earth charter, carta per la terra

["Alessandro Gimona" <agimona at hotmail.com>]

Riporto una notizia Reuters sul lancio della Carta per la Terra, un codice 
di condotta per governi, mondo economico e individui.


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http://www.eartcharter.org

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March 15 2000  EUROPE
Charter urges moral recovery
FROM REUTERS IN PARIS
ENVIRONMENT activists unveiled an "Earth Charter" yesterday that is designed 
as a code of conduct for governments, businesses and individuals in the 
globalised age.
The supporters of the charter, who include Mikhail Gorbachev, the former 
Soviet President, and Ruud Lubbers, the former Dutch Prime Minister, said 
that the charter's 16 principles reflected a global demand for moral and 
ethical values in business and public affairs.
The Earth Charter will be presented to the United Nations, governments, 
businesses, schools and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) as the basis 
for new laws and codes of conduct. "We need a moral and ethical recovery, 
not just an economic recovery," Maurice Strong, the co-chairman of the Earth 
Charter Commission, said.
The activists said that many of the principles of the charter had already 
been adopted by NGOs and used to put pressure on corporations.
Mr Lubbers said that company directors were beginning to understand the need 
to change and to adopt new principles. He noted how Shell responded to 
criticism of its plan to sink the Brent Spar oil storage buoyand how Nike, 
the American sportswear manufacturer, was criticised for allegedly using 
child labour in its Asian shoe factories.
Mr Strong said groups including the World Federation of Engineering 
Associations and the World Tourism and Travel Council had added the Earth 
Charter to their policies.
The principles of the Earth Charter are broadly worded guidelines such as 
"respect Earth and life in all its diversity" and "build democratic 
societies that are just, sustainable, participatory and peaceful".
"The Earth Charter is a vehicle for changing the mentality of generations to 
come," said Alexander Likhotal who represented Mr Gorbachev at the meeting.

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