Cambridge Forum on Corporate Accountability (Tues 17th)
dmish | 14.01.2006 02:12 | Globalisation | Cambridge
Next Tuesday - Jan 17th - is the first Cambridge Forum meeting of 2006.
This meeting is being organised by Shilpa Shah, who has persuaded Craig Bennett, Senior Corporates Campaigner for Friends of the Earth, to come and talk to us. The Corporate Accountability Campaign is seeking to change the legal and political framework in which corporations operate, so that they work in the interests of people and the environment, not just private vested interests.
This meeting is being organised by Shilpa Shah, who has persuaded Craig Bennett, Senior Corporates Campaigner for Friends of the Earth, to come and talk to us. The Corporate Accountability Campaign is seeking to change the legal and political framework in which corporations operate, so that they work in the interests of people and the environment, not just private vested interests.
Craig represented Friends of the Earth at the Johannesburg Earth Summit in 2002, and he regularly appears in the broadcast and print media. The Sunday Times has described how he has "campaigned vociferously against oil companies and international mining firms" and how "At Johannesburg he was credited with persuading the conference to adopt clauses for the regulation of big business". He was recently the subject of a cover feature in The Sunday Times Magazine about corporate campaigners.
Craig has run high profile campaigns on Shell, Premier Oil, The Scotts Company, BAT, Rio Tinto and many other large corporations. He project-managed FoE's corporate campaign work on "AGM Season", The World Economic Forum and The Corporate Responsibility Bill.
He will give an overview of what the corporate accountability movement has achieved and what the focus should be in the future, with some specific examples and an explantion of the type of legislation for corporations/legislation that FoE and others are seeking.
The talk will be followed by a discussion, which will include the question of what can we do ourselves.
Hope to see you there!
With best wishes, Linda
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list, please contact me: Linda Gamlin on lgamlin AT compuserve.com Cambridge Forum meetings are held at CB1 café, 32, Mill Rd, just down from Parker's Piece and the swimming pool, on the right, by the bus stop. Entrance to Cambridge Forum is free. The meetings are non-smoking and run from 8pm to 10pm.
Craig has run high profile campaigns on Shell, Premier Oil, The Scotts Company, BAT, Rio Tinto and many other large corporations. He project-managed FoE's corporate campaign work on "AGM Season", The World Economic Forum and The Corporate Responsibility Bill.
He will give an overview of what the corporate accountability movement has achieved and what the focus should be in the future, with some specific examples and an explantion of the type of legislation for corporations/legislation that FoE and others are seeking.
The talk will be followed by a discussion, which will include the question of what can we do ourselves.
Hope to see you there!
With best wishes, Linda
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If you get this e-mail as a forward, and would like to join our mailing
list, please contact me: Linda Gamlin on lgamlin AT compuserve.com Cambridge Forum meetings are held at CB1 café, 32, Mill Rd, just down from Parker's Piece and the swimming pool, on the right, by the bus stop. Entrance to Cambridge Forum is free. The meetings are non-smoking and run from 8pm to 10pm.
dmish