Etiqueta: pollution

  • Glencore: Swallowing the Tropical Forest in Colombia

    Research: Joanna Zapata, Marcela Zuluaga, and Omar Vera
    Audiovisuals: Iván Castaño
    Drone footage: Plinio Barraza

    The environmental footprint that Glencore has left in northern Colombia is evident. Vast expanses of tropical forests in the departments of Cesar and La Guajira, where the Swiss company operates open-pit coal mines, have accumulated four decades of deforestation and soil damage that may never be repaired.

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  • Glencore: «We were not aware»

    By: Andrés Gómez – 01 August, 2023

    Glencore’s top executives choose evasiveness when it comes to addressing questions about human rights, labor, and environmental violations. Their actions in Colombia, surrounded by controversy, appear to be just a reflection of a broader and concerning practice that extends wherever they have operations in the world.

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