Investigations

• Privatisation

  When Prisons, Inmates and Detention Policies Become Investment Products

  13 September 2016
  

  More than a third of prisons in France are partly run by private companies. The trend towards privatising the prison system, which began three (...)

• Socially-Minded Financial Institutions

  How to recognize a truly alternative, ethical and socially useful bank

  13 September 2016
  

  It’s time to switch bank: ethical banks are on the rise throughout Europe. But how do you pick the right one? Three of the five largest banks in (...)

• Garment Industry

  In Bangladesh, Rana Plaza Survivors Set Up Own Cooperative

  13 September 2016
  

  The Rana Plaza disaster in Bangladesh killed 1,135 people and left thousands more injured, prompting corporate garment giants to up their (...)

• Government scandal

  France’s Blatant Disregard for the Health of its People – How the Government and Lobby Groups have been Pushing Diesel Cars

  13 September 2016
  

  The large majority of France’s car fleet runs on diesel, despite its lamentable health effects and the enormous costs involved for society. But (...)

• World Heritage

  Great Barrier Reef and the Amazon Rainforest Among Outstanding Natural Sites Under Threat from French Multinationals

  12 September 2016
  

  Half of World Heritage sites are currently threatened by industrial development, and the oil and mining sectors pose a particular threat. So many (...)

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