News from ECCR

Shell responds to ECCR regarding proposed terminal relocation, Co. Mayo, Ireland

Royal Dutch Shell Plc has replied in detail to ECCR's communication regarding the location of the Corrib gas processing plant...

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Shell Corrib (Ireland) gas project: ECCR urges once-in-a-lifetime chance to resolve bitter community dispute

June 2008

ECCR is this week urging Royal Dutch Shell Plc to accept the offer from local residents in Rossport, County Mayo, Ireland, of a historic, peace-making compromise, backed by Irish church and political leaders. The offer comes after a bitter six-year dispute over the location of an onshore gas refinery for the Corrib offshore gas project. Five local residents - the 'Rossport Five' - were imprisoned for 94 days in 2005 for defying a Dublin high court order forbidding them from interfering with Shell's engineering works. The new proposal involves relocating the gas refinery to an uninhabited costal site, an alternative previously identified by Shell's consultants...

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ECCR quarterly Bulletin, no. 69

June 2008 

Positive Alternatives for Investment

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• Investing positively - a range of options
• Oikocredit and fair provision for the needs of all (pdf)
• ECCR's Oxford Group – the story so far (pdf)
• The launch of ECCR’s South-West Group
• Will Canada regulate its mining companies internationally? (pdf)­

June 2008

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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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May 2008

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New ECCR report finds mixed response from food and drinks companies on water sustainability

May 2008

Many food and drinks processing companies have much to do before they can claim to be operating sustainably in terms of water consumption, concludes a new report published by ECCR. The report analyses the water use policies and performance of fifteen leading British and Irish food and drinks businesses, including their agricultural supply chains and overseas operations. Three companies - Diageo, SAB Miller and Unilever - show greatest evidence of addressing the need to monitor, report on and reduce their water footprint. Others, on the other hand, have been slow to respond to the challenge...

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ECCR presents investor statement on Alberta tar sands at BP AGM

April 2008

Eleven long-term US and UK investors went on record at BP’s AGM in London on 17 April to raise their concerns about the company’s entry into the Canadian oil sands. Prior to BP’s announcement in December 2007, it had been understood that the company would not pursue tar sands development due to the heavy carbon footprint of both the operations and the end-product...

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April 2008

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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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March 2008

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ECCR quarterly Bulletin, no. 68

March 2008 

Tackling climate change­

• Carbon disclosure: the need for mandatory standards
• Alberta's tar sands
• Carbon credits – ducking responsibility to reduce emissions?
• Stern Review a year on – now for a carbon council
• Nestlé's Brazilian water – corporate irresponsibility?
• ­Fair trade begins at home

ECCR welcomes members of CEIG on merger

February 2008 

The Ecumenical Council for Corporate Responsibility (ECCR) has opened its doors to members of the Christian Ethical Investment Group (CEIG), which voted in January 2008 to dissolve itself as an independent organisation and transfer its activities and assets to ECCR...

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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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New ECCR South West Group launch meeting, Bristol

9 February 2008

ECCR members and potential members from South West England gathered at the Woodlands Christian Centre, Bristol, on Saturday 9 February 2008 to launch a new ECCR local group in the South West region. Corporate ECCR members represented included the Churches' Council for Industry and Social Responsibility, Ethical Investors UK, Oikocredit UK and Rathbone Greenbank Investments.

ECCR's South West Group will initially concentrate on encouraging large companies in the South West to increase their responsible management of supply chains, with particular regard to mainstreaming Fair Trade, focusing first on supermarket own-brand products and on Cadbury Schweppes, which has a key regional presence, and highlighting bottom-line reputational and market share issues.

ECCR members and others in the South West who would be interested in being involved are invited to contact Matt Crossman (chair), Matt.Crossman@rathbones.com, or Jonathan Seagrave (secretary), jon_seagrave@yahoo.co.uk.

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