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Amount of food crops burnt by richest nations as biofuels could feed half the world’s hungriest people, ActionAid says

EC report on social impacts of biofuels is a whitewash, claims ActionAid

Taxation must be central to discussions on how to finance any new development goals, ActionAid said today ahead of a meeting of the high-level panel on the post-2015 development agenda next week in Bali.

(Lusaka, 13 February 2013) ActionAid has said today that its recent report Sweet Nothings which focuses on Zambia Sugar’s tax avoidance techniques in Zambia is not a call for Zambia Sugar to close its factory in Mazabuka or reduce its workers.  ActionAid is calling on the Zambian government and the international community to review the tax codes and tax treaties that allow multinational companies to avoid paying their fair share of taxes in Zambia.

(Lusaka, 10 February 2013) A new investigation released today by ActionAid has revealed that the Associated British Foods group (ABF), owner of Silver Spoon sugar and other household brands, is avoiding its tax bill in Zambia, one of the world’s poorest countries.

“The development world must tackle gender inequality head-on”

Three years on from the devastating 2010 earthquake, Haiti is facing another crisis – catastrophic food shortages caused by the destruction of Hurricane Sandy.

Today, as the UN Climate Change negotiations close, six of the world’s largest environmental and development organizations condemned politicians in particular from the USA, Canada, New Zealand, Japan, Russia and Poland for blocking any progress, and the EU and Australia for failing to live up to their responsibilities on emissions cuts and finance.