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groundwork south africa
16 august 2002
pietermaritzburg, south africa
* Release of a new series of publications
on sustainable development
* Announcement of agenda for the Corporate
Accountability Week
In time for this month's World Summit on
Sustainable Development (WSSD), environmental
justice and human rights NGO groundWork today
launches a series of five booklets entitled
South African People and Environments in the
Global Market. This series of booklets report
from several 'fronts' of the struggle we call
development.
These booklets cover such controversial
topics as: South Africa's approach to
development in relation to the global order;
the corporate push for self regulation by
industries; the debate of free basic services
versus privatisation of such services;
genetic engineering; and the contribution of
the petrochemical industries to global
warming. They include interesting case
studies which highlight abuses by
multi-nationals such as Sasol and Shell, and
the South African government’s lack of will
and institutional capacity to deal with
corporate abuse.
The booklets can be downloaded from
groundWork's website (
www.groundwork.org.za
) or
ordered free of charged from the groundWork
office. groundWork will be distributing 40
000 of these booklets during the next few
weeks of activities surrounding the WSSD.
Today, we also release the full agenda for
the Corporate Accountability Week taking
place from the 20th - 23rd August in Sandton.
Highlights of this week include:
* the Green Oscars Award Ceremony
* an opening address by international
environmental lawyer Richard Meeran
* an evening with 20 past winners of the
prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize, and
an address by Owens Wiwa, the brother of the
late Ken Saro-Wiwa
* presentations by community leaders from
South Africa and other countries on their
experiences of environmental injustices at
the hands of multi-national corporations
* a press briefing to launch a new
international campaign for corporate
accountability
Please see attached for the Agenda for the
full week.
For more information, please contact the
groundWork office
(033-342 5662)
or the following cell numbers:
Bobby Peek 082 464 1383
Linda Ambler 083 750 7560
groundWork
191c Burger Street, Pietermaritzburg 3201,
KwaZulu-Natal.
Box 2375, Pietermaritzburg. 3200. South
Africa
Tel: +27 (0)33 342 5662 Fax: +27 (0)33 342
5665
Email:
team@groundwork.org.za
Website:
www.groundwork.org.za
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