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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Monday, June 4, 2012
Vale charged in fatal Ontario mine tragedy
Health and safety charges have been laid against a mining company and one of its supervisors in the deaths of two Sudbury, Ont., miners, provincial Labour Minister Matt Blajer announced in a news release Thursday. Both workers were killed when a torrent of wet mud and ore flooded the tunnel where they were working at Vale's Stobie Mine in Sudbury on June 8, 2011.
More on CBC News.
Official corporate info on Vale's Sudbury operations.
Vale (VALE5:BM&FBOVESPA) 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.
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