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Article

11 May 2010

Author:
European Coalition for Corporate Justice, Public Eye

New rules for business needed at World Economic Forum meeting: Campaign calls on European Commission to make companies accountable

Business leaders and European lawmakers meeting today at the 'World Economic Forum on Europe' in Brussels are being urged to make companies accountable for the harm they cause people and the environment around the world…The European Coalition for Corporate Justice (ECCJ) and Public Eye are asking the European Commission for clearer rules to protect citizens and the environment. A petition calling on the EU to hold companies accountable is being launched today at www.rightsforpeople.org…cases of corporate misbehaviour will be denounced and illustrated in the campaign 'Rights for People, Rules for Business' which starts today and runs until the end of 2010 in at least 13 European countries. [refers to Total]