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“…..In the latest development it can be disclosed that G4S, the company whose failures led to thousands of troops being drafted in to the Olympicssecurity effort, is poised to take up a new multi-million pound contract investigating soldiers’ activities in Iraq.

Disclosure of the escalating costs is likely to raise concerns over howmoney is spent by the MoD at a time of budget cuts, and will also raise further questions about G4S’s suitability for such a role following theOlympic security fiasco.

A special investigation unit, the Iraq Historic Allegations Team (IHAT), is already staffed by G4S employees and will more than double in size under a new contract which is out to tender….”

And for more information about G4S…..

Open letter to Ecotricity regarding its meter reading contract with G4S

Corporate Watch | 17.08.2012

Involvement in unethical industries

“…G4S is primarily a security company. 52% of the company’s revenue comes from providing security services to other private companies and wealthy individuals (what G4S calls “secure solutions – non-government”), and 27% comes from public contracts (“secure solutions – government”).

In addition to manned security, which accounts for over 60% of the company’s “secure solutions” work, G4S provides a range of other “security services”, an increasingly broad definition that now includes security systems (CCTV, etc.), monitoring services, and ‘integrated security services’ for entire sites or estates.

Industry sectors ‘secured’ by G4S include energy (oil, gas and nuclear operations around the world), mining (especially in Africa and Latin America) and aviation (over 100 airports and more than 80 airlines in more than 40 countries worldwide). For a more detailed overview of G4S’ businesses, please see here.

G4S’ involvement in these unethical and environmentally destructive industries goes against Ecotricity’s Environmental Policy, in which you claim you will not work with organisations involved in industries “we consider to be unethical, immoral or just plain wrong.” Thus, just as you advise your customers that “it is part of your energy supply agreement with us that you allow us or our appointed agent reasonable access to your property to obtain a meter reading”, your customers have the right to question whether your contract with G4S Utility Services is in breach of your own Environmental Policy, and therefore your contracts with customers…..”

more here

https://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2012/08/499075.html