29 august 2002
johannesburg
media advisory
enron style rules u.s. policies
e.u. to follow?
Johannesburg, Aug 29 – On the “day of
partnerships” at the Earth Summit Friends of
the Earth International condemned the efforts
of the United States (US) delegation to
promote voluntary public/corporate
partnerships instead of binding rules on
corporate accountability.
“The U.S. claims that an unaccountable
corporate sector can deliver sustainable
development when recent scandals in the US
show that corporations such as Enron and
WorldCom are not even accountable to their
auditors,” said David Waskow of Friends of
the Earth.
The European Union (E.U.) has finally
recognized that corporate accountability is
needed but has so far failed to put action
behind its rhetoric by supporting an
international framework for corporate
accountability.
“The U.S. support for only voluntary
outcomes from this summit in respect to
business behaviour damages the United
Nations, which other governments must stand
up to defend,” said today Daniel Mittler,
Earth Summit coordinator for Friends of the
Earth International, in response to the U.S
position on ‘type II outcomes’.
Contact in Johannesburg:
Daniel Mittler Earth Summit coordinator
072 4015394
David Waskow, Friends of the Earth
corporates specialist 082 8588586
Ricardo Navarro, Friends of the Earth
Chair 072 4015392
Craig Bennett, Friends of the Earth
corporate specialist 072 4064748
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