Friends of the Earth International, Agir
Ici, Amnesty International, Greenpeace, Oxfam
International
G8 ISSUED CHALLENGE OVER CORPORATE
RESPONSIBILITY
Annemasse/Evian, France, May 30th : The G8
has prioritised corporate social
responsibility on its agenda at the Evian
Summit. Major organisations, Agir Ici,
Amnesty International – French section,
Friends of the Earth International,
Greenpeace International and Oxfam
International, today call on the G8 not to
resort once again to bland measures and
statements supporting corporate voluntarism
but to, instead, back binding international
rules to make multinationals liable and
accountable to those they affect and do so
through the United Nations.
The groups said the development of
voluntary codes and guidelines has been used
by leaders of G8 countries to justify not
introducing binding rules to halt corporate
bad practices. However these guidelines have
consistently failed to halt social,
environmental and human rights
violations.
More than 400 of the 500 biggest
multinationals are G8-based, making the G8
countries most responsible for corporate
violations. The non governmental
organisations stated that the test of any
outcomes of the G8 would be whether its
leaders would really secure rights for
communities and citizens to seek legal
redress for corporate wrongs, and prevent bad
practices of G8 multinationals before they
happen.
Contacts in Annemasse :
Laetitia Guidi, Agir Ici, +33 6 87 12 33
96
Francis Perrin, Amnesty International
Section Française, +33 6 63 68 79 03
Matt Phillips, Friends of the Earth, +44 781
731 47 06
Yannick Vicaire, Greenpeace France, +33 6 08
75 50 15
Phil Twyford, Oxfam International, + 44 774
040 44 87
Anne Castelain, press officer, CSR workshop,
Alternative Summit, +33 6 84 25 08 25
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