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Novartis Wins GBCHealth Business Action on Health Award For Social Ventures Initiative

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...

Leading Labor Rights Watchdog Calls on U.S. Customs Service to Halt Imports of Forced Labor Cotton from Uzbekistan

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...

Chevron CEO Watson Misleading Shareholders Over $19B Ecuador Liability, Says New Report

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...

$19B Ecuador Liability Puts Chevron CEO Watson On Hot Seat Before Annual Meeting

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...

David v. Goliath: An Update on the $19 Billion Judgment in Ecuador Against Chevron

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...

Judge Orders Chevron CEO to Answer Questions about Company's Bribery and Toxic Destruction in Ecuador's Amazon Region

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...

Confronting Bribery and Bullying by Oil Company and Hostility of Judge, Lawyers Seek Withdrawal from Chevron New York Case

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...

Chevron Offered Suitcase Full of Cash to Former Ecuador Judge Guerra In Exchange for Testimony

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...

Health Alliance on Alcohol Launches New Resources to Help Parents Fight Underage Drinking

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...

Maria Aguinda's 20-year Fight for Justice Continues as Chevron Refuses to Pay $19 Billion Judgment from Ecuador's Courts

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...

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