Mexican Indigenous Protests Shine a Spotlight on the Damage Done by Canadian Mines

By Nathaniel Janowitz April 13, 2016 Indigenous groups and small farmers from six Mexican states have been marching in the … More

Tanzania: Acacia Mining to Pay U.S.$20 Million in Corporate Tax in 2016

12th April 2016 ACACIA Mining PLC is to pre-pay 20 million US dollars in corporate taxes this year after signing … More

London-listed Acacia Mining accused of “sophisticated tax evasion” in Tanzania

Thursday 7 April 2016 14:15 GMT London-listed gold miner Acacia Mining has been accused of engaging in “a sophisticated scheme … More

Guatemalan Women’s Claims Put Focus on Canadian Firms’ Conduct Abroad

By SUZANNE DALEY, APRIL 2, 2016 LOTE OCHO, Guatemala — Her husband was away in the fields, she said, when … More

South Africa: Community Voices Muted At Alternative Mining Indaba

18 FEBRUARY 2016 GroundUp (Cape Town) OPINION By Christopher Rutledge By giving corporations a bigger stake, the people affected by … More

Africa: We Need a Real ‘Alternatives to Mining’ Indaba

By Farai Maguwu And Christelle Terreblanche 16th February 2016 This year’s alternative to mining conference in South Africa was a … More

Tanzania: In Defence of the Rights of the Poor to Land, Extractives Resources

1st January 2016 ANALYSIS By Deodatus Mfugale In September 2015, a group comprising eight non-governmental organisations that deal with land … More

Risks and challenges around human rights and conflict

Multinationals in conflict-affected areas This paper highlights some of the risks and challenges associated with multinational corporations operating in fragile … More

Canada: Time to Axe the Conservative Government’s Ineffective CSR Counsellor Office

News Release 22 January 2016, 3.34pm EST (Ottawa) Civil society groups are calling on the new Liberal federal government to … More

Ethiopia: Growth By Extraction

18th January 2016 ANALYSIS Throughout the price boom of the 2000s, extractive resources (mining, oil and gas) were seen as … More