The world's second largest mining company, Vale, has been given the dubious honor of being voted the world's most awful corporation in terms of human rights abuses and environmental destruction by the Public Eye Awards.
More on mongabay.com
More on the Public Eye Awards website.
Vale is a Global Compact participant since 2007/09/12
Vale was a USD 20,000-100,000 contributor to the Foundation for the Global Compact in 2009
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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Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Brazilian mining company connected to Belo Monte dam voted worst corporation
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Companhia Vale do Rio Doce,
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Vale S.A.
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