Green Economy

Links
17 November 2010

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
www.eco-web.com/

Balfour Beatty and the Ilisu Dam

Balfour Beatty
www.balfourbeatty.co.uk/

Balfour Beatty's perspective on the World Commission on Dams and the Ilisu Dam
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
www.epe.be/

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

OECD
www.oecd.org/

World Bank
www.worldbank.org/

World Business Council for Sustainable Development
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
www.ethicalinvestment.org.uk/

General

Corporate Watch
www.corporatewatch.org.uk/

Multinational Monitor
www.essential.org/monitor/

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

Governmental

United Nations
www.unep.org/

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

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

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

European Union
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.
www.ethicalconsumer.org/

Corporate Watch publishes a DIY Guide on How to Research Companies.
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
www.letslinkuk.org/

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

New Economics Foundation
www.neweconomics.org/

NGOs & coalitions

Friends of the Earth International
www.foei.org/

Greenpeace International
www.greenpeace.org/international/

GreenNet
www.gn.apc.org/

Bond
www.bond.org.uk/

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

Oxfam
www.oxfam.org.uk/

Cafod
www.cafod.org.uk/

People & Planet
www.peopleandplanet.org/

World Development Movement
www.wdm.org.uk/

Fair Trade Foundation
www.fairtrade.org.uk/

Focus on the Global South
www.focusweb.org/

Public Citizen
www.citizen.org/

Third World Network
www.twnside.org.sg/

La Via Campesina
www.viacampesina.org/

Trade Justice Movement
www.tradejusticemovement.org.uk/

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

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

GATS watch
www.gatswatch.org/

Palm oil

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

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

Research

ELDIS
www.eldis.org/

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

Linkages Oneworld
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
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
www.corpwatch.org/

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

The site of the Mirrar clan
www.mirrar.net

The Andrew Lees Trust is committed to developing social and environmental education projects in the south of Madagascar to assist local populations to improve their food security, resource management and quality of life. To find out more about the Trust and the Libanona Ecology Centre, visit their website: www.andrewleestrust.org.uk/.