Economy Links

Inclusion in this links page does not necessarily mean that Friends of the Earth endorses either the sources included or the information therein.

Asia Pulp and Paper
Balfour Beatty and the Ilisu Dam
Business/trade organisations
Financial Advice
General
Governmental
Information on Companies
Local economy
NGOs & coalitions
Palm oil
Research
Rio Tinto
Scotts and Peat Extraction

Asia Pulp and Paper logging illegally

World Rainforest Movement
www.wrm.org.uy/

WAHLI Friends of the Earth Indonesia
http://www.eco-web.com/

Balfour Beatty and the Ilisu Dam

Balfour Beatty
http://www.balfourbeatty.co.uk/

Balfour Beatty's perspective on the World Commission on Dams and the Ilisu Dam
http://www.balfourbeatty.co.uk/bby/media/¬
press/prarchive/2001-05-02a/

The Ilisu Dam Campaign
www.ilisu.org.uk

The UK Government's Trade and Industry Select Committee's report, May 2000
www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200001/ ¬
cmselect/cmtrdind/512/51204.htm

Business/trade organisations

European Partners for the Environment
http://www.epe.be/

International Chamber of Commerce
http://www.iccwbo.org/index.asp

OECD
http://www.oecd.org/

World Bank
http://www.worldbank.org/

World Business Council for Sustainable Development
http://www.wbcsd.ch/

Financial Advice

Friends of the Earth cannot advise on ethical investments, however, investing in the Earth Saver Account by Triodos Bank (supported by Friends of the Earth) is recommended

Contact the following two organisations for a list of Independent Financial Advisors (IFA) who should be able to help you.

EIRIS (Ethical Investment Research & Information Service)
80-84 Bondway,
LONDON,
SW8 1SF
Tel:020 7840 5700

Ethical Investment Association
http://www.ethicalinvestment.org.uk/

General

Corporate Watch
http://www.corporatewatch.org.uk/

Multinational Monitor
www.essential.org/monitor/

CORE - The Corporate Responsibility Coalition
www.corporate-responsibility.org/

Governmental

United Nations
http://www.unep.org/

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
http://www.unctad.org/en/enhome.htm

Department of Trade and Industry
http://www.dti.gov.uk/

Department for International Development
http://www.dfid.gov.uk/

European Union
http://europa.eu.int/

EpaWatch
www.epawatch.net/general/start.php

Agenda 21
www.un.org/esa/sustdev/agenda21.htm

Information on Companies

The Ethical Consumer Research Association produces the Ethical Consumer Magazine and Corporate Critic Online Database - an essential tool for checking the ethical and environmental performance of companies.
http://www.ethicalconsumer.org/

Corporate Watch publishes a DIY Guide on How to Research Companies.
http://www.corporatewatch.org/

Multinational Monitor tracks corporate activity, especially in the Third World, focusing on the export of hazardous substances, worker health and safety, labour union issues and the environment.
www.essential.org/monitor/monitor.html

Local Economy

LETSLINK Homepage
http://www.letslinkuk.org/

LETSystem Homepage
http://www.gmlets.u-net.com/

New Economics Foundation
http://www.neweconomics.org/

NGOs & coalitions

Friends of the Earth International
http://www.foei.org/

Greenpeace International
www.greenpeace.org/international/

GreenNet
http://www.gn.apc.org/

Bond
http://www.bond.org.uk/

Christian Aid
http://www.christian-aid.org.uk/

Oxfam
http://www.oxfam.org.uk/

Cafod
http://www.cafod.org.uk/

People & Planet
http://www.peopleandplanet.org/

World Development Movement
http://www.wdm.org.uk/

Fair Trade Foundation
http://www.fairtrade.org.uk/

Focus on the Global South
http://www.focusweb.org/

Public Citizen
http://www.citizen.org/

Third World Network
http://www.twnside.org.sg/

La Via Campesina
http://www.viacampesina.org/

Trade Justice Movement
http://www.tradejusticemovement.org.uk/

Our World Is Not For Sale
http://www.ourworldisnotforsale.org/

Council of Canadians
http://www.canadians.org/index2.htm?COC_token=024KX24

GATS watch
http://www.gatswatch.org/

Palm oil

WAHLI Friends of the Earth Indonesia
http://www.eco-web.com/

Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil
http://www.sustainable-palmoil.org/

Research

ELDIS
http://www.eldis.org/

International Institute for Sustainable Development
www.iisd.org/default.asp

Linkages Oneworld
http://www.oneworld.net/

Royal Institute of International Affairs
www.riia.org/riia

Rio Tinto

Rio Tinto
www.riotinto.com

World Development Movement:
66 Offley Road
London
SW9 0LS
Phone: 020 7737 6215
http://www.wdm.org.uk/

For more information on Rio Tinto:

Partizans (People Against Rio Tinto and its Subsidiaries)
41 Thornhill Square
London N1
Phone: 020 7700 6189
Email: partizans@gn.apc.org

Minewatch
54 Camberwell Road
London SE5 0EN
Phone: 020 7277 4852
Email: minewatch@gn.apc.org

For information on other mining issues all over the world, you can check the following sites:

Corporate Watch
http://www.corpwatch.org/

Mineral Policy Institute Australia
http://www.mpi.org.au/

The site of the Mirrar clan
www.mirrar.net

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