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FIRESTONE LIBERIA, BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION MUST INVESTIGATE POLLUTION CLAIMS

In a new report Swedwatch calls on Bridgestone Corporation, one of the world’s largest tyre companies, and its indirect subsidiary Firestone Liberia Inc to investigate serious environmental pollution in the vicinity of its rubber processing plant in Liberia.

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REPORT 23 February 2021

NATURAL RUBBER
23 February 2021

Firestone Liberia and Bridgestone Corporation Must Investigate Pollution Claims

Natural rubber is used in many products from car tyres to clothes. Its processing provides livelihoods...
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MAKE ICT FAIR
14 December 2020

Swedwatch webinar on public procurement and minerals in electronics

Swedwatch Webinar: Public procurement and minerals in electronics - Safeguarding human rights due dili...
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03 December 2020

Apremia la necesidad de que las empresas se ocupen de los ataques contra los defensores de derechos humanos

Swedwatch y otras seis organizaciones de la sociedad civil sueca instan a las empresas europeas a inte...
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PEACEBUILDING
01 December 2020

Swedwatch calls for integration of business and human rights into peace and security frameworks

Swedwatch recently joined an online dialogue with the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights an...
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Pharmaceutical effluent
20 November 2020

Swedwatch highlights real cost of affordable medicine

Swedwatch joined an online dialogue this month hosted by the European Parliament’s MEP Interest Group...
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Investor Briefing
11 November 2020

Swedwatch urges investors to support defenders as pandemic adds to dangers

Human rights and environmental defenders play a key role in contributing to upholding democracy and su...
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Development Finance
23 October 2020

Swedwatch calls for human rights inclusion in development finance summit

When the first ever global summit of all public development banks (PBDs) takes place in Paris in Novem...
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HUMAN RIGHTS DUE DILLIGENCE
29 September 2020

Swedwatch part of human rights due diligence campaign

Swedwatch is part of a new campaign in Sweden calling for legislation requiring companies to respect h...
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Pharmaceutical effluent
24 September 2020

Swedwatch calls for EU pharma strategy to protect rights and environment

Despite the alarming and well-known risks of pharmaceutical pollution, pharmaceutical products are exe...
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