{"id":14190,"date":"2022-12-06T18:50:04","date_gmt":"2022-12-06T17:50:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/non-classifiee\/the-coalition-for-responsible-multinationals-submits-a-new-petition-to-the-federal-chancellery\/"},"modified":"2024-03-28T15:54:15","modified_gmt":"2024-03-28T14:54:15","slug":"the-coalition-for-responsible-multinationals-submits-a-new-petition-to-the-federal-chancellery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/news-from-the-front\/the-coalition-for-responsible-multinationals-submits-a-new-petition-to-the-federal-chancellery\/","title":{"rendered":"The &#8220;Coalition for Responsible Multinationals&#8221; submits a new petition to the Federal Chancellery."},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class=\"tatsu-SJ0sal6Di tatsu-section  tatsu-fullscreen tatsu-bg-overlay   tatsu-clearfix\" data-title=\"\"  data-headerscheme=\"background--dark\"><div class=\"tatsu-fullscreen-wrap\"><div class='tatsu-section-pad clearfix' data-padding='{\"d\":\"0px 0px 150px 0px\"}' data-padding-top='0px'><div class=\"tatsu-row-wrap  tatsu-wrap tatsu-row-one-col tatsu-row-has-one-cols tatsu-medium-gutter tatsu-reg-cols  tatsu-clearfix tatsu-H1l0jTxaDj\" ><div  class=\"tatsu-row \" ><div  class=\"tatsu-column  tatsu-column-no-bg tatsu-one-col tatsu-column-image-none tatsu-column-effect-none  tatsu-HJZRs6x6vs\"  data-parallax-speed=\"0\" style=\"\"><div class=\"tatsu-column-inner \" ><div class=\"tatsu-column-pad-wrap\"><div class=\"tatsu-column-pad\" ><div  class=\"tatsu-module tatsu-inline-text clearfix tatsu-SyN0oplaws   \" ><style>.tatsu-SyN0oplaws .tatsu-inline-text-inner{width: 100%;text-align: left;}<\/style><div class=\"tatsu-inline-text-inner tatsu-align-center\">\n<p><span class=\"swatch-white\">The Coalition points out that&nbsp;new cases of human rights violations and environmental pollution by Swiss-based multinationals have been regularly made public since the vote on the initiative for responsible multinationals in 2020. Last semptember, the Tamedia Group revealed in its newspapers the involvement of UBS in the financing of Brazilian agribusiness multinationals involved in illegal deforestation. We have also learned that MSC is having its ships dismantled in India under catastrophic conditions, and that Syngenta is having its ships dismantled in India under catastrophic conditions.&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color: #ffffff; font-size: 16px; font-family: Raleway, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">concealed the dangerous nature of the pesticide paraquat.  <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3><span class=\"swatch-white\">&#8220;Multinationals must be held accountable for the damage they cause. This is the only way to avoid such problems in the future&#8221;.<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"swatch-white\">Rahel Ruch, Director of the Coalition for Responsible Multinationals.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div  class=\"tatsu-module tatsu-normal-button tatsu-button-wrap align-block block-center  tatsu-SydQ0gpws   \"><a class=\"tatsu-shortcode mediumbtn tatsu-button left-icon circular   bg-animation-none  \" href=\"https:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/fre\/toute-l-actu-en-bref\/plus-de-200-000-signatures-pour-des-entreprises-responsables\/48101496\" style=\"\" aria-label=\"Swissinfo (FR)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Swissinfo (FR)<\/a><style>.tatsu-SydQ0gpws .tatsu-button{background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.04);color: #ffffff ;border-width: 2px;border-color: rgba(255,255,255,1); }<\/style><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class = \"tatsu-column-bg-image-wrap\"><div class = \"tatsu-column-bg-image\" ><\/div><\/div><\/div><style>.tatsu-row > .tatsu-HJZRs6x6vs.tatsu-column{width: 100%;}.tatsu-HJZRs6x6vs.tatsu-column > .tatsu-column-inner > .tatsu-column-overlay{mix-blend-mode: none;}.tatsu-HJZRs6x6vs > .tatsu-column-inner > .tatsu-top-divider{z-index: 9999;}.tatsu-HJZRs6x6vs > .tatsu-column-inner > .tatsu-bottom-divider{z-index: 9999;}.tatsu-HJZRs6x6vs > .tatsu-column-inner > .tatsu-left-divider{z-index: 9999;}.tatsu-HJZRs6x6vs > .tatsu-column-inner > .tatsu-right-divider{z-index: 9999;}<\/style><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"tatsu-section-background-wrap\"><div class = \"tatsu-section-background\" ><\/div><\/div><div class=\"tatsu-overlay tatsu-section-overlay\"><\/div><\/div><style>.tatsu-SJ0sal6Di.tatsu-section{background-color: rgba(0,0,0,1);}.tatsu-SJ0sal6Di .tatsu-section-background{background-image: url(https:\/\/lameche.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Pe\u0301tition-Multinationales-Responsables-Suisse.jpg);background-repeat: no-repeat;background-attachment: scroll;background-position: top left;background-size: cover;}.tatsu-SJ0sal6Di .tatsu-bg-blur{background-repeat: no-repeat;background-attachment: scroll;background-position: top left;background-size: cover;}.tatsu-SJ0sal6Di .tatsu-section-pad{padding: 0px 0px 150px 0px;}.tatsu-SJ0sal6Di > .tatsu-bottom-divider{z-index: 9999;}.tatsu-SJ0sal6Di > .tatsu-top-divider{z-index: 9999;}.tatsu-SJ0sal6Di .tatsu-section-overlay{background: rgba(0,0,0,0.55);mix-blend-mode: normal;}.tatsu-SJ0sal6Di .tatsu-fullscreen-wrap{align-items: center;}<\/style><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two years after the failure of the vote on the &#8220;Initiative for Responsible Multinationals&#8221;, the &#8220;Coalition for Responsible Multinationals&#8221; submitted a petition to Bern on December 1, gathering over 200,000 signatures. The initiators are asking the Federal Council for effective legislation to ensure that multinationals assume their social and environmental responsibilities.<\/p>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/news-from-the-front\/the-coalition-for-responsible-multinationals-submits-a-new-petition-to-the-federal-chancellery\/\" class=\"exp-read-more exp-read-more-underlined\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":12496,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-from-the-front"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14190"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14190\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14204,"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14190\/revisions\/14204"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}