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Top Football Sponsors Pressed FIFA to Clean Itself up

Dec 16, 2015

In a strongly worded statement late Wednesday, Visa called on the world's premier soccer organization to "take swift and immediate steps" to clean up its act. Adidas (ADDDF) called on FIFA to raise its standards. The Adidas Group is fully ...

Tags: Football Sponsors, Adidas

Ledman To Acquire Swiss Media Infront Sports and Media for EUR 25M

Nov 13, 2015

Chinese LED manufacturer Ledman announced it will be acquiring Infront Sports and Media for EUR 25 million (US $27.35 million) on Thursday. The main purpose of this investment is to strengthen Ledman’s participation in international ...

Tags: Ledman, international sports market, LED

HWR Demands German Brands Chain Transparency

Apr 1, 2015

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has demanded that German apparel and footwear brands should promote workers’ rights in their global operations by publicly disclosing names of factories producing their products. “Supply chain ...

Tags: footwear, Adidas, Apparel

EGG Producers Express Concerns About The Impact on Ditching Cage Eggs

Jan 15, 2015

Supermarket dumping of cage eggs could result in egg shortages Egg producers have continued to express concerns about the impact on Australia’s egg industry of moves by supermarket giants Coles and Woolworths, and fast food chain ...

Tags: Cage Eggs, Supermarket, Agriculture

Clean Clothes Campaign Joins in Signs The Statement by Over 30 Bangladeshi Organisations

Mar 5, 2014

Over 70 labour rights groups and trade unions have signed up to a joint statement calling on global clothing brands that source from Bangladesh to pay into the Rana Plaza Donor Trust Fund and ensure the survivors and families of victims of ...

Tags: Clothes Campaign, Textile

The Quick-Moving "Agriculture Production Interference" Act

Feb 26, 2014

UPDATE: After three and one-half hours of public hearing Thursday, Senate Bill 1337 was sent to the floor of the Idaho House of Representatives by the Agriculture Affairs Committee with a "do pass" recommendation. The quick-moving ...

Tags: ag-gag, Idaho, Mercy for Animals, SB 1337

Smartphone Aims to Foil Snooping Governments, Industry Rivals and Hackers

Jan 19, 2014

It's a fully encrypted smartphone that aims to foil snooping governments, industry rivals and hackers. It's also a sleek, attractive device that fits in your pocket and can impress friends and colleagues, according to its makers. The ...

Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics

Maine Democrats Hope to Reopen a Debate on Expanding Medicaid

Jan 14, 2014

Aided in some cases by a new cast of elected officials, groups pushing for Medicaid expansion hope to reopen the debate in state legislative sessions beginning in Maine, Virginia, Louisiana, Kansas and Georgia. The Washington Post: Maine ...

Tags: Health, Medicine

Rights Groups Expresss Outrage at Brutal Violence and Repression in Cambodia

Jan 13, 2014

Groups call on global clothing brands to use their influence to achieve an end to repression against workers involved in wage protests and the resumption of good-faith wage negotiations. Labour rights groups and trade unions across the ...

Tags: clothing brands, Apparel, Textile

Labor Rights Groups Announced to Deliver an Estimated $40mn in Compensation for Rana Plaza

Dec 30, 2013

North American labor rights groups welcomed a landmark agreement, announced, to deliver an estimated $40 million in compensation to the families of those killed in the Rana Plaza factory collapse in Bangladesh and called on Walmart, ...

Tags: Rana Plaza, Labor Rights Groups

Retail Shoppers in New York City Will Find Display of 'customers' Bill of Rights

Dec 16, 2013

Retail shoppers in New York City will find display of “Customers’ Bill of Rights” when they visit Macy’s, Saks Fifth Avenue, Gap, Barneys, and Lord & Taylor stores this holiday season. The Bill has been drafted ...

Tags: Retail shoppers, Apparel

Up to 90 Percent of Cotton Grown in Uzbekistan Would Be Machine-Harvested by 2016

Oct 18, 2013

Up to 90 percent of cotton grown in Uzbekistan would be machine-harvested by 2016 as the Tashkent Tractor Plant is set to manufacture cotton-picker machines, Prime Minister Shavkat Mirziyayev has said, RIA Novosti reported. In ...

Tags: Machine-Harvest, Cotton

Surveillance Has Been at The Center of a Privacy Controversy After Its Former Contractor

Aug 16, 2013

The administration of U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday launched a review of whether the country uses optimally advancements in technology to protect its national security while preventing unauthorized disclosure and maintaining public ...

Tags: Surveillance Review Group

U. S. Appeals Give out an Appeals Court Ruled in an Order

Aug 5, 2013

Warrants are not required by the U.S. government to access historical cell site information, an appeals court ruled in an order. The Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects only reasonable expectations of privacy, the U.S. ...

Tags: Warrants, Appeals

Privacy and Digital Rights Groups Dug in for a Longer Fight Against Surveillance Programs

Aug 2, 2013

Privacy and digital rights groups have dug in for a longer fight against massive surveillance programs at the U.S. National Security Agency, even after the House of Representatives voted last week against an amendment to curtail the ...

Tags: Computer Products, software

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