The 5th international conference and exhibition of India’s largest chemical show” demanded a special input from ‘stakeholders’ and, as the ICJB did not want to disappoint, we created our own chemical industry consultancy firm and attempted to advertise it across two pages of India Chem 2008′s souvenir brochure. The Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce [...]
Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Stationery Karmachari Sangh Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Purush Sangharsh Morcha Bhopal Group for Information and Action October 22, 2008 Press Statement In a press statement today, activists of the International Campaign for Justice in Bhopal (ICJB) advised chemical corporations in India and abroad not to be tempted to contact the Clean [...]
October 15th, 2008: We’re proud to announce that the ICJB has been awarded the 2008 Path to Victory Award by the Business Ethics Network. Path To Victory Award–awarded annually for new achievements in corporate campaigning, where an achievement is defined as the realization of a critical step on the path to a campaign victory, where [...]
<a href="Julie Sharp, The Beach Reporter, October 16, 2008 Two sisters who were looking for a way to share their experience of a tragedy in India found a Web site design competition to document their venture and ended up winning an award, a trip to San Francisco and laptop computers. Alka Nath, a sophomore at [...]
<a href="TARA BOZICK, Victoria Advocate, October 15, 2008 Mechanical failure causes emissions release, leads to $5,000 penalty SEADRIFT – A Seadrift plastic and chemical manufacturing company must pay $5,250 in penalties for emissions caused by a mechanical failure. The Texas Commission on Environment Quality approved the fine against Dow Seadrift Operations, a subsidiary of the [...]
Indian Express, October 5, 2008 Pune, October 05 chunk by chunk: Everyone’s eye on Warkaris; Christian and Muslim votes too targeted With Lok Sabha and Assembly elections getting closer, political parties have identified the communities whose votes they will target and set about wooing them. Everyone has expressed solidarity with the Warkaris, who are in [...]
Sreelatha Menon, Business Standard, October 5, 2008 A new initiative to determine how companies fulfil their social obligations may be presenting too rosy a picture, thanks to the absence of suitable vetting criteria. Can a company be coaxed into listing out its ills, say, for a prize? That is probably unthinkable. But companies are now [...]
Industry Week, October 2, 2008 Oct. 2, 2008 — A unit of Dow Chemical said on Oct. 1 it had suspended construction of a research center in western India after villagers complained it would pollute an area they hold sacred. The Indian unit of Dow said “all work had temporarily halted” at the Chakan site [...]
Niranjana, Asian Review of Books, October 1, 2008 Every reader knows a Worthy Book, about a subject that would make anyone with a pulse weep. The Worthy Book is earnest, and invariably chunky. Reading it is a form of atonement for not joining that protest march. This book would boost your knowledge of the human [...]
