Biblio:Conflicts, companies, human rights and water - A critical review of local corporate practices and global corporate initiatives

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Conflicts, companies, human rights and water - A critical review of local corporate practices and global corporate initiatives

rapport Mar 2012 anglais

Aut. David Hall & Emanuele Lobina
Ed. PSIRU - London
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Abstract:
Companies use a lot of water and their waste is a pollution risk. This brings them into conflict with many communities around the world, when companies capture scarce water resources or cause environmental damage. Corporate groups promote ideas such as shared risks, global water footprints, and water markets, which minimise the role of democratic politics. This contrasts sharply with the decision by the United Nations that access to water is a human right, and that human uses have priority. Companies are strongly averse to recognising rights which could limit their own economic interests. These conflicting ideologies reflect the material conflict over water resources, and different approaches to political processes.

Mots clefs:

conflit (CI) (DT) (OP) , droit à l'eau (CI) (DT) (OP) , gaspillage/économie d'eau (CI) (DT) (OP) , pollution de l'eau (CI) (DT) (OP) , risques majeurs (CI) (DT) (OP)

Editeur/Diffuseur:

PSIRU - Public Services International Research Unit - London - Royaume Uni

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