Micah Challenge & MDG

Rev Joel Edwards

Incoming Director of Micah Challenge International -
the international campaign by churches to mobilise public
support to lift millions out of hunger and acute poverty.

Also member of the Equality and Human Rights Commission UK;
International Chair of the World Evangelical Alliance;
Member of Tony Blair’s Faith Foundation;
Honorary Canon of St Paul’s Cathedral, London

Thursday 16 October, 3.00-4.30 pm

At the new facilities at
YARRA THEOLOGICAL UNION
98 Albion Rd, BOX HILL VIC 3128

Entry to forum by donation
Off street parking available.
The Conference room is also
accessible via 34 Bedford St

Norwegian Government Fund Blacklists Rio Tinto

Emma Alberici, ABC,2008-09-11

Rio Tinto has been blacklisted by Europe's biggest investor for "grossly unethical conduct" through its involvement in the world's biggest gold mine in Indonesia. The Norwegian Government's sovereign wealth fund, the equivalent of Australia's Future Fund, was one of Rio's biggest investors before deciding to withdraw its $1 billion investment.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/11/2361534.htm?section=world

The Government Pension Fund divests its holdings in mining company, Ministry of Finance, Norway, 2008-09-09

http://www.regjeringen.no/en/dep/fin/Press-Center/Press-releases/2008/the-government-pension-fund-divests-its-.html?id=526030

The recommendation from the Council on Ethics, Ministry of Finance, Norway [PDF, 143 KB]

http://www.regjeringen.no/upload/FIN/etikk/Recommendation%20RT.pdf


Companies Excluded from the Investment Universe, Ministry of Finance, Norway

http://www.regjeringen.no/en/dep/fin/Selected-topics/andre/Ethical-Guidelines-for-the-Government-Pension-Fund---Global-/companies-excluded-from-the-investment-u.html?id=447122

Grasberg Minerals District, Freeport-McMoran Copper and Gold

http://www.fcx.com/operations/grascomplx.htm



Norwegian Pension Fund, Statement by Rio Tinto, 2008-09-10

http://www.riotinto.com/media/news_12275.asp



Indonesia: Resources and Conflict in Papua, ICG, 2002-09-13

http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?l=1&id=1449