“…Interview with Jessica Neuwirth, Head of Equality Now, an international women advocacy group. Transcripts in archive M. Bouvard.…”

“…Foreign investment has provided much of the funding to fuel the repressive policies of the junta, and the video draws attention to the action campaigns of the leading advocacy groups pressuring companies to withdraw from projects in Burma.…”

“…Concern over the lack of knowledge about the potential health risks associated with the handling of pure, unbound engineered nanomaterials has been expressed by investors, entrepreneurs, government agencies, and public health advocacy groups. Such concerns create potential barriers to the growth of nanotechnology and the commercialization of products and devices that could help address serious global problems concerning energy, transportation, pollution, health, and food. …”

“…After several years of calls by advocacy groups for major public investments in a clean-energy revolution, the federal government now appears ready to include large sums for projects involving renewable energy, mass transit, energy efficiency and modernization of the nation's electrical grid in the massive economic recovery and reinvestment plan being devised by Congress. …”

“…The evidence comprises: a) 120 media items (newspapers and magazine articles; blogs especially by ‘sharing economy’ advocacy groups and organisations; industry briefs etc.); b) in-depth analysis of a purposive sample of 70 platforms (website, blog, public relations and self-reports, etc.); c) 140 sources, consisting of scientific items (115) and broadly defined reports (25), selected using a formalised protocol and systematically reviewed; c) about 60 reports released by interested parties (industrial associations, platforms own reports and public relation materials); d) 70 indirectly relevant scientific contributions and policy reports."…”