What is #Total doing in #Western_Sahara ?
▻http://multinationales.org/What-is-Total-doing-in-Western
The French company Total, along with other multinationals, has recently started oil and gas exploration off Western Saharan – a territory which has been under Moroccan occupation for almost forty years. These activities raise ethical issues about consultation with #local_communities and fair distribution of potential revenues. Saharawi activists have spoken up their concerns for years about the oil firm, denouncing its role in undermining the territory’s sovereignty. Total is also critised by (...)
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/ Total, #Extractive_Industries, #Morocco, Western Sahara, #Norway, #Extractive_Industries, #Fossil_fuels, #Corporate_Social_Responsibility_and_Ethical_Investment, local communities, #international_law, #human_rights, #ethics, #social_impact, socially responsible (...)
#socially_responsible_investment
« ▻http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/12/norwaywealthfund-ethics-idUSL6N0M826420140312 »
« ►http://www.ipsnews.net/2014/03/u-s-oil-firm-creates-tension-western-sahara »
« ▻http://www.wsrw.org/a106x2651 »
« ►http://www.lemonde.fr/economie/article/2014/03/28/total-negocie-avec-lukoil-pour-exploiter-des-petroles-de-schiste-en-russie_4 »
« ►http://www.novethic.fr/novethic/isr_investissement_socialement_responsable,climat,le_fonds_norvegien_pourra »
« ►http://in.reuters.com/article/2014/02/07/total-westernsahara-idINL5N0LC35Y20140207 »
« ►http://www.yabiladi.com/articles/details/23060/exploration-petroliere-sahara-maroc-assure.html »
« ►http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/HRBodies/HRCouncil/RegularSession/Session22/A-HRC-22-53-Add-2_en.pdf »
« ►http://bigmenthemovie.com »
Remembering French Investments in Apartheid #South_Africa
▻http://www.multinationales.org/article228.html
With politicians showing unusual agreement among themselves and media focused on the “global” tribute to Nelson Mandela, there has been unanimous praise in #France for the South African leader and the struggle against apartheid he embodied. However, when Mandela was still laying in jail for life, things were very different. France and its major corporations were among the most loyal supporters of Pretoria’s racist regime, to which they sold arms, nuclear and industrial technologies, in #Total (...)
/ #Defence_and_Security, #A_la_une, #Energy, South Africa, France, #Alcatel-Lucent, #Alstom, #ArcelorMittal, #Areva, #EADS, #EDF, #Groupe_Dassault, #Lagardère, #PSA_Peugeot_Citroën, #Renault, #Safran, Total, #Wendel, #armament, #public_campaign, #international_law, human (...)
#human_rights #ethics #international_solidarity
►http://www.lacimade.org
►http://www.ritimo.org
►http://www.peuples-solidaires.org
►http://www.reseau-ipam.org/spip.php?page=rubrique&id_rubrique=47
►http://www.jeuneafrique.com/Article/ARTJAWEB20120615182920
►http://www.24heures.ch/suisse/Rene-Felber-fustige-les-banques-suisses-sur-l-apartheid-/story/16707094
►http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/tiers_0040-7356_1979_num_20_77_2853
▻http://www.ilo.org/public/libdoc/ilo/1964/64B09_117_engl.pdf
►http://articles.latimes.com/1986-04-13/local/me-4509_1_shell-oil
►http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/tiers_0040-7356_1979_num_20_77_2859
►http://www.business-humanrights.org/Categories/Lawlawsuits/Lawsuitsregulatoryaction/LawsuitsSelectedcases/ApartheidreparationslawsuitsreSoAfrica