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Biodiversity and Employment: side event at COP 11 of Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)On Friday October 19 2012, Sustainlabour organizes an event at COP 11 of CBD to present the new report published together with the ITUC entitled Ecosystems, Economy and Employment. Representatives of Ecoropa and governments of India, Spain and Brazil will participate in the event.
Towards Rio+20: A Sustainable New Deal for EuropePlace: Jorlunde, Denmark
Dates: March 12 -13, 2012
The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) and the European Trade Union Institute (ETUI) propose a sustainable new deal for Europe on the way to Rio+20 and beyond, and discuss along with union and NGO representatives workers´ views and the European labour movement’s priorities.
Sustainlabour at the European Parliament: Women and Green JobsPlace: Brussels, Belgium
Dates: February 27, 2012
Sustainlabour along with experts from ILO and other organizations has been invited to participate in a public hearing organized by the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM) of the European Parliament on the role of women in the green economy.
Side event at COP17: Unions on the Road: from Durban to RioPlace: Durban, South Africa
Dates: December 5, 2011
Anabella Rosemberg and Sharan Burrow, International Trade Union Confederation; Laura Martin Murillo, Sustainlabour; Zwalenzima Vavi, General Secretary of COSATU, and Carmen Foro, Environmental Secretary, CUT Brazil call for renewed action and mobilization toward Rio + 20.
Side event at COP17: Climate change financingPlace: Durban, South Africa
Dates: December 2, 2011
Bheki Nsthalintshali, Deputy General Secretary of COSATU; Sharan Burrow, General Secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC); Jim Leape, Director General of WWF; Nnimmo Bassey, Executive Director of Friends of the Earth International; Ilana Solomon, Policy Analyst, ActionAid, and Laura Martin Murillo, Director, Sustainlabour discuss climate change financing.
Trade Union Campaign in UruguayPlace: Uruguay
Date: October - November 2011
Trade Union campaig to promote the sound management of waste.
Side Event: A Call to ActionPlace: Room Pitaia, Cancun Messe, Cancun, Mexico.
Date: 9 December 2010, 18:30 - 20:00hs.
Showing of Sustainlabour / ITUC video on climate change.
Launch of sector specific leaflets on chemical riskPlace: Brazil, Chile and Uruguay
Date: September 2010
Awarness rising leaflets on chemical risk, trade union proposals and strategies.
Side event in the Second World Congress of the ITUCPlace: Vancouver, Canada
Dates: 21 to 25 June 2010
Contributing to the discussions on climate change, Sustainlabour organized a side event “Unions Fighting Climate Change, Join us!”
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The world’s leading retail labels commit to the Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh before the midnight deadline. The Accord now covers more than 1000 Bangladeshi garment factories. Implementation starts now!
Civil society groups attending the Rotterdam Convention conference in Geneva are expressing grave alarm that the Convention has been hijacked by the asbestos industry, which is determined to prevent the environmental and health protections of the Convention from being implemented.
Today in Geneva the inclusion of the substance in the list of hazardous substances that needed to be monitored for export is discussed. 7 countries are blocking: Kazakhstan, Krgyzstan, Ukraine, Russia, India, Zimbabwe and Vietnam.
The decision was adopted in response to EU Commission consultation on unconventional fossil fuels in Europe
