In the media

Halt mining in the Philippines says new report - Ekklesia

February 2009

A report launched today in the UK will call for a moratorium on new mining in the Philippines. Supported by UK Bishops and the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines, it will urge a review of existing mining projects and a withdrawal of international investment in mining until 'proper procedures' are in place to protect human rights and the environment...

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'Champion needed' for migrant workers - Church Times

November 2008

The UK is failing to protect its large numbers of migrant workers, who remain vulnerable to exploitation and poor working conditions, delegates at a debate organised by the Ecumenical Council for Corporate Responsibility (ECCR) heard last week...

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Ecumenical guide for shareholders on ethical investments launched

August 2008

www.thefriend.org

Shareholders wanti­ng thei­r investments to match their beliefs now have an additional tool to help them do so. ECCR has publish­ed a booklet, Investment and Engaging with Companies: A Guide for Faith Communities...

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Water: the most essential resource of all - Methodist Recorder

May 2008

Helen Boothroyd examines a new report from the Ecumenical Council for Corporate Responsibility...

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Christian corporate responsibility groups join forces – Ekklesia

February 2008

Two organisations with strong church support who have been working to call business and financial institutions to the bar of social responsibility have joined forces, and will redouble their efforts in promoting ethical investment...­

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Helen Boothroyd writes about ECCR's work in Coracle

February 2008

Coracle, the magazine of the Iona Community (www.iona.org.uk/coracle.php), features an article by Church and Membership Relations Officer Helen Boothroyd about ECCR's mission, origins, and recent and current work...

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Church group examines 'water-thirsty' industries - Christian Today

­­­September 2007

www.christiantoday.com­

­A church lobby group that seeks to influence corporate business behaviour in Britain and Ireland is turning its attention to the issue of water, which the group says now affects regions once thought to have plentiful supplies ...

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Bishops challenge British investment in 'destructive mining' - Ekklesia

­September 2007 

­www.ekklesia.co.uk

Three bishops from the Philippines and Australia issued a challenge at the Houses of Parliament yesterday, to end British investment in destructive mining...

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The new market in scruples – Church Times

April 2007

Interest in ethical finance is growing. Huw Spanner considers some of the options for investing with conscience...

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Undermining justice - article in The Tablet by Clare Short

­­September 2006

Former International Development Secretary Clare Short MP describes her visit to the Philippines with ECCR Board member Fr Frank Nally on a fact-finding mission to assess the impacts of mining on rural communities …

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Taking Shell on in The Hague – article in the Coracle by Canon Christopher Hall

August 2006

­In May 1997 a shareholders' Resolution, on behalf of the Ecumenical Council for Corporate Responsibility (ECCR, www.eccr.org.uk) at the Shell AGM sent ripples throughout the corporate world...

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Mining company gets mixed report – Church Times

June 2006

Rio Tinto, the mining company, has improved its social, environmental, and ethical performance, but still has serious issues to address...­

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Report on Shell Corrib gas project and ECCR shareholder resolution - Independent

April 2006

"Rossport Five" warn that more local people are ready to go to jail over plans to pipe raw gas across their land … shareholder pressure group, the Ecumenical Council for Corporate Responsibility (ECCR), earlier this year put forward a resolution...

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Shareholders mobilised to warn Shell - Church Times

January 2006­

Church shareholders in Shell, the oil giant, are being asked to back a warning to the company not to ride roughshod over local communities in Ireland, Nigeria, and Russia...

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