Cambodia
Land Cleared for Rubber, Rights Bulldozed
This case study, presented by ECCJ partner FIDH (International Federation for Human Rights) investigates the negative impacts of industrial rubber plantations on local communities in Cambodia. The discoveries of this case study have manifested from an international fact-finding mission which documented the affects of these plantations which are operated by European and Cambodian companies, with the agreement of the Cambodian government.
Bangladesh
Cheap clothes from Bangladesh
What lies behind super-cheap prices of clothes in big retailers like TESCO, LIDL or H&M? They are produced under very bad working conditions in garment factories of South East Asia.
India
Coca-Cola in India
The primary source of water for Coca-Cola bottling plants in India is groundwater. India is already facing a water crisis in large parts of the country and as a result of climate change and mismanagement of water resources the crisis is expected to grow.
Brazil, China
Corporate Accountability of Aldi, Thyssen & Co.
On the basis of two case studies, the study analyses the liability of German companies for the environmental damages and human rights violations committed by their subsidiaries and suppliers abroad.
South Africa
Failure to Communicate
A Case Study of steel conglomerate ArcelorMittal in South Africa, one of the top three polluters of particulate matter, sulphur dioxide and carbon dioxide in the Vaal Triangle industrial region, where an estimated 65 per cent of chronic illnesses in the area are reported to be caused by industrial pollution.
Cameroon
The impact of the Privatization of SOCAPALM on Communities and the Environment in Cameroon
This report focuses on the impact of SOCAPALM’s presence on the communities and environment of the various regions of Cameroon where this agro-industrial company is implanted. The case hereby exposed is but one example of the issues raised by the multiplication of large industrial plantations and by the wide-scale granting of forest concessions in Cameroon and in various other Sub-Saharan African countries.
Colombia
The Powerful and the Powerless
A Case Study of Unión Fenosa’s Electricity Monopoly. In addition to the socio-political problems in Colombia, the population of close to 10 million people in the seven departments along Colombia’s Caribbean coast have had their problems exacerbated by the presence of a powerful corporate monopoly that provides this region’s electricity supplies - Spain’s commercial energy giant, Unión Fenosa.
India
Trapped in Chain
Research by local NGOs in Tirupur, India has exposed deplorable working conditions in Tirupur's textile and garment factories that manufacture clothing for big European fashion companies. This case study will show how the employment practices of some Indian companies in the European supply chain create poor social and economic conditions for Indian garment workers and their local communities.
