Archive for February, 2010
Companies under fire for marketing controversial biofuel as “ethical and green”
UK-based investment companies are marketing a controversial biofuel crop as “highly ethical and green” despite it being linked to conflicts over land, food security and growing hunger in developing countries, an Ecostorm investigation for The Ecologist magazine and The Independent has revealed.
The brokers have been criticised by environmental and anti-poverty campaigners for selling investments in [...]
Church sells stake in Vedanta following Ecostorm exposé
The Church of England has sold major holdings in the controversial British-owned mining company Vedanta Resources plc after admitting it has no confidence that the company is respecting the humans rights of local communities in areas of operation.
An Ecostorm investigation for The Ecologist magazine and The Independent newspaper last year revealed that the Church was [...]
