groupes en action

Linked with Alex de Waal – England.

Justice Africa is a research institute and advocacy organisation founded in 1999 in London to campaign for human rights and social justice across Africa. Justice Africa has become one of the most distinctive and individual voices for Africa; and it has achieved this because it is run by, for and with Africans and African communities. In the words of the Pan-African slogan: “Nothing for me without me” … (about 1/2).

Homepage;
Our Sudan program;
(Our other) programmes;
Tajudeen’s Thursday Postcards;
Publications;
Internship;
Interns;
the blog: Making Sense of Darfur;
HIV/AIDS;
Address: Justice Africa, 1C Leroy House, 436 Essex Road, London N1 3QP, UK;
Contact. Tel +44 (0) 207 354 8400, e-mail.

About 2/2: … We seek to:

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Linked with Tubbs Jones – USA, and with Peace, Prayer, and Protest.

People For The American Way PFAW is an energic advocate for the values and institutions that sustain a diverse democratic society … (full text who we are), and Watch People For’s 25th Anniversary video, 3.56 min,

Homepage;
PFAW mourns Stephanie Tubbs Jones;
Action Center;
Progressive Voice;
Educational Opportunity;
Equal Rights for all;
Protecting Democracy;
Reports Archive;
Our blog: Week X Week;
For the Newsletter and Action Alerts you have to register first;
Media Center;
Address: People For the American Way, 2000 M Street, NW, Suite 400, Washington, DC 20036, Telephone: 202-467-4999 or 800-326-7329, e-mail;
Contact on our website.

Who we are/learn more: People For the American Way Foundation is a premier source of vital information for policymakers, scholars and activists nationwide on the Religious Right movement and its political allies.

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Assisting business towards carbon neutrality

Business is at the forefront of efforts to reduce climate change. Without the support of business, efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions will at best be only partially successful and not nearly enough to avoid the worst impacts of global warming. Most business leaders inherently know this and realise that climate change is a serious challenge – maybe the most serious challenge human societies collectively face today … (full text ‘shrink your carbon foot print’).

Homepage;
News;
Events;
The business case;
Climate leaders;
Newsletter;
Address: Climate Action, Henley Media Group, Trans World House, 100 City Road, London, EC1Y 2BP, United Kingdom;
Contact.

About: The Sustainable Development division of Henley Media Group has been providing senior decision makers in the public, private and intergovernmental sectors with sustainable development and corporate social responsibility reference resources since 1998.

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Linked with Sumaiya Khair – Bangladesch.

Objectives:

• To increase understanding of the potential contribution of migration for pro poor growth and poverty reduction in Asia.
• To be the premier resource centre on migration, refugee and displacement issues in South Asia.
• Initiate regional collaborative research to understand the links between migration and poverty reduction.
• To provide training and disseminate and promote the idea among young academics, professionals, grassroots leaders, NGO activists that orderly and managed migration can reduce poverty and benefit receiving and sending regions and that migration is an important livelihood strategy to move out of poverty.
• Establish network with academics and activists of South Asia on issues of migration for policy advocacy at national and regional levels.

… (About 1/2).

Homepage, Links and News;
Research;
Training;
Projects;
Publications;
Advocacy;
Events;
YRF Young Research Forum;
Newsletters;
Address: RMMRU, Sattar Bhaban (4th Floor), 3/3-E, Bijoynagar, Dhaka–1000. Bangladesh;
Contact.

About RMMRU 2/2: The Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit (RMMRU), an affiliate of the University of Dhaka, has been functioning as a research, training, and policy advocacy institution since 1996.

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Essay: Ownership and sustainability – Are listed companies more responsible? Owners used to be stewards of their company’s future, but this idea has faded in modern publicly-listed companies. Mark Goyder asks how dispersed share-ownership might affect corporate efforts to be responsible … // … But does this historic view of ownership as stewardship still apply in the age of global capital flows, instant trading and complex derivatives? … (full text).

5 Upcoming Ethical Corporation conferences & events (October and November 2008): on Homepage; (with many other links on the Homepage, as: more Reports, log-in, Meet Our Columnists, … and many items and regions);
CSR jobs;
Ethical Report 2008 … ;
Editorials;
Blog;
Politics;
Debate.

One of the debates: project finance – The Equator Principles – Is it a happy fifth birthday for the Equator Principles?

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