We share this statement from Comites Cuenca Rio Sonora: Sonora, May 23, 2024. In less than three months it will be 10 years since the Grupo Mexico toxic spill in our Sonora and Bacanuchi rivers occurred. It has been...
The company seeks to evade its obligation to comply with the resolution of additional measures dictated by the Semarnat to protect the healthy environment and the interrelated rights in favor of people, as stated in...
Authorities confirm high exposure to lead in blood and urine in people from all the municipalities affected by the spill.Economic losses due to spill caused by Grupo Mexico amount to 4 billion pesos, according to INEEC...
The Sonora River Watershed Committees, the local movement organized to demand comprehensive remediation and respect for our human rights following the environmental disaster caused by Grupo Mexico in Sonora almost 7...
Mexico City, February 22, 2021. Following the Mexican Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources (Semarnat)'s rejection of the Environmental Impact Assessment (MIA) of Almaden Minerals Ltd, the affected...
PODER’s mentoring program is designed to avoid the typically exploitative intern model, and instead promotes mutual learning and skills development for people interested in the organization’s work. PODER mentees are...
Nine years after the adoption of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, avoiding accountability for corporate abuse is still very common. Hiding behind complex supply chains, undermining unions,...
We are pleased to announce that Elena Arengo will be joining PODER as Co-Executive Director in April. Elena will join Fernanda Hopenhaym in the leadership of our organization, projecting PODER’s institutional strength...
May 29, 2019 In July 2018, PODER’s Board of Directors made the decision to change the executive management of the organization to a co-directorship model, consisting of founder Benjamin Cokelet and Fernanda Hopenhaym....
Corruption can be fought if different agents and institutions around the world work together. This declaration consolidates an alliance to work across borders to promote whistleblowing, and calls on governments,...
by Benjamin Cokelet, Founding Co-Executive Director, PODER Adapted from a similar blog post on fiscal governance 20 March 2019 Imagine that your ancestors have lived on the shore of Lake Texcoco, in the valley known...
An international group of civil society organizations submitted today a request for the exclusion of the Brazilian mining company Vale from the United Nations Global Compact, the largest network for corporate social...