:big-honk:
Here’s a fun game, take the top five corporations in each Nordic country and look up the horrific shit they’re pulling in the Third World
Let me start
Norsk Hydroa Norwegian aluminium and renewable energy company in February 2018 Hydro was forced to cut aluminium production by 50% in its plant located in Pará, Brazil (operated by the joint venture Albras). This followed allegations that untreated and contaminated water had been released to the environment, resulting in water pollution. A team of local researchers found a clandestine waste pipe and highly elevated levels of aluminum in its proximity. Other substances such as nitrate, sulphate, chloride and lead were also found at abnormally high concentrations
Oooh fun. I’ll start with fast fashion chain H & M and the abuses in their supply chains
More than 540 workers at factories that supply the two retailers have described incidents of threats and abuse, according to two separate reports published last week by Global Labour Justice on gender-based violence in Gap and H&M’s garment supply chains.
The reports claim that these allegations, recorded between January and May this year in Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia and Sri Lanka, are a direct result of pressure for quick turnarounds and low overheads.
Not third world but global issues with H & M’s emissions that damage the third world by extension:
Furthermore, one pillar of H&M’s sustainability strategy is “Circular and Climate Positive”, the company aims to become a fully circular business that is climate positive by 2040. Yet H&M’s net emissions of direct and indirect emissions of greenhouse gasses increased by 18% in 2020. This result is interesting as the COVID-19 pandemic reportedly led to reduced orders and production. As such, they have seen a smaller demand for clothing and still produced more emissions of greenhouse gasses, this also goes to show that they do produce more than demanded.
What is their economy stuffed with?
the surplus value and resources of the global south. here’s the subthread that led to this post that has more discussion
hmm it works for me… maybe try the post link you can find it in the comments
works fine for me
can you access this post? https://hexbear.net/post/344667
in it, someone from midwest.social, Pandantic, asks a question and there is a follow up by Tachanka from hexbear. this specific thread is what emizeko linked.
Finally some honking on Norway
I think the efficacy of this meme might be undermined for people who don’t realize down (the coat filling) is goose feathers
Favoriting this thread because some of the links you folks posted here will be very handy for me in the future
- Signed, someone living in on one of the goose nations
