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Solidarity Center announces publication of new worker rights manual - Justice for All: A Guide to Worker Rights in the Global Economy (Solidarity Center, 1 May 2003)

new book: Buying into the Environment Experiences, Opportunities and Potential for Eco-procurement -...Many initiatives have been undertaken in OECD countries, most successfully in Japan and Denmark where green public purchasing has been proven to be workable and highly effective, while, in other countries, city municipalities have successfully pioneered the development of sophisticated public environmental purchasing policies...The book, organised under the auspices of the International Council on Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI) analyses national approaches already tested, and provides in-depth surveys on the pioneer cities such as Hamburg, Malmö and Zürich...The most relevant product groups for eco-procurement such as construction, transport, energy, information technology, furniture and food. are also analysed. (Edited by Christoph Erdmenger, International Council on Local Environmental Initiatives, Mar. 2003)

Call for contributions:

A Call for Contributions on the topic of ‘Business and Human Rights: Dilemmas and Solutions' - Greenleaf Publishing invites contributions for a book on the topic of Business and Human Rights: Dilemmas and Solutions to be edited by Rory Sullivan (Amnesty International [UK] Business Group and Queen Mary College, University of London)...The submission deadline for initial expressions of interest in the form of abstracts of approximately 300 words is 1 October 2002...It is intended that the book Business and Human Rights: Dilemmas and Solutions will be published in Autumn 2003.

A Call for Case Studies on "Indigenous Peoples, Extractive Industries And The World Bank": Contribution to an Independent Review - Deadline for submission is August 30, 2002 (Tebtebba Foundation & Forest Peoples' Programme)

Publication during 2003:

Solidarity Center announces publication of new worker rights manual - Justice for All: A Guide to Worker Rights in the Global Economy (Solidarity Center, 1 May 2003)

new book: Buying into the Environment Experiences, Opportunities and Potential for Eco-procurement -...Many initiatives have been undertaken in OECD countries, most successfully in Japan and Denmark where green public purchasing has been proven to be workable and highly effective, while, in other countries, city municipalities have successfully pioneered the development of sophisticated public environmental purchasing policies...The book, organised under the auspices of the International Council on Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI) analyses national approaches already tested, and provides in-depth surveys on the pioneer cities such as Hamburg, Malmö and Zürich...The most relevant product groups for eco-procurement such as construction, transport, energy, information technology, furniture and food. are also analysed. (Edited by Christoph Erdmenger, International Council on Local Environmental Initiatives, Mar. 2003)

Multinational corporations: Balancing trick - [book review of Empires of Profit: Commerce, Conquest and Corporate Responsibility, by Daniel Litvin] -...a similar pattern emerges time and again: ill-prepared central managers, local officers facing unexpected difficulties on the ground, political pressures at home and abroad, all resulting in a catalogue of unintended and sometimes tragic consequences. [refers to case studies in the book, including United Fruit Company in Central America in the 1950s, Nike in Asia in the 1980s & 1990s] (Clive Crook, Economist, 27 Feb. 2003)

Book Review: Unequal Protection: The Rise of Corporate Dominance and the Theft of Human Rights - In the Kasky v. Nike case...Nike's claim to free speech rights is predicated on an 1886 Supreme Court case that established "corporate personhood" and extended citizens' rights to corporations. However, the [U.S.] Supreme Court justices' 1886 decision did not, in fact, establish corporate personhood, according to author Thom Hartmann. (William Baue, SocialFunds.com, 21 Feb. 2003)

Open Networks, Closed Regimes: The Impact of the Internet on Authoritarian Rule -...Based on methodical assessment of evidence from these cases—China, Cuba, Singapore, Vietnam, Burma, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt—the study contends that the Internet is not necessarily a threat to authoritarian regimes. (Shanthi Kalathil and Taylor C. Boas, Jan. 2003)

Publication during 2002:

Book on harassment hot item [Canada] - Union sending guide [about violence and sexual harassment in the workplace] to second printing - CSN [Confédération des Syndicats Nationaux] says 'extraordinary best-seller' is evidence of how widespread problems on job can be (Ann Carroll, Montreal Gazette, 2 Dec. 2002)

Marching to Johannesburg -...As part of our special coverage of the Johannesburg Earth Summit, CorpWatch is running three excerpts from the new book, Earthsummit.biz: The Corporate Takeover of Sustainable Development (Kenny Bruno & Joshua Karliner CorpWatch, 21 Aug. 2002)

Industrialists Challenge Global Business to “Walk the Talk” -...In Walking the Talk:The Business Case for Sustainable Development...authors Charles O.Holliday Jr, Chairman and CEO of DuPont; Stephan Schmidheiny, Chairman of Anova Holding AG; and Philip Watts, Chairman of Shell; argue that business can, and indeed must, be an agent of positive change for the environment and the world’s poor. (World Business Council for Sustainable Development, 21 Aug. 2002)

EarthSummit.biz: The Corporate Takeover of Sustainable Development by Kenny Bruno and Joshua Karliner - Written especially for the Johannesburg Earth Summit, the new book EarthSummit.biz by Kenny Bruno and Joshua Karliner exposes the reality behind the propaganda of big business as it attempts to convey a public image of concern for environment, sustainable development and human rights...Published by the Institute for Food and Development Policy and CorpWatch. To be released, August 2002

WBCSD Gathering & Walking the Talk book launch - August 31, 2002 Hilton Hotel Sandton, Johannesburg, South Africa - About Walking the Talk: For the first time, leading industrialists are arguing that not only is sustainable development good for business, the solving of environmental and social problems is essential for future growth. (World Business Council for Sustainable Development)

New Book Assesses U.S. Efforts on Sustainable Development -...Stumbling Toward Sustainability provides a roadmap showing the route around the political and technical barriers that have so severely hampered the U.S efforts to achieve greater sustainability. The Editor notes that the United States has unquestionably begun to take some steps toward sustainable development. Yet, on balance, the nation is now far from being a sustainable society, and in many respects is farther away from that goal than it was in 1992. (Environmental Law Institute, 31 July 2002)

The Next Steps: Experiences and analysis of how to eradicate child labour -...This anthology takes stock of the experiences and analyses, with a focus not so much on individual activities or projects as on the underlying causes and the long-term solutions to fighting child labour. (Bjørne Grimsrud, ed., 2002)

Corporate Human Rights Obligations: In Search of Accountability -...the author arrives at the conclusion that corporate human rights obligations can indeed be derived from international human rights law. (Nicola Jägers, Utrecht University, Intersentia Publishers, 2002)

Publication during 2000:

The Governance of Corporate Groups - Starting from a discussion of the theoretical underpinning of the place companies occupy in society, this book explores the consequences of adherence to free market contractualist theory, including the lack of regulatory control of a sufficiently robust nature. Professor Dine...highlights the tragic consequences of globalisation by transnationals including polarisation of income and environmental damage, and suggests a possible legal framework to prevent future damages. (Cambridge University Press abstract of The Governance of Corporate Groups, Janet Dine, June 2000)