Above Ground
@abovegroundngo.bsky.social
Shedding light on the human rights & environmental impacts of Canadian business abroad. Advancing solutions for accountability & access to justice. https://aboveground.ngo/
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Canada’s next extractive industry: How #AI is following the fossil fuel playbook.
Ottawa is betting on artificial intelligence. Just like #BigOil, Big Tech is building infrastructure that will be nearly impossible to dismantle.
New from @terraloire.bsky.social:
ricochet.media/climate/cana...
Ottawa is betting on artificial intelligence. Just like #BigOil, Big Tech is building infrastructure that will be nearly impossible to dismantle.
New from @terraloire.bsky.social:
ricochet.media/climate/cana...
Canada's next extractive industry: How AI is following the fossil fuel playbook
Ottawa is betting nearly a billion on artificial intelligence, ignoring warnings of its environmental risks. Just like Big Oil, Big Tech is building infrastructure that will be nearly impossible to di...
ricochet.media
November 13, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Canada’s next extractive industry: How #AI is following the fossil fuel playbook.
Ottawa is betting on artificial intelligence. Just like #BigOil, Big Tech is building infrastructure that will be nearly impossible to dismantle.
New from @terraloire.bsky.social:
ricochet.media/climate/cana...
Ottawa is betting on artificial intelligence. Just like #BigOil, Big Tech is building infrastructure that will be nearly impossible to dismantle.
New from @terraloire.bsky.social:
ricochet.media/climate/cana...
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📣GOOD NEWS📣 A group of fishers from Indonesia are a step closer to justice following a U.S. court’s decision to proceed with their case alleging slavery at sea.
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November 13, 2025 at 9:04 PM
📣GOOD NEWS📣 A group of fishers from Indonesia are a step closer to justice following a U.S. court’s decision to proceed with their case alleging slavery at sea.
https://ow.ly/546o50XrnnM
https://ow.ly/546o50XrnnM
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Alors que les collectivités touchées directement par le statut incertain du bureau de l’ombudsman canadien de la responsabilité des entreprises réclament des réponses depuis longtemps, le budget de 2025 néglige de leur donner l’heure juste.
cnca-rcrce.ca/fr/2025/11/1...
cnca-rcrce.ca/fr/2025/11/1...
Le statut incertain du bureau de l’ombudsman canadien de la responsabilité des entreprises dans le budget fédéral de 2025 tient les travailleur-euse-s et les collectivités touchés dans l’ignorance | C...
Ottawa, territoires algonquins Anishinaabe non cédés, 11 novembre 2025 – Alors que les collectivités touchées directement par le statut incertain du bureau de l’ombudsman canadien de la responsabilité...
cnca-rcrce.ca
November 12, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Alors que les collectivités touchées directement par le statut incertain du bureau de l’ombudsman canadien de la responsabilité des entreprises réclament des réponses depuis longtemps, le budget de 2025 néglige de leur donner l’heure juste.
cnca-rcrce.ca/fr/2025/11/1...
cnca-rcrce.ca/fr/2025/11/1...
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As complainants call for long-needed answers, Budget 2025 leaves impacted communities in the dark on the future staffing and powers of the Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise.
The position of CORE has been quietly vacant for months.
cnca-rcrce.ca/2025/11/11/c...
The position of CORE has been quietly vacant for months.
cnca-rcrce.ca/2025/11/11/c...
CORE complainants and civil society raise alarm as Budget 2025 leaves impacted workers and communities in the dark | CNCA - RCRCE
Ottawa, Unceded Anishinaabe Algonquin Territories, November 11, 2025 – While directly-impacted communities call for long-needed answers regarding the status and powers of the Canadian Ombudsperson for...
cnca-rcrce.ca
November 12, 2025 at 3:06 PM
As complainants call for long-needed answers, Budget 2025 leaves impacted communities in the dark on the future staffing and powers of the Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise.
The position of CORE has been quietly vacant for months.
cnca-rcrce.ca/2025/11/11/c...
The position of CORE has been quietly vacant for months.
cnca-rcrce.ca/2025/11/11/c...
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Canadian universities must do more to ensure their branded clothing isn’t made in sweatshops
Canadian universities must do more to ensure their branded clothing isn’t made in sweatshops
Canadian universities must take action to ensure decent work for garment factory workers who make their students’ hoodies. They can do this by affiliating with the Worker Rights Consortium.
theconversation.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Canadian universities must do more to ensure their branded clothing isn’t made in sweatshops
"Outrage over the brand’s ecological footprint and its questionable labour practices has brought together the fashion industry, politicians and ordinary citizens."
/via @globeandmail www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
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Ultra-fast fashion giant Shein’s Paris store opening triggers uproar
Backlash over the brand’s ecological footprint and questionable labour practices has brought together fashion industry, politicians and ordinary citizens
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:33 PM
"Outrage over the brand’s ecological footprint and its questionable labour practices has brought together the fashion industry, politicians and ordinary citizens."
/via @globeandmail www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
/via @globeandmail www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
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Is 🇨🇦 closing down this “first of its kind” corporate watchdog? 👉 tinyurl.com/eve8hh2w
October 31, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Is 🇨🇦 closing down this “first of its kind” corporate watchdog? 👉 tinyurl.com/eve8hh2w
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Canadians call for a strong and independent CORE to investigate Canadian corporate abuse abroad.
Instead, the government has left the position vacant. Signals suggest that the government may be planning to quietly close down the office.
👉 cnca-rcrce.ca/why-is-core-...
Instead, the government has left the position vacant. Signals suggest that the government may be planning to quietly close down the office.
👉 cnca-rcrce.ca/why-is-core-...
October 28, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Canadians call for a strong and independent CORE to investigate Canadian corporate abuse abroad.
Instead, the government has left the position vacant. Signals suggest that the government may be planning to quietly close down the office.
👉 cnca-rcrce.ca/why-is-core-...
Instead, the government has left the position vacant. Signals suggest that the government may be planning to quietly close down the office.
👉 cnca-rcrce.ca/why-is-core-...
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Les Canadiennes et Canadiens veulent un ombudsman fort et indépendant pour enquêter sur les abus commis par les entreprises canadiennes à l’etranger.
Au lieu de renforcer ce bureau, il semble que le Canada est sur le point de le fermer complètement.
👉 cnca-rcrce.ca/fr/ombudsman...
Au lieu de renforcer ce bureau, il semble que le Canada est sur le point de le fermer complètement.
👉 cnca-rcrce.ca/fr/ombudsman...
October 28, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Les Canadiennes et Canadiens veulent un ombudsman fort et indépendant pour enquêter sur les abus commis par les entreprises canadiennes à l’etranger.
Au lieu de renforcer ce bureau, il semble que le Canada est sur le point de le fermer complètement.
👉 cnca-rcrce.ca/fr/ombudsman...
Au lieu de renforcer ce bureau, il semble que le Canada est sur le point de le fermer complètement.
👉 cnca-rcrce.ca/fr/ombudsman...
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Canadians call for a strong and independent CORE to investigate Canadian corporate abuse abroad.
Instead of strengthening the office, the government seems on the verge of closing it entirely.
👉 aboveground.ngo/why-is-the-p...
Instead of strengthening the office, the government seems on the verge of closing it entirely.
👉 aboveground.ngo/why-is-the-p...
Why is the position of Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise still vacant? | Above Ground
Above Ground and other civil society groups call on the trade minister to appoint a new Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Entreprises (CORE) after the government leaves the post vacant for months.
aboveground.ngo
October 28, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Canadians call for a strong and independent CORE to investigate Canadian corporate abuse abroad.
Instead of strengthening the office, the government seems on the verge of closing it entirely.
👉 aboveground.ngo/why-is-the-p...
Instead of strengthening the office, the government seems on the verge of closing it entirely.
👉 aboveground.ngo/why-is-the-p...
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Les Canadiennes et Canadiens veulent un OCRE fort et indépendant pour enquêter sur les abus commis par les entreprises canadiennes à l’etranger.
Au lieu de renforcer ce bureau, il semble que le Canada est sur le point de le fermer complètement
👉 aboveground.ngo/fr/pourquoi-...
Au lieu de renforcer ce bureau, il semble que le Canada est sur le point de le fermer complètement
👉 aboveground.ngo/fr/pourquoi-...
Pourquoi le poste de l'Ombudsman canadien de la responsabilité des entreprises est-il toujours vacant ? | Above Ground
Above Ground et d'autres groupes de la société civile demandent au ministre du Commerce de nommer un nouveau Ombudsman canadien de la responsabilité des entreprises (OCRE) après que le gouvernement ai...
aboveground.ngo
October 28, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Les Canadiennes et Canadiens veulent un OCRE fort et indépendant pour enquêter sur les abus commis par les entreprises canadiennes à l’etranger.
Au lieu de renforcer ce bureau, il semble que le Canada est sur le point de le fermer complètement
👉 aboveground.ngo/fr/pourquoi-...
Au lieu de renforcer ce bureau, il semble que le Canada est sur le point de le fermer complètement
👉 aboveground.ngo/fr/pourquoi-...
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October 31, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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🚨 NEW joint statement
It's time: the EU’s credibility on human rights & climate is on the line.
Ahead of the #Omnibus I vote, 140+ EU & non-EU CSOs urge MEPs to back a strong, fair deal that protects workers, communities & our planet, not corporate interests.
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It's time: the EU’s credibility on human rights & climate is on the line.
Ahead of the #Omnibus I vote, 140+ EU & non-EU CSOs urge MEPs to back a strong, fair deal that protects workers, communities & our planet, not corporate interests.
corporatejustice.org/publications...
JOINT STATEMENT Call for European Parliament to deliver a credible and ambitious approach on Omnibus I - ECCJ
corporatejustice.org
October 30, 2025 at 10:57 AM
🚨 NEW joint statement
It's time: the EU’s credibility on human rights & climate is on the line.
Ahead of the #Omnibus I vote, 140+ EU & non-EU CSOs urge MEPs to back a strong, fair deal that protects workers, communities & our planet, not corporate interests.
corporatejustice.org/publications...
It's time: the EU’s credibility on human rights & climate is on the line.
Ahead of the #Omnibus I vote, 140+ EU & non-EU CSOs urge MEPs to back a strong, fair deal that protects workers, communities & our planet, not corporate interests.
corporatejustice.org/publications...
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It's time for real accountability for human rights & environmental abuses! Despite major grocers having sustainable seafood policies, these abuses are evident. Canada needs stronger legal requirements for corporations. @abovegroundngo.bsky.social
policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/10/corp...
policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/10/corp...
Canada must mandate corporate accountability
Companies need to be forced to prevent human rights abuses and environmental destruction throughout their supply chains.
policyoptions.irpp.org
October 29, 2025 at 3:39 PM
It's time for real accountability for human rights & environmental abuses! Despite major grocers having sustainable seafood policies, these abuses are evident. Canada needs stronger legal requirements for corporations. @abovegroundngo.bsky.social
policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/10/corp...
policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/10/corp...
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“Voluntary corporate accountability doesn’t work.”
Time for Canada to enforce mandatory laws that prevent corporate harm, not just hope companies “do the right thing.”
#CSR #HumanRights #Environment
policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/10/corp...
@davidsuzukifdn.bsky.social @abovegroundngo.bsky.social
Time for Canada to enforce mandatory laws that prevent corporate harm, not just hope companies “do the right thing.”
#CSR #HumanRights #Environment
policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/10/corp...
@davidsuzukifdn.bsky.social @abovegroundngo.bsky.social
Canada must mandate corporate accountability
Companies need to be forced to prevent human rights abuses and environmental destruction throughout their supply chains.
policyoptions.irpp.org
October 29, 2025 at 3:43 PM
“Voluntary corporate accountability doesn’t work.”
Time for Canada to enforce mandatory laws that prevent corporate harm, not just hope companies “do the right thing.”
#CSR #HumanRights #Environment
policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/10/corp...
@davidsuzukifdn.bsky.social @abovegroundngo.bsky.social
Time for Canada to enforce mandatory laws that prevent corporate harm, not just hope companies “do the right thing.”
#CSR #HumanRights #Environment
policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/10/corp...
@davidsuzukifdn.bsky.social @abovegroundngo.bsky.social
📢 Our op-ed with @seachoice.bsky.social on the urgent need for mandated corporate accountability throughout Canada's global supply chains is out now in @irpp.org
policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/10/corp...
policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/10/corp...
Canada must mandate corporate accountability
Companies need to be forced to prevent human rights abuses and environmental destruction throughout their supply chains.
policyoptions.irpp.org
October 29, 2025 at 12:26 PM
📢 Our op-ed with @seachoice.bsky.social on the urgent need for mandated corporate accountability throughout Canada's global supply chains is out now in @irpp.org
policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/10/corp...
policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/10/corp...
Canadians call for a strong and independent CORE to investigate Canadian corporate abuse abroad.
Instead of strengthening the office, the government seems on the verge of closing it entirely.
👉 aboveground.ngo/why-is-the-p...
Instead of strengthening the office, the government seems on the verge of closing it entirely.
👉 aboveground.ngo/why-is-the-p...
Why is the position of Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise still vacant? | Above Ground
Above Ground and other civil society groups call on the trade minister to appoint a new Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Entreprises (CORE) after the government leaves the post vacant for months.
aboveground.ngo
October 28, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Canadians call for a strong and independent CORE to investigate Canadian corporate abuse abroad.
Instead of strengthening the office, the government seems on the verge of closing it entirely.
👉 aboveground.ngo/why-is-the-p...
Instead of strengthening the office, the government seems on the verge of closing it entirely.
👉 aboveground.ngo/why-is-the-p...
Les Canadiennes et Canadiens veulent un OCRE fort et indépendant pour enquêter sur les abus commis par les entreprises canadiennes à l’etranger.
Au lieu de renforcer ce bureau, il semble que le Canada est sur le point de le fermer complètement
👉 aboveground.ngo/fr/pourquoi-...
Au lieu de renforcer ce bureau, il semble que le Canada est sur le point de le fermer complètement
👉 aboveground.ngo/fr/pourquoi-...
Pourquoi le poste de l'Ombudsman canadien de la responsabilité des entreprises est-il toujours vacant ? | Above Ground
Above Ground et d'autres groupes de la société civile demandent au ministre du Commerce de nommer un nouveau Ombudsman canadien de la responsabilité des entreprises (OCRE) après que le gouvernement ai...
aboveground.ngo
October 28, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Les Canadiennes et Canadiens veulent un OCRE fort et indépendant pour enquêter sur les abus commis par les entreprises canadiennes à l’etranger.
Au lieu de renforcer ce bureau, il semble que le Canada est sur le point de le fermer complètement
👉 aboveground.ngo/fr/pourquoi-...
Au lieu de renforcer ce bureau, il semble que le Canada est sur le point de le fermer complètement
👉 aboveground.ngo/fr/pourquoi-...
Le Canada est-il en train de fermer « premier organisme de surveillance des entreprises du genre » ? 👉 cnca-rcrce.ca/fr/2025/10/2...
Pourquoi le poste de l’Ombudsman canadien de la responsabilité des entreprises est-il toujours vacant? | CNCA - RCRCE
Pendant plus de dix ans, la société civile canadienne a demandé un bureau chargé d’enquêter sur les plaintes d’abus liés aux activités des entreprises canadiennes à l’étranger . En 2018, […]
cnca-rcrce.ca
October 27, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Le Canada est-il en train de fermer « premier organisme de surveillance des entreprises du genre » ? 👉 cnca-rcrce.ca/fr/2025/10/2...
Is Canada closing down this “first of its kind” corporate watchdog? 👉 tinyurl.com/eve8hh2w
Why is the position of Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise vacant? | CNCA - RCRCE
For over a decade, Canadian civil society groups advocated for an office to investigate complaints of human rights abuses linked to the overseas activities of Canadian companies. In 2018, the […]
tinyurl.com
October 27, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Is Canada closing down this “first of its kind” corporate watchdog? 👉 tinyurl.com/eve8hh2w
👉 Lisez notre éditorial sur les liens entre l'entreprise canadienne GardaWorld et « Alligator Alcatraz » et sur la nécessité pour le Canada d'adopter des mécanismes de reddition de comptes efficaces. www.lapresse.ca/dialogue/opi...
GardaWorld | Un géant canadien s’enfonce dans les marais floridiens
Les expulsions récentes aux États-Unis ont été largement couvertes par les médias canadiens. On a notamment appris qu’un centre de détention surnommé « Alligator Alcatraz » est désormais en activité d...
www.lapresse.ca
September 2, 2025 at 1:07 PM
👉 Lisez notre éditorial sur les liens entre l'entreprise canadienne GardaWorld et « Alligator Alcatraz » et sur la nécessité pour le Canada d'adopter des mécanismes de reddition de comptes efficaces. www.lapresse.ca/dialogue/opi...
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UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese's recent report names many companies and sectors with Canadian links to genocide in Palestine, including the sale in Canada of real estate in Israeli colonies. aboveground.ngo/canada-linke...
Canada linked to businesses enabling genocide: UN report | Above Ground
A new advance edited report from the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, Francesca Albanese, argues that corporations have create...
aboveground.ngo
August 14, 2025 at 10:12 PM
UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese's recent report names many companies and sectors with Canadian links to genocide in Palestine, including the sale in Canada of real estate in Israeli colonies. aboveground.ngo/canada-linke...
UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese's recent report names many companies and sectors with Canadian links to genocide in Palestine, including the sale in Canada of real estate in Israeli colonies. aboveground.ngo/canada-linke...
Canada linked to businesses enabling genocide: UN report | Above Ground
A new advance edited report from the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, Francesca Albanese, argues that corporations have create...
aboveground.ngo
August 14, 2025 at 10:12 PM
UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese's recent report names many companies and sectors with Canadian links to genocide in Palestine, including the sale in Canada of real estate in Israeli colonies. aboveground.ngo/canada-linke...
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It has been nearly 500 days since Canadian oil company ReconAfrica was accused of committing human rights abuses and environmental destruction in an ecologically sensitive region in Namibia — and the alleged victims still have no answers. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/08/07/n...
Complaints are piling up against a Canadian oil company — but there's nobody to hear them
Experts are dismayed at the lack of progress from the Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise (CORE), which received the complaint in April 2024. Part of the problem is the head position at t...
www.nationalobserver.com
August 11, 2025 at 1:35 PM
It has been nearly 500 days since Canadian oil company ReconAfrica was accused of committing human rights abuses and environmental destruction in an ecologically sensitive region in Namibia — and the alleged victims still have no answers. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/08/07/n...
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New research by @palyouthmvmt.bsky.social and @world-beyond-war.bsky.social shows that Canadian companies sent 175,000 bullets to Israel in April. This can't be allowed to continue.
Arms embargos, cancelling trade deals, expelling diplomats—we laid out some options to break Canadian complicity👇
Arms embargos, cancelling trade deals, expelling diplomats—we laid out some options to break Canadian complicity👇
To stop Gaza genocide, Canada must escalate pressure on Israel - CCPA
Canadian companies, with the approval of the Canadian government, are supplying military equipment for Israel’s genocide of Palestinians in Gaza.
www.policyalternatives.ca
July 30, 2025 at 5:07 PM
New research by @palyouthmvmt.bsky.social and @world-beyond-war.bsky.social shows that Canadian companies sent 175,000 bullets to Israel in April. This can't be allowed to continue.
Arms embargos, cancelling trade deals, expelling diplomats—we laid out some options to break Canadian complicity👇
Arms embargos, cancelling trade deals, expelling diplomats—we laid out some options to break Canadian complicity👇