The observatory on corporations
Gabriele Gugliemi, International Policies coordinator for Filcams and the OpenCorporation project
On the occasion of the presentation of the GPtW (Great Place to Work) rankings for Italy published, as well as on their website, also in the supplement entitled “L’Economia” of the Corriere della Sera of 26 April 2021, we seized the opportunity to revisit the subject with the additional focus on the dreadful news related to #Covid-19 and the response to it.
Gabriele Guglielmi – Filcams and OpenCorporation International Policies Coordinator
Two approaches compared, that of THE REPTRAK COMPANY of the REPUTATION INSTITUTE Global reporting Trak 100 and the “union” approach of the OpenCorporation Ranking
Deborah Lucchetti, Clean Clothes Campaign coordinator
Le ali non sono in vendita, viaggio nel mondo della fast fashion (Wings are not for sale, a journey into the world of fast fashion) is a new movie directed by Paolo Campana, with the artistic supervision of Sara Conforti and produced by FAIR with the scientific contribution of the Clean Clothes Campaign. It’s the final result of a journey that lasted over a year, during which we tried to reflect together with the girls and boys on the phenomenon of fast fashion.
Ambet Yuson, BWI General Secretary
This article concentrates on Qatar and the 2022 World Cup. It uses one specific case to tell a larger story. All of the key elements of BWIs strategic plan that emerged from the BWI World Congress in 2017, held in Durban, “organising, negotiating, and influencing”, are found in this one case.
by Geert Aelbrecht, Chief People Officer at BESIX Group
The start of the national football teams’ qualifying matches for the World Cup in Qatar has put the theme of respect for migrant workers’ rights back in the spotlight.
Sabrina Soffientini, Head of Communications at Federconsumatori and OpenCorporation expert
The production of plastic has grown by more than 38% in the last 10 years, which is why waste containing this material has increased: according to the latest report of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), each square kilometer of ocean contains an average of 63,320 particles of microplastics. The Mediterranean is one of the most polluted seas in the world: 7% of microplastics globally are concentrated here.
Gabriele Guglielmi, Filcams CGIL Nazionale, OpenCorporation Coordinator
In a great article titled “The undeserved power of rating agencies” published on March 19, 2012 in the magazine Internazionale, JAYATI GHOSH, an economist who teaches at the Jawaharlal Nehru University of New Delhi, taking his cue from the fact that “the rating agency Moody’s has put Ethiopia under observation for a possible downgrade” wrote a sharp and stark analysis on the “extraordinary and undeserved power exercised by a few private rating agencies”.
Claudio Sottile, Head of European and international policies FILCA CISL Nazionale
With FIFA’s awarding of the World Cup to Russia (2018) and Qatar (2022), the “Red Card for FIFA” campaign was born. Before granting the games, FIFA should have verified that both human and labor rights were respected in the assigning countries.
Gabriele Guglielmi, Filcams CGIL, OpenCorporation Coordinator
Sporting events are a vehicle for large investments, sponsorships, contracts for works and services … but also the site of violations of rights and campaigns, especially union ones. The 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar is a prime example, and so is the campaign of the Global Trade Union Federation of Construction Workers (BWI) which for the occasion has become
Gabriele Guglielmi, Filcams CGIL, OpenCorporation Coordinator
Starting from the America’s Cup we will observe the ocean of sponsors and companies that are the wind and the sail of the sporting events themselves, of the teams, of the single athletes and of the markets (TV, Social, fashion, products and services) that revolve around them in order to win the most coveted “quasi-sporting” race: to gather the public’s attention and sell more goods and services.
