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Bangladesh

Cheap clothes from Bangladesh – en

What lies behind super-cheap prices of clothes in big retailers like TESCO, LIDL or H&M? They are produced under very bad working conditions in garment factories of South East Asia.

India

Coca-Cola in India – en

The primary source of water for Coca-Cola bottling plants in India is groundwater. India is already facing a water crisis in large parts of the country and as a result of climate change and mismanagement of water resources the crisis is expected to grow.

Brazil, China

Corporate Accountability of Aldi, Thyssen & Co. – A legal analysis of the foreign business operations of two German companies – en

South Africa

Failure to Communicate: A Case Study of Steel Conglomerate ArcelorMittal in South Africa – en

ArcelorMittal is also one of the top three polluters of particulate matter, sulphur dioxide and carbon dioxide in the Vaal Triangle industrial region, where an estimated 65 per cent of chronic illnesses in the area are reported to be caused by industrial pollution.

Ecuador

Skanska in Ecuador – en

For decades Ecuador and multinational corporations has been exploiting the Amazon by oil drilling. Companies make contracts with Ecuadorian army – a practice in violation of the Ecuadorian constitution. Partnership of the companies and the army then opens a way for destroying nature and taming of any resistance of indigenous people who try to protect their dying culture.

Colombia

THE POWERFUL AND THE POWERLESS: A Case Study of Unión Fenosa’s Electricity Monopoly In Colombia – en

In addition to the socio-political problems in Colombia, the population of close to 10 million people in the seven departments along Colombia’s Caribbean coast have had their problems exacerbated by the presence of a powerful corporate monopoly that provides this region’s electricity supplies – Spain’s commercial energy giant, Unión Fenosa.