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Take action: vote for Israeli prison contractor G4S in the 'worst company of the year' awards

G4S is up for the Public Eye People’s Award 2013, the ‘name and shame’ award no company wants to win. G4S, the world’s largest Private Military and Security Company, is complicit in Israel’s occupation of Palestine and is profiting from conflict and insecurity around the world. Please take a minute to vote for G4S at publiceye.ch/en/vote/g4s/ and then ask your friends to do the same.

Veolia pulls out of bidding on $7.6 billion North London contract under boycott pressure

In the biggest ever victory for the campaign against Veolia, the French multinational that provides infrastructure services to illegal Israeli settlements, the company has withdrawn from bidding on contracts worth £4.7 billion (US$7.6 billion). Veolia had spent two years and considerable financial resources bidding on the contracts but a huge local campaign against the company caused considerable damage to its reputation. Meanwhile in St. Louis, Missouri, a local government body declined to approve a city contract with Veolia Water, putting off the vote until there can be a full investigation into the company’s history.

ANC votes to support BDS

South Africa’s ruling party, the African National Congress (ANC), at its 53rd National Conference, reaffirmed a resolution supporting the Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against Israel campaign. In October 2012, the ANC’s International Solidarity Conference (ISC) declared its full support for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against Israel campaign. 

New Zealand divests from Israeli arms company Elbit Systems and companies of Israeli settlement-builder Lev Leviev

The New Zealand Superannuation Fund, which invests money on behalf of New Zealand’s government, announced on December 12 that it is divesting from Israeli military company Elbit Systems and Israeli billionaire Lev Leviev’s company Africa Israel and its construction subsidiary Danya Cebus over their construction of Israeli settlements.