In October 2011, the province of Noord-Holland, the Netherlands, announced it would fine Indian conglomerate Tata Steel in IJmuiden €150,000 for breaching dioxine emission levels.
Tata Steel has been a Global Compact participant since 2001/03/09.
Read more on Dutch News
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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Friday, October 7, 2011
Tata Steel (former Corus) fined for dioxine emissions in the Netherlands
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air contamination,
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IJmuiden,
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Tata Steel
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