... Siren Fisekci, vice president of investor relations and corporate communications for Pan American Silver, said in an email to Mongabay.
The Environmental Justices Atlas’s Yannick Deniau disagrees.
“In ...
... for the processing of minerals that the mining project will generate. According to corporate statements, the business group has the mission of converting the site, installed under the business name Ecotek, ...
... responsible for kidnappings, death threats, and attacks with firearms against members of the resistance.
In November 2018, A public relations campaign led by local politicians, corporate media and businessmen ...
... back against “development aggression,” or corporate activities imposed on Indigenous ancestral lands without tribal consent. Many of these ventures are helmed by Canadian corporations.
Claver is one ...
... English). ISDS claims are heard in courts such as ICSID and have been widely condemned for privileging corporate interests to the detriment of local communities and the environment. This mechanism allows ...
... have recognized there’s a problem but have responded with policies and oversight bodies that are powerless by design.
For example, the establishment of a Corporate Social Responsibility Counsellor, ...
... resistance ‘La Puya’ as anti-development and accused local communities of being responsible for the costly suit. "KCA's suit is an example of present-day corporate colonialism. Through violence along with ...
... as well as the broader campaign against the corporate-friendly investor-rights provisions in "free trade" agreements.
Brent Patterson is a political activist and writer.
Photo: Peace Brigades International ...
... in Free Trade Agreements and other investment protection pacts, laws, or contracts. These allow companies to bypass domestic courts and sue governments before private tribunals of highly paid corporate ...
... and have been widely condemned for privileging corporate interests at the expense of local communities and the environment, while bypassing national courts and undermining the decisions of sovereign nations. ...