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19 January Jan 2016 1535 19 January 2016 Amnesty International: tech giants exploit children to mine cobalt that ends up in smartphones
Major electronics brands, including Apple, Samsung and Sony, are failing to do basic checks to ensure that cobalt mined by child labourers has not been used in their products, said Amnesty International and Afrewatch in a report published today.
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16 December Dec 2015 1015 16 December 2015 Commission report on officials who have left EU institutions falls far short of what is needed
Following publication by the European Commission of information on revolving door moves by officials leaving the institution, Corporate Europe Observatory campaigner and researcher Vicky Cann reacts
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8 December Dec 2015 1203 08 December 2015 Have those hard-won accountability reforms had any impact?
Australian researchers Kate Macdonald and May Miller-Dawkins summarize the main points from recent contributions to the Global Policy Journal on the impact of accountability reforms in aid
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19 November Nov 2015 1812 19 November 2015 Those revolving doors ensuring EU institutions stay close to Big Energy
Conflicts of interest in the field of energy and climate policy are being ignored by EU institutions, allowing some of the world’s biggest polluters to potentially benefit from the know-how and contact books of top Brussels insiders, according to a new report.
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18 November Nov 2015 1709 18 November 2015 Tackling radicalisation: security, money and data
"We have to deal with the internet, places of worship, prisons, terrorist funding, and schools.” MEPs Rachida Dati and Monika Hohlmeier held a press conference in the European Parliament, covering the main issues outlined in a report released today on the prevention of radicalisation and the recruitment of European citizens by terrorist organisations.
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16 November Nov 2015 1133 16 November 2015 Who is the most generous?
The World Giving Index 2015 is out, ranking a list of the most and the least generous countries in the world. While Ukraine recorded a rise in community engagement, in Europe it is the Mediterranean area that shows a decline in the percentage of people contributing to the community welfare. Where does your country stand?
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12 November Nov 2015 1153 12 November 2015 G20 countries fail to keep their promises on fighting crime
G20 governments including the US and China have failed to deliver on their promise to fight corruption by adopting laws to end the secrecy that makes it easy for the corrupt to hide their identity and shift money across international borders.
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9 November Nov 2015 1615 09 November 2015 Asset management: the beginning of a new era?
The Rockefeller Brothers Fund’s decision to divest from fossils fuels is raising the stakes of transparency and coherence in the foundation sector. But could this herald the start of a new asset management era for philanthropic institutions? Are other foundations ready to follow and can they preserve their endowment and remain entirely true to their philanthropic mission?
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3 November Nov 2015 1657 03 November 2015 Juncker Commission 1st anniversary: a ‘lost year’ for environmental protection
One year since the entry into office of the current European Commission headed by Jean-Claude Juncker, environmental groups have criticised the EU executive for a paralysis in policymaking on issues related to the environment