 War on Want and the price of cut flowers, finding a voice for the public sector, and who is really paying for your affordable supermarket food? Read more >
Healthcare news round-up (Issue 92)
March 30, 2007 Drinks manufacturers join to increase awareness of responsible drinking, and Vodafone Group Foundation funds the extension of the Measles initiative Read more >
Campaign round-up (Issue 92)
March 28, 2007 Save Our Selves launches, London businesses work together and banks challenged on investments in companies carrying out human rights violations. Read more >
An opportunity not to be missed
March 28, 2007 Stephen Hale of the Green Alliance on why governments, businesses and individuals will need to all play their part in reducing their impacts on the world’s climate. Read more >
Campaign round-up December 2006/January 2007
January 30, 2007 The commercialisation of childhood, the production of more affordable medicines for poorer countries, and calls for Shell to use its profits to clear up pollution, are the campaigns for the first Briefing of 2007. Read more >
New rules, new expectations
January 30, 2007 Although the new UK Companies Act broadens directors’ duties beyond the traditional short-term profit motive, there is some way to go before companies are held fully accountable for their social and environmental impacts, argues Simon McRae of War on Want. Read more >