The abolition of the transatlantic slave trade began 200 years ago, and many schools marked this event. However, new forms of slavery are prevalent today.
Tax Justice
Tax justice means fairer systems for taxing. Potential loss of tax revenues to the EU amount to approximately one trillion each year and billions are lost from countries in the Global south.
Trade Justice
Trade has always been an important part of society, however current trade rules do tend to benefit the richer countries.
Peace keeping
Peace and stability are central to sustainable development.
Conflict and the Global Arms Trade
The world cannot afford war. People cannot stand by while the numbers of war and environmental refugees soar, while poverty spreads like an epidemic and money for education, health, job training and other needed services are stolen to pay for weapons.
Resource Extraction
Countries that are rich in natural resources are often poor and suffer from high rates of inequality, corruption, human rights abuse, and environmental degradation.
Sustainable Fishing
Overfishing is the process of catching too many fish at once, so that the breeding population becomes too depleted to recover.
Climate Justice
Climate Justice is the reality that it is those that contribute least to climate change (through their emissions) are the ones that are impacted first and worst
Fast Fashion
Being an ethical consumer in today’s world requires first recognizing that consumption is not just embedded in economic relations, but also social and political ones.
Child Labour
For tens of millions of children around the world, their basic rights are at risk because they have to work.