Cases / Lobbying, PR and greenwashing · Canada · 2014
EU seal-product ban's Inuit exemption found ineffective
Short record: the main facts, with sources. A full case file has not been prepared.
Nature's voice · report
No measurement of the harm done to me here is on record.
Did nature suffer? Not measured.
Not on record
- The record does not name which of my species, waters, soils or forests were harmed.
A Nunatsiaq News report found the Inuit exemption to the EU's seal-product ban ineffective.
What?
The EU's seal-product ban includes an Inuit exemption that Nunatsiaq News reported is ineffective. Nunatsiaq News
Where?
Canada and the European Union Nunatsiaq News
When?
The Nunatsiaq report is undated in the sources reviewed.
Who?
Gained
None on recordLost
None on recordHarmed
None on recordWhy?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
How?
A trade ban on seal products with an Inuit exemption. Nunatsiaq News
5 of 6 questions answered from the record · open: who
What happened
The record, in order.
Nunatsiaq News reported that the Inuit exemption to the European Union's seal-product ban is ineffective.
In court and with insurers
Every proceeding and every insurer decision on record.
Lawsuits and rulings
No court case on record. No court has ruled on this case.
Insurers
No insurer decision on record.
What we don't know
Undisclosed, unproven, untried: recorded as data.
Nature
- Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.
Record
- Insufficient Reported but not verified: that the seal campaign collapsed the market for Inuit seal products; Greenpeace's 2014 apology to the Inuit and its acceptance of economic and cultural harm; the source entry is marked unverified.
- None on record The sources reviewed do not state whether any compensation was paid to Inuit.
- None on record The sources reviewed do not give the size of the Inuit sealing market before or after the campaign.
Did the harm stop?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Who paid?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
Sources
Voices on record: — Company or project— Government and regulators— Courts✓ Press and investigations✓ Communities and civil society— Researchers
Press and investigations
Communities and civil society
- Greenpeace apology to Inuit for impacts of seal campaignGreenpeace Canada · 2014-06-20
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