Analyze | Disaster STS Network

Monitoring Asian Multinational Corporations

tschuetz

In response to

Transnational Alliances: What current efforts exist to communicate or collaborate with overseas communities to achieve environmental justice, and are they effective?

Advocacy organizations in Taiwan have formed a coalition to monitor the activities of Taiwanese Multinational Corporations. This involves sharing strategies between campaigns, including workplace accidents at the Formosa Steel plant in Vietnam and toxic exposures at Samsung (see SHARPS and Kim et al 2021).

pece_annotation_1524601928

elizabeth.diblasio

Annotation of

NJ Has Among Nation's Worst Air, American Lung Association Study Says

In response to

How are hazards / risks distributed among different groups?

There are many vulnerabilities listed in this artifact that directly affect the community. To begin with, Bergen, Hudson, and Essex county are listed as the state's worse air quality. It also states that more than four in 10 people experience unhealthy air quality in the community within NJ.