Corporate Ethics International

Victory! City Moves to End a Bronx Olfactory Nightmare

Some compare the smell to a filthy toilet, others to rotting meat; but everyone agrees that the stench comes from behind the gates of the New York Organic Fertilizer Company. The company�s Hunts Point plant processes sludge from 14 of the city�s sewage plants, amounting to nearly half of the city�s waste, and converts it into high-grade fertilizer pellets.

Victory! Americans Win Protection from Toxic Air Pollution

Many American communities now living with heavy industry and toxic air pollution may finally get the chance for real protection from unnecessary health risks and environmental damage.

VICTORY! 170 Million Acres of Boreal Forest Saved in Major Historic Agreement! That's the Size of Texas

Logging to Stop Immediately on Area the Size of Montana In a historic agreement, 20 major timber companies and 9 environmental groups agreed on a plan to protect 170 million acres of boreal forest in Canada.

VICTORY! UNC to Stop Burning Coal: First Victory for Sierra Club Campaign

As far as college towns go, Chapel Hill in North Carolina has a fair few things going for it. From being the birthplace of crop mob, through free buses, to the admittedly controversial Greenbridge high-end eco-condos, there are plenty of folks in this town who are pushing innovative models for more sustainable communities.

Different anti-sweatshop strategy wins breakthrough - Victory!

A factory in the Dominican Republic has begun production on sweatfree goods for delivery to university bookstores starting this fall or earlier. It is a breakthrough for a new strategy pioneered by the United Students against Sweatshops (USAS) and its partner, the Worker Rights Consortium (WRC).

Victory! Food giant Aramark agrees to pay increase for tomato farmworkers [USA]

The Coalition of Immokalee Workers [CIW] has scored another victory... Food service giant Aramark agreed to pay extra for Florida tomatoes produced under a strict code of conduct...

VICTORY!A Win for Patients, Judge Rules Against Myriad

Two human genes associated with breast and ovarian cancers cannot be patented because they are a product of nature, a federal judge ruled on Monday.

Emission Control Area Designation -VICTORY!

On March 26, 2010, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) officially designated waters off North American coasts as an area in which stringent international emission standards will apply to ships. These standards will dramatically reduce air pollution from ships and deliver substantial air quality and public health benefits that extend hundreds of miles inland.

Campaigns for farmworkers� rights, for ending �pinkwashing�, for the rights of nature, and others receive top marketplace activism prizes, Sister Pat Daly honored for individual achievement

Awards recognize victories and significant achievements in corporate reform

The 2009 BEN Conference -October 13th, 2009-
Washington, DC and Berkeley, CA

The Conference will be Tuesday, October 13th, with a site in Berkeley, CA and a site in downtown Washington, D.C.

Congratulations to Sister Pat Daly - recipient of the 2009 Individual Achievement Award

Sister Pat Daly is the recipient of the 2009 Individual Achievement Award. Pat will be honored at the BENNY Reception and Awards at the 2009 BEN Conference on October 13 in Berkeley, CA and Washington, D.C.

Victory! Federal Appeals Court Upholds Roadless Area Protections

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals today affirmed protection for over 40 million acres of wild national forests and grasslands from new road building, logging, and development. The decision puts an end to the Bush administration's efforts to open these last great natural areas to development. Today's ruling protects the majority of national forest roadless areas in the country.

VICTORY - Obama Administration Cancels Bush-Era Plan to Clearcut Oregon Forests

People throughout the west celebrated an Obama administration decision to cancel a Bush-era plan that would have nearly quadrupled current logging on public lands in western Oregon.

Victory! NY Ballast Water Decision: Good for the Great Lakes

A New York State Supreme Court Justice dismissed a challenge brought by shipping interests against the state�s tough new ballast water requirements, which are designed to limit the introduction of more invasive species into the Great Lakes.

Get your Nominations In!

Nominations for the BENNY award and the Path to Victory! award close May 30th, 2009