Credit:Survival InternationalVedanta's planned mine in Orissa, India has become hugely controversial.
The Church of England announced a decision to divest from Vedanta Resources. The Church stated that ‘we are not satisfied that Vedanta has shown, or is likely in future to show, the level of respect for human rights and local communities that we expect…’ adding that maintaining investments in Vedanta ‘would be inconsistent with the Church investing bodies’ joint ethical investment policy’.
The Church’s decision is extremely unusual, as it almost always prefers a policy of ‘constructive engagement’ to divesting, and is just the latest in a string of PR disasters...
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