This blog provides information on how U.N. Global Compact participants' walk the talk. The GC is a voluntary initiative at the strategic level to engage businesses towards sustainability principles. There is however a risk of 'blue-washing' by covering up corporate misbehaviour and law infringement from large MNEs through poorly enforced 'Integrity Measures' and weak U.N supervision. Let's 'WE', civil society stay tuned!
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Tuesday, August 23, 2011
AngloGold, Gold Fields Face Court Battles Against Miners With Lung Disease
Aug 19, 2011
AngloGold Ashanti Ltd. and Gold Fields Ltd. (GFI) are among South African producers threatened with costly court battles as rights groups enlist thousands of former miners with work-related lung disease for a class-action suit. More on Bloomberg.
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Anglogold,
health,
health and safety,
lung,
lung disease,
Mining,
South Africa,
UNGC
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