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Companies, Corporate Governance, Oil and Gas / 31.03.2021

Sound Corporate Governance under attack by the Government in Brazil and HOW are BRAZILIAN investors REACTING?

After increasing deforestation and breaching indigenous rights in 2020, the Brazilian Government has inaugurated 2021 meddling in the Corporate Governance of State controlled companies, such as Petrobras, Eletrobras, etc. At present we are assisting to a confrontation between single CEOs or Directors and the Government. SVI...

Climate change, Deforestation / 11.12.2020

With the deforestation of the amazon rainforest surging, investors and governments make pressure to stop it

Earlier this month, the Brazil space agency has disclosed that in the last year the Amazon forest has reported the biggest deforestation scale since 2008 in terms of square km of forest loss. Environmental activists, investors and governments are raising their voices to ask for...

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,...

Climate change, Deforestation, Financial Institutions, Senza categoria / 12.08.2020

Local and international investors and authorities are pressuring Bolsonaro to fight deforestation

Bolsonaro has imposed a ban on forest fires during the dry season and arranged military operations against deforestation practices. This decree comes after pressure from financial investors, international companies and foreign governments on the need to improve Brazil’s environmental commitment and to stop deforestation, a practice that is...

Coronavirus, Women empowerment / 23.07.2020

Covid-19 impact on women and girls’ conditions in developing countries

COVID19 has worsened female workers' conditions in developing countries, leaving them in a situation of strong economic distress and reducing their opportunity to be involved in the labor market. Millions of women from developing regions will lose years of success in contributing to household income, voiding...

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,...