Friends of the Earth U.S.

Only Half of Global Banks Have Policy to Respect Human Rights

By Carey L. Biron
Just half of major global banks have in place a public policy to respect human rights, according to new research, despite this being a foundational mandate of an international convention on multinational business practice.

Synthetic Biology Could Open a Whole New Can of Worms

By Desmond Brown
Haiti, the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, is the world’s leading producer of vetiver. In the southwest of the country, vetiver production is hard to ignore.
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