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HM Treasury has a responsibility to ensure that RBS reduce their footprint.
People & Planet vs The Treasury
People & Planet, alongside World Development Movement (WDM) and Platform, are taking the Treasury to court. We are seeking a Judicial Review to stop the Royal Bank of Scotland pouring money into projects which are linked to climate change, environmental destruction and human rights violations. We believe the government has failed to do a proper assessment of the environmental, climate change and human rights impact of the way RBS-NatWest runs its business
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Welcome to P&P online - home of People & Planet, the UK student campaigning organisation working to end world poverty, defend human rights, and protect the environment.
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Climate Change
Climate change is happening now. Climate change is the biggest environmental threat facing us today. Caused by the greenhouse gases released by burning oil, coal and gas, climate change is threatening the lives and livelihoods of millions people. We are currently campaigning to:
- Ditch Dirty Development
- Stop Climate Chaos
- Get UK universities, schools and colleges to Go Green.
Corporate Power
Put people and the planet before profit. The unaccountable power of corporations drives policies that keep the poor poor, degrade our environment, abuse human rights and undermine democracy.
There is currently a massive missed opportunity for higher education to pioneer new models of operating and innovating in a way that is socially and environmentally beneficial, not just for corporate profit.
In November 2009, People & Planet will launch a new campaign to Reclaim Education.
Economic Justice
World trade rules are hurting the poor. Despite the enormous wealth of the global economy, more than half the world’s people still live on less than two dollars a day. International trade should be helping —- but it isn’t. Instead unjust trade rules are keeping the poor locked in poverty.
People & Planet is currently campaigning to rewrite these rules and for students to Redress Fashion and go for Fairtrade status in schools and colleges.
Main News Stories
Join the Kingsnorth Mili-band Saturday 4 July
On 4 July, thousands of people from the UK will form a human chain around Kingsnorth power station in Kent, to say no to dirty coal
Green League 2009 Unveiled - How did your university rank and what are you going to do about it?
The Green League 2009 shows that most universities are improving but these changes aren't coming nearly fast enough to stop climate chaos.
Still time to book for Summer Campaigns Day
Celebrate the end of exams this Saturday at our sixth form and college Summer Campaigns Day. Places are still available so snap one up now.
Run! Run! As fast as you can...
People & Planet needs YOU! Make your mark on campaigning this year, by helping us raise £10,000!
Edinburgh University Students Association ban RBS from advertising on campus
Banned from campus during Freshers' Week, RBS will not be allowed back until the bank changes its climate damaging investment practices.
New Corporate Power Campaign seeks volunteers
Following on from the success of the Redress Fashion Working Group last year, we are forming two Corporate Power Working Groups to take the campaign forward this year. Would you like to be in one of them?
Leicester College P&P wins green award
Two members from Leicester College P&P, which is part of a new innovative project within the P&P network, won ' best contribution by a young person' at the 2009 Green Life Awards.
Stop the Mine!
After a five year struggle by tribal people, the Indian government has given the go ahead for a controversial mine planned by UK company Vedanta which will destroy a sacred mountain that is the ancestral home to thousands of people.
Serious doubt cast on Russell's 'Corrective Action Plan'
Under pressure from the international boycott campaign, Fruit of the Loom subsidiary Russell release 'Corrective Action Plan'. Serious doubts are expressed by workers' rights groups as to the credibility of the plan.
The European elections are coming... and Topshop are in the firing line
The Scottish Greens show support for People and Planet's campaign to curb exploitation in the garment industry