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  The sour taste of pineapple: how an expanding export industry undermines workers and their communities

  International Labor Rights Forum, 2008

  Since the 1960’s, pineapple production has quadrupled and export has tripled worldwide. While profits for some have tremendously expanded under such development, this report demonstrates how pineapple workers, their families and communities, and the environment in the largest pineapple producing nations have not enjoyed the benefits of such growth.
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  Derechos humanos y empresa: hacia un nuevo paradigma de democracia real y el sostenimiento de la gente y el planeta, o derechos retóricos en un mar de engaños y apariencias

  La Alianza Global Jus Semper, 2007

  Este estudio hace una valoración del debate sobre la responsabilidad de las empresas respecto a los
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  Towards corporate accountability for human and environmental rights abuses

  European Coalition for Corporate Justice (ECCJ), 2007

  This paper addresses options that the European Coalition for Corporate Justice (ECCJ) intends to explore, both at the international level and at European Union level,  which would improve the legal accountability of Multinational Enterprises (MNEs) for human rights and environmental rights abuses.
• Organisation

  SwedWatch (SwedWatch)

  SwedWatch is a non-governmental organisation that writes reports on Swedish business relations with developing countries.
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  White gold: the true cost of cotton: Uzbekistan, cotton and the crushing of a nation

  Environmental Justice Foundation, 2005

  This report details cotton production in the Central Asian Republic of Uzbekistan. The authors argue that this industry represents one of the most exploitative enterprises in the world, violating human rights and causing major damage to the environment.The document examines the political background in Uzbekistan and the regime’s practice of using child labour.