Press Release Published: May 17, 2013 – 02:00 AM EST
BASEL, Switzerland, May 17 /CSRwire/ - GBCHealth recognizes Novartis Arogya Parivar ("Healthy Family") initiative as one of the best corporate programs to address global health needs Arogya Parivar has improved access to medicine for 42 million patients across 33,000 villages in India This...
Press Release Published: May 15, 2013 – 10:48 AM EST
WASHINGTON, May 15 /CSRwire/ - A formal complaint against the importation of cotton from Uzbekistan grown and harvested with forced labor was filed today by the International Labor Rights Forum (ILRF), a leading American human and labor rights watchdog organization. Under the Tariff...
Press Release Published: May 14, 2013 – 03:14 PM EST
NEW YORK, May 14 /CSRwire/ - Chevron's CEO John Watson and his management team are misleading shareholders over the company's $19 billion Ecuador judgment and potentially breaching U.S. securities laws, according to a new report published today. Written by New York securities lawyer...
Press Release Published: May 14, 2013 – 09:00 AM EST
OAKLAND, Calif., May 14 /CSRwire/ - Facing growing shareholder unrest over asset seizure actions and forced to testify about his alleged misconduct in the $19 billon Ecuador case, Chevron CEO John Watson again will be on the hot seat at the company's annual...
Press Release Published: May 10, 2013 – 05:07 PM EST
NEW YORK, May 10 /CSRwire/ - First in a series: Spring 2013 David v. Goliath: An Update on the $19 Billion Judgment in Ecuador Against Chevron This Newsletter provides background and information on Aguinda v. Chevron, the Ecuadorian case that held Chevron responsible...
Press Release Published: May 07, 2013 – 05:54 PM EST
QUITO, May 07 /CSRwire/ - Chevron CEO John S. Watson, who perhaps more than anyone knew about the grim history of deliberate and negligent dumping of oil and toxic chemicals by his company into the soil and streams of Ecuador's Amazon region, will...
Press Release Published: May 03, 2013 – 04:56 PM EST
NEW YORK, May 03 /CSRwire/ - Denouncing Chevron's use of bullying, bribery and its overwhelming financial power to crush defendants in a hostile courtroom, attorneys Craig Smyser and John Keker filed motions Friday afternoon to withdraw as counsel in the Southern District of...
Press Release Published: May 01, 2013 – 12:48 PM EST
NEW YORK, May 01 /CSRwire/ - An American lawyer working for Chevron brought a suitcase full of cash to a meeting with a former Ecuador judge to coax favorable testimony to help the oil giant evade its $19 billion Ecuador judgment, a recent...
Press Release Published: Apr 29, 2013 – 04:47 PM EST
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., Apr. 29 /CSRwire/ - Today, in support of Alcohol Awareness Month and the upcoming prom and graduation season, the Health Alliance on Alcohol (HAA) released a redesigned website and new, engaging, fact-based materials to encourage parents to talk with their...
Press Release Published: Apr 26, 2013 – 11:08 AM EST
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Apr. 26 /CSRwire/ - The 20-year fight by residents of Ecuador's Amazonian rain forest to make Chevron pay to clean up the contamination and polluted streams it left behind has made civil society stronger and Ecuador's courts better prepared to deal...