In January 2003 the WEF gathering
in Davos, was upstaged by the parallel NGO gathering entitled
"The
Public Eye on Davos" as well as by the
World Social Forum in Porto Alegre
Leading international environmental organisations unite to take
action for corporate accountability - 25-08- 2002 |
Corporate Accountability
The primary objective of this
project is to develop and launch a united civil society campaign
against corporate abuse, in particular against those large multi-national
corporations that are responsible for environmental destruction,
wide-spread human suffering and pollution-related illnesses.
The focus on Corporate Accountability
is something that local South African communities have been calling
for, for some time now. For many years communities in South
Africa have been challenging companies that are polluting neighbourhoods.
groundWork’s theme for
the WSSD was Corporate Accountability. During the week preceeding
the WSSD (20 - 23 August) we hosted a Corporate Accountability
Week in Sandton. The theme for the week was: People's Action
for Sustainable Development. The event was co-hosted together
with several international NGOs, such as Friends of the Earth,
CorpWatch, Corporate Europe Observatory, Third World Network and
Greenpeace, as well as local NGOs Earthlife Africa and EMG.
One of the outcomes of the week
was a resolution
on corporate accounability which was signed by 65 organisations.
The resolution affirms the signatories commitment to "people-centred
development which is equitable and sustainable and which secures
social and environmental justice for allly. |
