Search
-
CAFOD response to new EU country-by-country proposals
Expert welcomes positive proposals, but voices concern about influence of possible industry lobbying.
[• News Story]
% - 01/01/1970 1:00 am
TAGS: 267.Campaigning news, 263.News, 260.Private Sector
RELATED TAGS: 267.Campaigning news, 260.Private Sector -
Crowds bear witness for the world’s poorest people
On Saturday 1st October, hundreds of campaigners came together to bear witness for the world’s poorest people on the eve of the Conservative Party Conference.
[• News Story]
% - 01/01/1970 1:00 am
TAGS: 267.Campaigning news, 175.Climate change and environment, 263.News
RELATED TAGS: 267.Campaigning news, 175.Climate change and environment -
Get down to business: Small message, big thanks
Our ‘Get down to business’ campaign has now closed with more than 15,000 actions taken - thank you!
[• News Story]
% - 01/01/1970 1:00 am
TAGS: 267.Campaigning news, 263.News, 260.Private Sector
RELATED TAGS: 267.Campaigning news, 260.Private Sector -
Campaigns success as David Cameron calls on the EU to open up the books
CAFOD is delighted that the Prime Minister has spoken out in support of vital legislation requiring oil, gas and mining companies to open up their books on the payments they make to developing countries.
[• News Story]
% - 01/01/1970 1:00 am
TAGS: 267.Campaigning news, 263.News, 260.Private Sector
RELATED TAGS: 267.Campaigning news, 260.Private Sector -
Unearth Justice Update – Gold Mining
Many of you may have seen the recent Channel 4 Dispatches programme, ‘The Real Price of Gold’, and so we wanted to update you on our work in relation to mining and how you can help.
[• News Story]
% - 01/01/1970 1:00 am
TAGS: 267.Campaigning news, 263.News, 174.Trade and Fairtrade
RELATED TAGS: 267.Campaigning news, 174.Trade and Fairtrade -
Tea Time for change: the most important cuppa of the year!
On June 9th, 131 MPs sat down over a cup of tea with their constituents in Westminster. The lobbyists were calling for commitments on aid, transparency and the Robin Hood Tax.
[• News Story]
% - 01/01/1970 1:00 am
TAGS: 165.Aid, 267.Campaigning news, 175.Climate change and environment, 263.News, 28.Robin Hood Tax
RELATED TAGS: 267.Campaigning news, 175.Climate change and environment, 28.Robin Hood Tax -
Robin Hood Tax debate: Watch it here!
On Tuesday 29 March, St Paul’s Cathedral hosted a debate entitled ‘Should we Bank on the Robin Hood Tax?’ Jointly organised by CAFOD, Tearfund, The Salvation Army and St Paul’s Institute, the debate focused on the extent to which the financial sector has a moral role to play in contributing to the common good.
[• News Story]
% - 01/01/1970 1:00 am
TAGS: 267.Campaigning news, 263.News, 28.Robin Hood Tax
RELATED TAGS: 267.Campaigning news, 28.Robin Hood Tax -
Earlier this year, CAFOD supporters lobbied their MPs on the UK Bribery Act, which faced long delays and fears of dilution as a result of intense corporate lobbying of government.
Now, after months of delay, the government has revealed the Act will finally come into force in July this year – a major triumph in the fight against bribery and corruption and their devastating effects on the world’s poorest people.
[• News Story]
% - 01/01/1970 1:00 am
TAGS: 267.Campaigning news, 263.News, 260.Private Sector
RELATED TAGS: 267.Campaigning news, 260.Private Sector -
'Guiding Principles for Business and Human Rights' published
Following six years’ research and consultation, the United Nations has released a set of ‘Guiding Principles for Business and Human Rights’. The ‘Guiding Principles’, led by UN Special Representative John Ruggie, aim to provide for the first time, an authoritative global standard that will ensure businesses respect the human rights of the communities in which they work.
[• News Story]
% - 01/01/1970 1:00 am
TAGS: 267.Campaigning news, 263.News, 260.Private Sector, 174.Trade and Fairtrade
RELATED TAGS: 267.Campaigning news, 260.Private Sector
Search took: 95 msecs, using eZ Find 2.6 search plugin © 1999-2011 eZ Systems AS, powered by Apache Solr 3.1

