Jonathan Janssens
@jonathanjanssens.bsky.social
Coordinator Gent Fair Trade @Oxfam, for City of Ghent (Belgium).
Working on lifestyle change, corporate sustainability and sustainable public procurement.
#humanrights #labourrights #ethicalsourcing #extractivism #advocacy #fairtrade #fashionrevolution
Working on lifestyle change, corporate sustainability and sustainable public procurement.
#humanrights #labourrights #ethicalsourcing #extractivism #advocacy #fairtrade #fashionrevolution
We actively monitor our supply chains, from electronics to textiles, and require certification for many of our products.
I’ve contributed to these efforts over the past eight years, and I’m proud of what Ghent has achieved.
I’ve contributed to these efforts over the past eight years, and I’m proud of what Ghent has achieved.
October 19, 2025 at 6:27 PM
We actively monitor our supply chains, from electronics to textiles, and require certification for many of our products.
I’ve contributed to these efforts over the past eight years, and I’m proud of what Ghent has achieved.
I’ve contributed to these efforts over the past eight years, and I’m proud of what Ghent has achieved.
For those interested:
In 2019, the City of Ghent was named Europe’s Fair Trade Capital, partly because of our ethical procurement policy that puts human rights and fair trade at its core.
In 2019, the City of Ghent was named Europe’s Fair Trade Capital, partly because of our ethical procurement policy that puts human rights and fair trade at its core.
October 19, 2025 at 6:27 PM
For those interested:
In 2019, the City of Ghent was named Europe’s Fair Trade Capital, partly because of our ethical procurement policy that puts human rights and fair trade at its core.
In 2019, the City of Ghent was named Europe’s Fair Trade Capital, partly because of our ethical procurement policy that puts human rights and fair trade at its core.
If you aren't angry, you're not paying attention
June 24, 2025 at 6:42 PM
If you aren't angry, you're not paying attention
Trump, die militairen inzet tegen eigen mensen, eist meer geld voor militairen en krijgt bijval van een nationalistische defensieminister die in het verleden al onmenselijk beleid pushte (o.a. pleitten voor het opsluiten van kinderen en samenwerken met regimes zoals Soedan 'om migratie te beperken')
June 24, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Trump, die militairen inzet tegen eigen mensen, eist meer geld voor militairen en krijgt bijval van een nationalistische defensieminister die in het verleden al onmenselijk beleid pushte (o.a. pleitten voor het opsluiten van kinderen en samenwerken met regimes zoals Soedan 'om migratie te beperken')
"Chatgpt, schrijf een bericht waarin ik een wapenstilstand aankondig. Mijn naam is Donald. Stijl: de bomma die net sociale media heeft ontdekt"
June 24, 2025 at 6:14 AM
"Chatgpt, schrijf een bericht waarin ik een wapenstilstand aankondig. Mijn naam is Donald. Stijl: de bomma die net sociale media heeft ontdekt"
"Het echte probleem is niet dat mensen tegen verandering zijn, maar dat de voorgestelde verandering vooral bepaalde economische actoren ten goede komt en niet de samenleving."
@kimclaes.bsky.social
@kimclaes.bsky.social
De academische wereld heeft al te nauwe banden met de mijnbouwindustrie
Protestacties tegen mijnbouw in diskrediet brengen is niet de juiste weg naar een groene toekomst, vindt Kim Claes.
www.standaard.be
June 5, 2025 at 5:06 PM
"Het echte probleem is niet dat mensen tegen verandering zijn, maar dat de voorgestelde verandering vooral bepaalde economische actoren ten goede komt en niet de samenleving."
@kimclaes.bsky.social
@kimclaes.bsky.social
"De Europese Commissie kiest hiermee voor een blinde grondstoffenrace boven mensenrechten en milieubescherming en legitimeert daarmee een corrupt regime dat zijn eigen bevolking negeert.”
@saramatthieu.bsky.social
@saramatthieu.bsky.social
Europa zet deur open voor steun aan omstreden lithiummijnproject in Servië
De Europese Commissie beschouwt een controversieel project voor de ontginning van lithium in Servië als strategisch om de Unie minder afhankelijk te maken van China. In Servië wordt al jaren geprotesteerd tegen de mijnbouwplannen.
www.standaard.be
June 5, 2025 at 4:55 PM
"De Europese Commissie kiest hiermee voor een blinde grondstoffenrace boven mensenrechten en milieubescherming en legitimeert daarmee een corrupt regime dat zijn eigen bevolking negeert.”
@saramatthieu.bsky.social
@saramatthieu.bsky.social
3/ There isn't an easy answer to the question: "What should I buy?"
Labels and reforms exist, but on 'moving workplaces' in international waters, oversight fails.
#ModernSlavery thrives at sea, so it seems.
Labels and reforms exist, but on 'moving workplaces' in international waters, oversight fails.
#ModernSlavery thrives at sea, so it seems.
May 25, 2025 at 6:57 PM
3/ There isn't an easy answer to the question: "What should I buy?"
Labels and reforms exist, but on 'moving workplaces' in international waters, oversight fails.
#ModernSlavery thrives at sea, so it seems.
Labels and reforms exist, but on 'moving workplaces' in international waters, oversight fails.
#ModernSlavery thrives at sea, so it seems.
2/ It's often migrant workers that are trapped for months on boats, unpaid and abused. Confiscated IDs, withheld pay, beatings, no medical care. There are plenty scandals, in West Africa, Southeast Asia, the UK and the EU.
May 25, 2025 at 6:53 PM
2/ It's often migrant workers that are trapped for months on boats, unpaid and abused. Confiscated IDs, withheld pay, beatings, no medical care. There are plenty scandals, in West Africa, Southeast Asia, the UK and the EU.
Een veldtrip met @bartox.bsky.social en @koenvantroos.bsky.social, kan niet anders dan een interessante dag opleveren 😉
May 22, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Een veldtrip met @bartox.bsky.social en @koenvantroos.bsky.social, kan niet anders dan een interessante dag opleveren 😉
#extractivism
Just 100 corporations are behind 20% of global extractive conflicts, mostly in the global South. Nearly half of the corporations are headquartered in the global North.
They benefit from resource extraction while local communities face displacement, pollution, and violence.
Just 100 corporations are behind 20% of global extractive conflicts, mostly in the global South. Nearly half of the corporations are headquartered in the global North.
They benefit from resource extraction while local communities face displacement, pollution, and violence.
100 corporations behind a fifth of global extractive conflicts, study reveals
Just 100 corporations are behind a fifth of the documented extractive conflicts worldwide, exposing how companies from the Global North seize resources and profits, while social and ecological harms a...
phys.org
May 22, 2025 at 4:44 PM
#extractivism
Just 100 corporations are behind 20% of global extractive conflicts, mostly in the global South. Nearly half of the corporations are headquartered in the global North.
They benefit from resource extraction while local communities face displacement, pollution, and violence.
Just 100 corporations are behind 20% of global extractive conflicts, mostly in the global South. Nearly half of the corporations are headquartered in the global North.
They benefit from resource extraction while local communities face displacement, pollution, and violence.
Deep-sea ecosystems can take centuries to recover, yet research relies heavily on mining companies for access. The industry controls both the impact and the data.
The US act of war on nature, pushing for deep-sea mining, will cause irreversible damage.
The US act of war on nature, pushing for deep-sea mining, will cause irreversible damage.
Scars from the world's first deep sea mining test 50 years on
Half a century after the world's first deep sea mining tests picked nodules from the seafloor off the US east coast, the damage has barely begun to heal.
www.bbc.com
May 14, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Deep-sea ecosystems can take centuries to recover, yet research relies heavily on mining companies for access. The industry controls both the impact and the data.
The US act of war on nature, pushing for deep-sea mining, will cause irreversible damage.
The US act of war on nature, pushing for deep-sea mining, will cause irreversible damage.
/4 On legitimizing the far right: Israel shows that normalization doesn’t tame the tiger. These movements are never satisfied, not even with genocide. Appeasement doesn’t bring stability, it invites escalation without end.
May 13, 2025 at 6:41 AM
/4 On legitimizing the far right: Israel shows that normalization doesn’t tame the tiger. These movements are never satisfied, not even with genocide. Appeasement doesn’t bring stability, it invites escalation without end.
/3 What we risk losing isn’t just funding or policies, it’s the political imagination to believe cities can be moral actors. Yesterday was a reminder of what remains possible if we resist shrinking our ideals.
May 13, 2025 at 6:23 AM
/3 What we risk losing isn’t just funding or policies, it’s the political imagination to believe cities can be moral actors. Yesterday was a reminder of what remains possible if we resist shrinking our ideals.