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Corporate Governance, Deforestation, ESG, Mining / 04.08.2025

Will President Lula veto the ‘Devastation Bill’ taking into account environmental and social disasters as the one unleashed by Mariana and Brumadinho dam collapses?

Mariana Dam collapse is the Largest Environmental disaster in Brazil, and the largest environmental class action in the world. On November 5, 2015, the Mariana Dam Collapse entered Brazilian history as the largest mining-waste disaster in history, affecting 50 municipalities. On the occasion, 45 million...

Companies, Mining / 12.11.2020

Still no justice for the victims of the Rio Doce disaster after the UK court ruled in favour of the mining company BHP

On November 9, 2020 the UK High Court rejected the lawsuit brought by the victims of the collapse of the Fundao Tailings Dam in Mariana against the mining company BHP Billiton. According to the relatives of the victims and the damaged activities in the region,...

ESG / 22.12.2019

A new paradigm unfolds as asset managers demand companies greater ESG transparency

Asset managers and younger age groups are driving the change to a more sustainable financial sector. As the second decade of the XXI century has now officially began, people are eager to rethink the very purpose of the current economic system. In October 2019, the...

Mining / 29.01.2019

The collapse of Brumadinho Dam is Brazil’s worst workplace accident of 21st century

The failure of three Vale dams (Corrego do Feijao Dam) in Brumadinho on January 25, 2019, is considered to be the worst workplace disaster in Brazil's history that might also become one of the world's deadliest industrial disasters of the 21st century. On January 28,...