Public Eye (organization)
| Founded | 1968 |
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| Focus | Sustainability, International development and social service |
| Location | |
| Origins | manifesto on “Switzerland and the Developing Countries“ by a group of theologians |
Area served | Switzerland related sustainibiliy topics of involved Swiss companies worldwide |
| Method | It demands in magazines and information campaigns, the creation of fair trade conditions, but also addressed nutrition awareness and health issues, among other things, the use of pesticides, biotechnology and genetic engineering and drug policy. |
| Membership | 25,000 (2015) |
Official language | German and French |
Key people | • Pierrette Rohrbach, chairwomen since 2007 • Andreas Cassee, vice-chairman since 2010 • Fabrizio Cioldi, vice-chairman since 2002 |
| Subsidiaries | Regional groups in Aarau, Basel, Bern, Central Switzerland, Geneva, Lausanne, St. Gallen, Winterthur and Zürich |
| Volunteers | About 200 |
| Website | www.publiceye.ch |
Public Eye is a sustainability-oriented, politically and religiously independent solidarity development non-governmental organisation based in Switzerland.
Public Eye notably encourages Swiss politics and business to respect human rights and the environment in poor countries.