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Bread for the World

Bread for the World is an Protestant churches development organisation. Because of growing economic interdependence advocacy and lobbying is getting more and more important to make the voices of poor people heard. Momentarily the organisation is running a campaign against the privatisation of water services.

Bund Umwelt und Naturschutz

Bund Umwelt und Naturschutz (BUND), the German branch of Friends of the Earth, works on all of today's major environmental issues. Campaigning priorities are sustainable transport, fighting nuclear power, improving nature protection laws, and greening the German tax system.
Internationally, BUND works on climate policy and is coordinating Friends of the Earth International´s campaign on the Rio+10 summit in 2002.
(Limited English version of the website.)

Business & Human Rights Resource Centre

The Business & Human Rights Resource Centre's online library covers over 1200 companies, over 160 countries, over 150 topics. The site is composed of links to a wide range of materials published by companies, NGOs, governments, intergovernmental organisations, journalists, academics, etc. It includes reports of corporate misconduct, as well as positive examples of "best practice" by companies.
The purpose of the Centre's website is to promote greater awareness and informed discussion of important issues relating to business and human rights.
The Resource Centre is an independent, international, non-profit organisation, in a collaborative partnership with Amnesty International sections and leading academic institutions.
Highly Recommended.