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This new cli-fi (climate fiction) series is a tender, delightful, hope-filled exploration of a future founded on kindness, abundance, and community.<br ljsid-1=\"\"><strong ljsid-2=\"\">Latifah Azlan</strong>":1,"#Board and staff members Tetet Lauron (left) and Shayda Naficy (right) in Paris, organizing for water justice, 2012.":1,"#Staff member Akili organizing with Cesar Chavez in 1977.":1,"#Board member Irene Reyes (left) and team member Hellen Neima (right) organizing at the global tobacco treaty negotiations in Geneva, Switzerland, 2018.":1,"#Below are photos of team members organizing around the world. And scroll down to read about some of our most memorable organizing moments, what inspires us, and what brings us joy.":1,"#Who are the people that carry out the work of challenging corporate power? Meet some of the Corporate Accountability team.":1,"#Team - Annual Report 2022":1,"#Corporate Accountability’s staff, team, and <a ljsid-1=\"\">board members</a> bring our passion for justice and our dedication to corporate campaigning to our work each day. We are an intergenerational, global team with a wide range of experiences and perspectives. Our years of organizing range from three to 50, and we’re located in 18 cities and eight countries around the world. We each lead from where we are to hold corporations accountable for the harms they cause and build a more just world together.":1,"#One of my most memorable organizing experiences is organizing with Cosecha and with the ACLU of Massachusetts on issues affecting immigrant communities in the U.S. This experience was very important to me because for many of the years I lived in the U.S., I felt sad to not be part of a community that understood my feelings and experiences as an immigrant Latina. But when I found out about Cosecha and started organizing with them, I again felt in my skin. It was fulfilling. I felt part of a multitude of people fighting for what was right and just—in our own languages and cultures—for what mattered to us every day and minute that we were in the U.S. That experience opened the door of my heart to painful social realities that to today have not changed, but also to powerful and meaningful organizing that is worthy to do so with all our energy and commitment. Through that experience I learned to organize with joy, with dance, with art, with color, with food! And even today I can feel and smell that time.":1,"#Latifah Azlan":1,"#The Monk & Robot series by Becky Chambers brings me joy. This new cli-fi (climate fiction) series is a tender, delightful, hope-filled exploration of a future founded on kindness, abundance, and community.":1,"#One of my most memorable organizing experiences was an action we and our allies held outside of the Gramercy Hotel where representatives from the fossil fuel industry held a private event with politicians and environmental groups. Not only did they hear us, but we also made sure they saw us too, with a large projection on the building demanding to make Big Polluters pay.":1,"#Daniel Dorado Torres":1,"#One of my most memorable organizing experiences was the most recent meetings of the global tobacco treaty. It was the first virtual Conference of the Parties due to the COVID-19 pandemic. And we, in partnership with our longtime allies, creatively and furiously organized to encourage government representatives to deliver their “conflict of interest declarations,” in keeping with the “maximizing transparency decision”—a unique milestone adopted in 2018 to keep the tobacco industry’s tentacles out of the negotiations.":1,"#Charlotte Bartter":1,"#Challenging corporate abuse in the day to day":1,"#Teamwork inspires me.":1,"#Gardening brings me joy.":1,"#Faiz Rahman-Sabean":1,"#Mobilizing people power and financial power to challenge some of the most powerful corporations in the world inspires me.":1,"#Fatimah Shaikh":1,"#My favorite part of organizing is being in community with folks from all walks of life. My most memorable organizing moment was joining Palestinian and Colombian communities and activists in the summer of 2021 to challenge state violence. Solidarity and showing up for each other across borders is how we win!":1,"#One of my most memorable organizing experiences is the day our water researcher discovered Veolia was abandoning its flagship water privatization model in the U.S.":1,"#Team":1,"#One of my most memorable organizing experiences is… marching with Nigerian water and labor rights activists through the streets of Lagos with boomboxes mounted on cars alongside, learning to join in on the exuberant chants for our water, our rights in multiple languages!":1,"#bring our passion for justice and our dedication to corporate campaigning to our work each day. We are an intergenerational, global team with a wide range of experiences and perspectives. Our years of organizing range from three to 50, and we’re located in 18 cities and eight countries around the world. We each lead from where we are to hold corporations accountable for the harms they cause and build a more just world together.":1,"#board members":1,"#Corporate Accountability’s staff, team, and":1,"#FY 2022":1,"#One of my most memorable organizing experiences is organizing with Cosecha and with the ACLU of Massachusetts on issues affecting immigrant communities in the U.S. This experience was very important to me because for many of the years I lived in the U.S., I felt sad to not be part of a community that understood my feelings and experiences as an immigrant Latina. But when I found out about Cosecha and started organizing with them, I again felt in my skin. It was fulfilling. I felt part of a multitude of people fighting for what was right and just—in our own languages and cultures—for what mattered to us every day and minute that we were in the U.S. That experience opened the door of my heart to painful social realities that to today have not changed, but also to powerful and meaningful organizing that is worthy to do so with all our energy and commitment. Through that experience I learned to organize with joy, with dance, with art, with color, with food! And even today I can feel and smell that time.<br ljsid-1=\"\"><strong ljsid-2=\"\">Nathalie Rengifo Alvarez</strong>":1,"#One of my most memorable organizing experiences was an action we and our allies held outside of the Gramercy Hotel where representatives from the fossil fuel industry held a private event with politicians and environmental groups. Not only did they hear us, but we also made sure they saw us too, with a large projection on the building demanding to make Big Polluters pay.<br ljsid-1=\"\"><strong ljsid-2=\"\">Eric Johnson</strong>":1,"#One of my most memorable organizing experiences was the most recent meetings of the global tobacco treaty. It was the first virtual Conference of the Parties due to the COVID-19 pandemic. And we, in partnership with our longtime allies, creatively and furiously organized to encourage government representatives to deliver their “conflict of interest declarations,” in keeping with the “maximizing transparency decision”—a unique milestone adopted in 2018 to keep the tobacco industry’s tentacles out of the negotiations. <br ljsid-1=\"\"><strong ljsid-2=\"\">Daniel Dorado Torres</strong>":1,"#Teamwork inspires me.<br ljsid-1=\"\"><strong ljsid-2=\"\">Charlotte Bartter</strong>":1,"#Gardening brings me joy. <br ljsid-1=\"\"><strong ljsid-2=\"\">Corinne Jager</strong>":1,"#Mobilizing people power and financial power to challenge some of the most powerful corporations in the world inspires me. <br ljsid-1=\"\"><strong ljsid-2=\"\">Faiz Rahman-Sabean</strong>":1,"#My favorite part of organizing is being in community with folks from all walks of life. My most memorable organizing moment was joining Palestinian and Colombian communities and activists in the summer of 2021 to challenge state violence. Solidarity and showing up for each other across borders is how we win! <br ljsid-1=\"\"><strong ljsid-2=\"\">Fatimah Shaikh</strong>":1,"#One of my most memorable organizing experiences is the day our water researcher discovered Veolia was abandoning its flagship water privatization model in the U.S. <br ljsid-1=\"\"><strong ljsid-2=\"\">Ari Rubenstein</strong>":1,"#One of my most memorable organizing experiences is… marching with Nigerian water and labor rights activists through the streets of Lagos with boomboxes mounted on cars alongside, learning to join in on the exuberant chants for our water, our rights in multiple languages! <br ljsid-1=\"\"><strong ljsid-2=\"\">Shayda Naficy</strong>":1,"#Staff member Marcia Whitehead challenging McDonald’s in San Francisco, 2010.":1,"#Staff member Lizzie McQuillan challenging Philip Morris International in New York, 2018.":1,"#Staff, board, and former staff members organizing at the global tobacco meetings, in Moscow, 2014. From left to right: Ari Rubenstein, Bobby Ramakant, Jesse Bragg, Cloe Franko, Shuo Peskoe-Yang, and Hannah Freedberg.":1,"#Staff member Martha Denton (front left) organizing for fossil fuel divestment at Harvard University in 2021.":1,"#Staff, volunteer, and former staff members organizing in New York, 2019. From left to right: Neil Gupta, Stacia Brezinski, Michél Legendre, Taylor Billings, and Keltie Vance.":1,"#By <a ljsid-1=\"\">daniel dorado</a>":1,"#Tetet Nera-Lauron<span ljsid-1=\"\">Secretario de la Junta</span>":1,"#Misión":1,"#Letra":1,"#Gracias":1,"#Gastos":1,"#bígaro":1,"#amarillo":1,"#Programa":1,"#Subsidios":1,"#Para Pablo, la fuerza y la energía para enfrentar el abuso corporativo provienen de la tierra, las generaciones de miembros de la comunidad que han cuidado la tierra y la sabiduría cultivada por los movimientos de base. Con UDAPT, participante fundador de la Semana Anti-Chevron, tiene la misión de hacer de la Amazonia un lugar donde los pueblos indígenas tengan el derecho humano a vivir una vida digna.":1,"#Perfil":1,"#Comunidad":1,"#Reflejos":1,"#Akinbode Oluwafemi<span ljsid-1=\"\">Presidente de la Junta</span>":1,"#Included PMI’s claims that Uruguay´s regulations were arbitrary and constitute an expropriation of trademarks.":1,"#The Arbitrators from the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes of the World Bank , that addressed the legal case rejected ALL PMI claims.":1,"#Thankfully, in 2016, Uruguay won! But the lawsuit delayed implementation of new public health measures for about 5 years.":1,"#In 2010, Philip Morris International – I’m assuming not operating from its publicly stated concern for public health- decided to launch a lawsuit against Uruguay.":1,"#Since 2005 Uruguay decided to implement the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control -the FCTC- , and got significantly decreased the smoking prevalence and became an international tobacco control leader.":1,"#Uruguay, a very small country with less than 3.5 million inhabitants had the highest lung cancer death rates in men as well as the highest Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary diseases prevalence in the Latin America´s region, both conditions highly related to tobacco.":1,"#“Good Morning, my name is Eduardo Bianco. I´m a cardiologist based in Uruguay working on tobacco control for over 20 years, and serving as Framework Convention Alliance for Tobacco Control Regional Coordinator for the Americas.":1,"#Note: Eduardo Bianco was unable to deliver this question at the Philip Morris International annual meeting. Below is what Eduardo intended to ask.":1,"#Note: Eduardo Bianco was unable to deliver this question at the Philip Morris International annual meeting. Below is what Eduardo intended to ask. “Good Morning, my name is Eduardo Bianco. I´m a cardiologist based in Uruguay working on tobacco control for over 20 years, and serving as Framework Convention Alliance for Tobacco Control Regional Coordinator ...":1,"#STATEMENT: Eduardo Bianco's planned question at Philip Morris International annual meeting - Corporate Accountability":1,"#The question remains, when will your corporation cease its intimidation and litigation of countries that are simply trying to implement common-sense and evidence based public health measures?”":1,"#As well as recognized that Uruguay´s measures were reasonable and evidence-based.":1,"#STATEMENT: Eduardo Bianco’s planned question at Philip Morris International annual meeting":1,"#May 6, 2020":1,"#Educación Física":1,"#<em ljsid-0=\"\">Did you mean</em> cbarco@cedro.org.uk<em ljsid-2=\"\">?</em>":1,"#La communauté mondiale s’est unie autour d’une convention globale antitabac — Ce document contient des mesures efficaces visant a du contrôle du tabac au monde — qui sauvera 200 millions des vies d’ici 2050, une fois la convention pleinement mise en œuvre. Afin de renforcer le traité, la convention pour la lutte anti-tabac comprend une ...":1,"#Convention pour la lutte anti-tabac - Corporate Accountability":1,"#Véase este documento <a ljsid-1=\"\">en español</a> or <a ljsid-3=\"\">in English</a>.":1,"#La communauté mondiale s’est unie autour d’une convention globale antitabac — Ce document contient des mesures efficaces visant a du contrôle du tabac au monde — qui sauvera 200 millions des vies d’ici 2050, une fois la convention pleinement mise en œuvre. Afin de renforcer le traité, la convention pour la lutte anti-tabac comprend une provision cruciale — L’article 5.3 — qui établit l’existence d’un conflit irréconciliable entre les intérêts de l’industrie du tabac et ceux des politiques de santé publique. L’article est à la fondation de la convention — la convention ne peut réussir que si on n’extirpe pas l’interférence de l’industrie.":1,"#Convention pour la lutte anti-tabac":1,"#Traduzione mediocre":1,"#Traduzione di buona qualità":1,"#Il tuo feedback verrà utilizzato per contribuire a migliorare Google Traduttore":1,"#Valuta questa traduzione":1,"#Testo originale":1,"#Not Cristian? <a ljsid-1=\"\">Click here</a>.":1,"#Welcome back, Cristian!":1,"#The tobacco industry uses the same marketing strategies throughout the region with the aim of selling their products, especially cigarettes, which kills more than half of its consumers. To learn more about this, you can consult the analysis contained in the <a ljsid-1=\"\">Regional Tobacco Industry Interference Index</a> (2023), a document created by <a ljsid-3=\"\">Responsabilidad Corporativa</a> and the <a ljsid-5=\"\">Centro Global para la Buena Gobernanza en el Control del Tabaco</a> (GGTC), which collects information provided by civil society organizations free of conflict of interests from 19 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean on interference by the tobacco industry.":1,"#Full text of “maximizing transparency” decisions: <a ljsid-1=\"\">COP8</a> & <a ljsid-3=\"\">MOP1</a>. Template declaration-of-interest forms for observers, the media, and the public can be found <a ljsid-5=\"\">here</a>.":1,"#For more information or to speak to an Index spokesperson, please contact":1,"#For more information or to speak to an Index spokesperson, please contact <a ljsid-1=\"\">[email protected]</a>":1,"#Not Carmen? <a ljsid-1=\"\">Click here</a>.":1,"#Welcome back, Carmen!":1,"#“Governments can and must halt tobacco industry interference. The global tobacco treaty is not just a document countries can sign and put in a drawer. It’s a roadmap for saving lives, which starts with stopping the tobacco industry from manipulating people and policies. Countries have the map, they just need to follow it,” said <strong ljsid-1=\"\">Laura Salgado, head of campaigns and partnerships at GGTC.</strong>":1,"#This report (the third in a series), shows a worsening trend of the regional situation, denoting an increase in the influence of these powerful corporations in the governments, which hinders the efforts that have been aimed at reducing tobacco consumption and holding the tobacco industry legally responsible for the damages caused. All the countries analyzed show some degree of interference, and the analysis highlights Big Tobacco’s lobbying actions, financing of scientific studies, contributions to political campaigns, recruitment of senior government officials, and promotion of “corporate or business social responsibility” initiatives such as cigarette butt cleaning campaigns.":1,"#<strong ljsid-0=\"\">Daniel Dorado, tobacco campaign director at Corporate Accountability</strong>, said, “This compelling statement from such a large number of Latin American and Caribbean communities underscores the importance of people standing together to resist the sinister marketing, political, and public health strategies Big Tobacco seeks to employ to increase profits while knowingly risking the health and lives of many, and especially of future generations. We will not be silent or allow tobacco corporations to interfere in our right to public health policy making free of corporate interference for the health of our countries, nor will we allow them to addict future generations to products that kill.”":1,"#In the video, representatives of organizations from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Dominican Republic, Uruguay, and Venezuela show how the industry has interfered to stop public policies to control or regulate tobacco marketing in these countries and their strategies to attract children and adolescents to smoking or using tobacco.":1,"#<b ljsid-0=\"\">Latin America and the Caribbean (July 23</b><b ljsid-1=\"\">, 2024) – </b>Today, representatives of organizations from Latin America and the Caribbean <a ljsid-3=\"\">released a video</a> in which they denounce the interference of the tobacco industry in their countries and ask their governments to protect children and youth from this industry.":1,"#The tobacco industry uses the same marketing strategies throughout the region with the aim of selling a product like cigarettes that kills more than half of its consumers. This analysis can be consulted in the <a ljsid-1=\"\">Regional Tobacco Industry Interference Index</a>.":1,"#How Big Tobacco targets Latin America & the Caribbean":1,"#Representatives of organizations from Latin America and the Caribbean released a video in which they denounce the interference of the tobacco industry.":1,"#Press Release: Latin American & Caribbean organizations denounce tobacco industry interference in their countries - Corporate Accountability":1,"#For more information or to speak to a regional Interference Index spokesperson, contact <a ljsid-1=\"\">media@corporateaccountability.org</a>":1,"#un nuevo análisis de Corporate Accountability":1,"#púrpura":1,"#cal":1,"#naranja":1,"#Ningún país analizado fue inmune a los esfuerzos de la industria tabacalera por influir en las políticas y a los formuladores de políticas en su beneficio,":1,"#escala de 0 a 100":1,"#a los casos de inversión en el control del tabaco":1,"#Laura Salgado, jefa de campaña y asociación de GGTC":1,"#clave para controlar la producción de plásticos altamente contaminantes contenidos en filtros de cigarrillos, cigarrillos electrónicos y productos de vapeo.":1,"#El Centro Mundial para la Buena Gobernanza en el Control del Tabaco (GGTC)":1,"#Centro Global para la Buena Gobernanza en el Control del Tabaco (GGTC). )":1,"#Artículo 5.3":1,"#Dudley Tarlton, especialista del programa de las Naciones Unidas. Programa de Desarrollo (PNUD)":1,"#al último índice de 2021":1,"#la Dra. Adriana Blanco Marquizo, Jefa de la Secretaría del Convenio CMCT de la OMS":1,"#Índice Regional de Interferencia de la Industria Tabacalera de 2023":1,"#se llevarán a cabo en Panamá del 5 al 15 de febrero":1,"#Existe una necesidad urgente de contrarrestar la interferencia de TI, ya que 2023 y 2024 presentan importantes oportunidades para los esfuerzos de control del tabaco.":1,"#a nivel mundial–":1,"#hacer que las grandes tabacaleras paguen":1,"#Learn more and RSVP!":1,"#Join us for Take Back Power: <br ljsid-1=\"\">A night of costumes, trivia, and <br ljsid-3=\"\">action to challenge corporate villains":1,"#Nearly all (or 93%) of the projects retiring problematic credits are located in the Global South, countries that have historically contributed the least to climate change. This includes five projects that are in Brazil, the upcoming host of the U.N climate talks later this year.":1,"#Eighty percent of the offsets assessed in this analysis were problematic.":1,"#More than 47.7 million problematic offsets credits were retired through 43 of the world’s largest offset projects in 2024, meaning they are not likely to lead to the promised emissions reductions. These 43 projects alone account for nearly one-quarter of the VCM.":1,"#The analysis underscores the inherently problematic nature of increasing corporate and governmental investment in a scheme that remains fundamentally flawed and which is likely to continue to fail to reduce carbon emissions, all while distracting from meaningful climate action and even likely causing harm. The researchers conducted analysis of data on <a ljsid-1=\"\">AlliedOffsets database</a> as well as from industry ratings agencies like <a ljsid-3=\"\">BeZero</a>, and revealed that many of the world’s largest offset projects in 2024 are unlikely to deliver global emissions reductions. Key findings include:":1,"#A carbon offset is an “allowance” that governments, institutions, and corporations—from fossil fuel majors and airlines to fast-food and tech giants—purchase from environmental projects to supposedly count towards their respective greenhouse gas emissions reductions. Millions of these offset credits, which are linked up through a global carbon market called the VCM, are purchased by these actors annually and counted towards their emissions reductions, often in lieu of other emissions-reducing activities. Despite decades of failing to lead to global emissions reductions, the VCM remains one of the most widely supported forms of climate action, promoted by world governments, industry actors, corporations, and policymakers alike.":1,"#FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  New analysis reveals how unsuccessful the “VCM 2.0” reform is to-date at plugging the failures of the voluntary carbon market and delivering global emissions reductions More than 47.7 million problematic offsets credits were retired through 43 of the world’s largest offset projects in 2024, representing nearly one-quarter of the entire voluntary carbon ...":1,"#New analysis reveals how unsuccessful the “VCM 2.0” reform is to-date at plugging the failures of the voluntary carbon market and delivering global emissions reductions - Corporate Accountability":1,"#<strong ljsid-0=\"\">Boston, Massachusetts </strong>– Today <a ljsid-2=\"\">new research</a> released by <a ljsid-4=\"\">Corporate Accountability</a> provides a deep dive into the largest carbon offset projects in the voluntary carbon market (VCM) in 2024, and explores how successful the “VCM 2.0” reform is to-date at improving the integrity of the voluntary carbon market, as well as whether it is any more likely to reduce global emissions.":1,"#More than 47.7 million problematic offsets credits were retired through 43 of the world’s largest offset projects in 2024, representing nearly one-quarter of the entire voluntary carbon market.":1,"#“The problem isn’t just one bad actor; it’s baked into the system even among those considered most reputable. And it is not limited to merely one actor or verifier in the carbon market ecosystem,” said Erika Lennon, Senior Attorney, Climate and Energy Program at Center for International Environmental Law. “With mounting evidence, it’s past time for major emitters to stop outsourcing their responsibility to the Global South and commit to a full fossil fuel phaseout – full stop, no loopholes. Clinging to carbon markets not only delays climate progress but also increases legal risks for companies betting on the credibility of these schemes instead of reducing their own emissions. Relying on and promoting offsets to address the climate crisis puts the planet’s and all its inhabitants’ future at risk and is as smart as relying on the arsonist to fight the fire<strong ljsid-1=\"\">.” </strong>":1,"#The failures of the VCM are likely much more vast than this research reveals, given that this research only provides one snapshot of problematic projects and fundamental failures that are likely to be more prevalent across the VCM as a whole. This suggests that critical reflections need to happen on the legitimacy of the VCM more broadly.":1,"#According to Rachel Rose Jackson, Director of Climate Research & Policy at Corporate Accountability, “The latest evidence calls on policymakers as well as investors and supporters of carbon offsets to reckon with why such liability is being taken to continue to worship the voluntary carbon market, and for what real purpose—if it is not likely to lead to emissions reductions? Who is responsible for the repeated failures of the ‘checks and balances’ that are supposedly plugging the holes of this sinking ship? And why are we trying to solve a global crisis with a scheme that is yet again condemning the planet, not catalyzing the meaningful action urgently needed?”":1,"#The voluntary carbon market (VCM) has come under increased scrutiny thanks to multiple<a ljsid-1=\"\"> investigations by experts</a> around the world <a ljsid-3=\"\">revealing how these carbon trading schemes</a> appear to give corporations cover to continue polluting while not actually reducing emissions, and even likely spurring significant harm. In 2023, a joint <a ljsid-5=\"\">Guardian</a> and Corporate Accountability investigation poked significant holes in carbon trading schemes seen to give permission to countries and corporations to continue burning fossil fuels.":1,"#“This research serves as an eleventh-hour warning for supporters and investors of carbon offsets and the carbon market,” said Meena Raman, Head of Programs at Third World Network. “The implications are clear—it’s time to shift away from carbon markets, which have failed to deliver emissions reductions for decades, and reinvest into proven solutions that permanently reduce emissions at source and justly address the root causes of climate change. These problematic offsets have no role in the climate action plans of countries or corporations. These pollution allowances have commodified the climate crisis and erased real action. As a result of these sham approaches, millions of lives are now being traded so polluters can profit.”":1,"#The research suggests that despite ongoing reforms, the VCM 2.0 continues to largely fail, enhancing the likelihood of global climate action failure. Any advances through this reform appear to be limited in scope and potential, posing the question of why VCM supporters and investors continue to take on the liability of such great risk, and who is liable for these failures.":1,"#All 37 projects assessed in greater detail had a legitimate risk of having at least one fundamental failing that rendered the projects unlikely to deliver—totaling nearly 40 million credits. These projects either had a legitimate or high risk of non-additionality (23), non-permanence (14), leakage (17), or over-credited (19).":1,"#Forestry and land use projects had the largest number of problematic projects (23), followed by renewable energy projects (15), household devise projects (4), and chemical processes/industrial manufacturing projects (1).":1,"#Yet the approval and promotion of problematic offsets unlikely to lead to emissions reductions spreads much further than Verra. Three other registries were involved in retiring problematic offsets from these projects, and at least 17 verifiers were involved in approving these problematic offsets for VCM trading, to then be purchased by VCM buyers all around the world.":1,"#Verra hosts the largest number of problematic projects and retired 43.6 million problematic offsets through the assessed projects, suggesting that its updated methodologies and measures taken to assure investors may not rectify the flaws.":1,"#casi 50 000 millones de dólares":1,"#The latest: Flint residents’ case against Veolia ends in settlement":1,"#The story of Veolia in Flint":1,"#The story of Veolia in Flint: From alleged corporate abuse to a $53 million settlement - Corporate Accountability":1,"#In the years since, Veolia has poured money into dubious <a ljsid-1=\"\">PR</a> <a ljsid-3=\"\">efforts</a> to distort and distract from the accusations related to its role in the crisis.":1,"#Veolia was brought in early during the crisis to assess Flint’s water system and failed to sound the alarm. After internally <a ljsid-1=\"\">discussing</a> the potential for lead contamination over email (which Corporate Accountability helped bring to light by digging through troves of court documents), Veolia <a ljsid-3=\"\">told Flint residents their water was safe</a> to drink. All the while, Veolia <a ljsid-5=\"\">chased other lucrative contracts</a> with the city.":1,"#To this day, Flint lacks <a ljsid-1=\"\">reliable access to clean, drinking water</a> – and a <a ljsid-3=\"\">majority of residents</a> still haven’t seen a penny of compensation from the legal settlements. Flint residents are still dealing with the long-term health impacts of the water contamination. Studies show that children who were exposed to lead during the crisis are more likely to <a ljsid-5=\"\">experience learning delays</a>. In general, lead exposure is also linked to the potential for <a ljsid-7=\"\">early on-set dementia</a> and <a ljsid-9=\"\">higher risk of death from cardiovascular disease</a>.":1,"#On April 25, 2014, Flint’s state-appointed emergency manager <a ljsid-1=\"\">allowed</a> the switch of Flint’s water supply, which occurred <a ljsid-3=\"\">without treating the water to protect it from pipe corrosion</a>. What followed was a series of government failures and corporate abuse that exacerbated this public health and human rights disaster.":1,"#Flint’s water crisis: What happened and what role did Veolia play?":1,"#As our Water Campaign Director, Neil Gupta, <a ljsid-1=\"\">shared with reporters</a> after Veolia’s settlement announcement, “With billionaire CEOs at the highest levels of government, it’s more important than ever that we safeguard our most precious resource, and keep our communities’ water under community control.”":1,"#Together, we can stop corporate abuse, keep our water systems under community control, and ensure that public dollars go directly towards fixing the issues that plague our water systems – addressing leaky pipes, keeping lead out of our water, and making rates affordable.":1,"#And it really is possible. Last year, we and our allies in Houston <a ljsid-1=\"\">stopped a major water privatization threat</a> by mobilizing a group of residents, environmental activists, and labor leaders, who called attention to the dangerous track record of the private water industry and voiced opposition to these plans at City Council. And by building powerful coalitions, public water advocates have won similar victories in cities across the U.S. like <a ljsid-3=\"\">Providence</a>, <a ljsid-5=\"\">St. Louis</a>, and <a ljsid-7=\"\">Baltimore</a>, and around the world like <a ljsid-9=\"\">Lagos</a>.":1,"#Yesterday, Veolia, the world’s largest private water corporation, held its annual shareholders’ meeting in Paris, celebrating its profit-making schemes that generated billions of euros in 2024. But of all the stories they shared in this meeting, there’s one that Veolia failed to include: that today marks the eleventh year since the start of the Flint water crisis. And while Veolia recently announced a settlement with residents, it still refused any legal admission of wrongdoing in Flint.":1,"#Third, we cannot allow Veolia to sweep its abuses under the rug. People and public officials need to know about the dangers of doing business with Veolia and other private water corporations. By taking action together, we can take on corporate giants and win.":1,"#Provide comprehensive healthcare and educational services for all those from the community.":1,"#Replace all damaged water service lines using Flint workers; and":1,"#Refund all bills residents paid since April 2014 till the water is deemed safe;":1,"#Second, we must listen to and mobilize to meet the needs of Flint residents. While Michigan has failed to meaningfully hold any of the <a ljsid-1=\"\">government actors</a>, such as Former Governor Rick Snyder, or <a ljsid-3=\"\">corporations</a> legally accountable for their role in the crisis, the state can take steps to rectify its mistakes by addressing community needs, including Flint Rising’s <a ljsid-5=\"\">three demands</a> to the state of Michigan:":1,"#First, Flint residents must receive their settlement funds swiftly so they can get the resources they need to deal with the impacts of the crisis. A vast <a ljsid-1=\"\">majority</a> still haven’t received a penny of settlement funds so far, including from the state of Michigan’s landmark $626 million settlement with residents. Recent reporting <a ljsid-3=\"\">suggests</a> that most residents will receive settlement checks this summer – over eleven years since the start of the crisis – with the highest payments going to child claimants who were aged 6 or under during the crisis and susceptible to developmental delays due to lead exposure.":1,"#Despite the limited progress, Flint residents march forward on their struggle for justice. And together, we must ensure the following:":1,"#Moving forward: Holding the private water industry accountable and preventing future harm":1,"#Across the globe, Veolia’s dangerous schemes have risked public access to clean and affordable water, one of our most essential resources. This story rings familiar for far too many. It is no coincidence that private water corporations often <a ljsid-1=\"\">target cash-strapped cities</a> to privatize water systems. And while private water corporations line their coffers with public dollars, all too often, communities pay the price through <a ljsid-3=\"\">unaffordable water bills, job losses, and poorer quality service</a>.":1,"#<strong ljsid-0=\"\">Plymouth, MA:</strong> Under Veolia’s operation of the city’s wastewater treatment system, over <a ljsid-2=\"\">10 million gallons of raw untreated sewage</a> discharged in areas around Plymouth between December 2015 and January 2016.":1,"#Every person should have reliable access to safe, clean drinking water. But this is far from reality for too many across the globe due in large part to aging infrastructure, lack of public investment, and unchecked corporate greed.":1,"#<strong ljsid-0=\"\">Gabon:</strong> A typhoid outbreak occurred <a ljsid-2=\"\">in 2004</a>, during the time <a ljsid-4=\"\">a Veolia subsidiary</a> managed the water utility. Government officials also <a ljsid-6=\"\">alleged</a> “widespread supply cuts, bill irregularities, environmental hazards, and unkept commitments” under Veolia’s management, and ultimately the State decided to discontinue its contract with the Veolia-controlled utility.":1,"#<strong ljsid-0=\"\">Pittsburgh, PA:</strong> Under Veolia’s management, the city’s water authority <a ljsid-2=\"\">switched a corrosion control chemical</a> to a cheaper alternative, without the required state approval, and miscalculation related to chemicals used potentially led to a crisis that soon followed.":1,"#In recent years, Veolia has faced lawsuits in <a ljsid-1=\"\">Buffalo</a>, where residents sued the corporation and the city for violating constitutional rights by depriving customers of fluoridated drinking water, and in <a ljsid-3=\"\">Southwest San Diego County</a>, where residents sued Veolia for alleged improper wastewater treatment. But some of the worst cases include:":1,"#The particular dynamics of Flint’s story are unique to the city, but its experience of the private water industry is not unusual. In fact, other communities in the U.S. and around the world have similarly faced the dangerous consequences of private water schemes.":1,"#Veolia’s track record: Private water schemes impact communities from Pittsburgh to Gabon":1,"#And Nayyirah’s right: the financial compensation does not make up for Veolia’s failure to sound the alarm about Flint’s water. Though the settlement amount may seem significant, Veolia is actually paying a meager amount – only about 0.1% of the <a ljsid-1=\"\">nearly $50 billion</a> in revenue that it raked from its business across the globe last year. Without accounting for attorneys’ fees, this settlement would amount to about $2,000 per claimant from the corporation. Veolia also refused any legal admission of wrongdoing, noting in a press release that “[t]his final settlement is in no way an admission of responsibility…” This means there’s hardly anything barring it from doing the same to other communities.":1,"#Reflecting on the outcome of the lawsuits, Nayyirah Shariff, Executive Director of Flint Rising, <a ljsid-1=\"\">put it succinctly</a>: “The fact that our community members could force Veolia to settle is a testament to their determination and the strength of their case. However, this settlement cannot undo Veolia’s abuses in Flint.”":1,"#For years, Flint residents have sued the <a ljsid-1=\"\">government</a> and <a ljsid-3=\"\">corporate</a> actors that played a role in this crisis. And Flint Rising, a local grassroots group, has called for <a ljsid-5=\"\">federal action</a> to advocate for infrastructure funding and updated environmental regulations, organized in solidarity with other <a ljsid-7=\"\">communities</a> facing water injustices, and connected the dots between Veolia’s actions in Flint to <a ljsid-9=\"\">Pittsburgh</a>, <a ljsid-11=\"\">Nigeria</a>, and beyond.":1,"#But what does this mean for Flint residents and other communities impacted by Veolia?":1,"#Eleven years on, the legal battles have started to come to a close. In February 2025, Veolia announced a <a ljsid-1=\"\">settlement</a> with about 26,000 Flint residents for $53 million. In exchange, the state agreed to drop its separate case against Veolia.":1,"#Member spotlight: Tessa Sage Flores - Corporate Accountability":1,"#Your work with climate is also very important. We must act to kick huge polluting corporations out of the climate talks. We’re living in one of the very last possible moments to affect the progression of climate change. Now is the time to throw everything we’ve got into this battle. It is our sacred responsibility to act as stewards of the environment. We’ve got to do this.":1,"#Now I am active in a campaign to stop an energy company from turning the Seneca Lake area in New York into a fracked gas transportation and storage hub for the entire Northeast. This struggle exemplifies what Corporate Accountability International does: challenging corporations that threaten people’s drinking water, livelihoods, and well-being. Corporate Accountability International is standing up and speaking truth to power. I am inspired by that example.":1,"#My involvement with Corporate Accountability International began in 1978, shortly after the birth of my first child in December 1977. I was horrified that Nestlé was promoting infant formula over breast milk. So I joined the boycott, encouraged others to do the same, and I donated to Infact.":1,"#Tessa Flores is a wife, mother, grandmother, water rights activist, and steward of a nature sanctuary in upstate New York. She has been a member since 1978.":1,"#Member spotlight: Tessa Sage Flores":1,"#January 19, 2017":1,"#eventos musicales más populares y con mayor asistencia en América Latina":1,"#las actividades del Día Mundial Sin Tabaco":1,"#consumo de tabaco y nicotina entre los jóvenes":1,"#tratado global sobre el tabaco":1,"#de las declaraciones hechas durante la reunión de accionistas de PMI":1,"#la publicidad predatoria de PMI en Colombia":1,"#<span ljsid-0=\"\">Continuamos otorgando subvenciones</span> a nuestros principales socios de campaña:":1,"#Senior Program Officer, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation":1,"#Glennie & Hannah LeBaron":1,"#Geoffrey K. Ocansey":1,"#elected officials from the U.S. and EU call on their polluting governments to address corporate influence at the climate talks. (May 2023)":1,"#Corporate Accountability Member":1,"#Corporate Accountability Members":1,"#Jamie Bussel":1,"#Ally, Our Water Our Right Africa Coalition":1,"#We also allocated":1,"#smaller, one-time grants":1,"#to our core campaign partners:":1,"#to allies on the front line, thanks to gifts from our members and funders. Through these grants and joint campaigning, we have been able to achieve successes for the movement, as told in the stories above.":1,"#to organizations around the world challenging systemic racism and corporate abuse, making it possible for organizations to move forward with critical projects, including:":1,"#continued to make grants":1,"#redistributed funds":1,"#Tessa Flores is a wife, mother, grandmother, water rights activist, and steward of a nature sanctuary in upstate New York. She has been a member since 1978. My involvement with Corporate Accountability International began in 1978, shortly after the birth of my first child in December 1977. I was horrified that Nestlé was promoting infant ...":1,"#FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE":1,"#New analysis reveals how unsuccessful the “VCM 2.0” reform is to-date at plugging the failures of the voluntary carbon market and delivering global emissions reductions":1,"#<span ljsid-1=\"\">FY 2023</span><br ljsid-2=\"\">Support & revenue":1,"#Michél Legendre Consulting<br ljsid-1=\"\">Social Movement Leader & Organizer":1,"#Glennie & Hannah LeBaron<span ljsid-1=\"\">|</span>Corporate Accountability Members":1,"#(241 characters remaining)":1,"#(242 characters remaining)":1,"#While PMI sponsors EPF under its heated tobacco system brand <i ljsid-1=\"\">IQOS-Heets</i>, it also promotes Marlboro and other traditional cigarettes to festival goers.":1,"#<b ljsid-0=\"\">Bogotá, Colombia</b> – As rates of <a ljsid-2=\"\">youth tobacco and nicotine use</a> continue to skyrocket, <a ljsid-4=\"\">new analysis from Corporate Accountability</a> sheds light on the tobacco industry’s targeting of young people through pop culture events in the Global South, even in countries with <a ljsid-6=\"\">strong tobacco control measures</a>.":1,"#Report authors call on the Colombian and other Latin American governments to better monitor and enforce compliance with existing TAPS laws, and further implement regulations in line with the <a ljsid-1=\"\">global tobacco treaty</a>.":1,"#“PMI wants to whitewash its image, but it’s using the same dirty tricks to hook young people to its deadly products. There’s no reason it should promote Marlboro cigarettes at a youth-oriented festival if its stated goal is to switch adult smokers to other tobacco and nicotine products,” said Dorado, echoing <a ljsid-1=\"\">statements made during PMI’s shareholder meeting</a> in May.":1,"#<a ljsid-0=\"\">The case study</a> focuses on Colombia, where tobacco giant Philip Morris International (PMI) has sponsored at least the past three editions of Estéreo Picnic music festival (EPF), despite the nation’s ban on all forms of tobacco advertising, sponsorship, and promotion (TAPS). EPF is one of the <a ljsid-2=\"\">most popular and highly attended music events in Latin America</a>, especially among youth.":1,"#Press Release: Colombia banned tobacco promotion. Philip Morris International still sponsors its biggest music festival. - Corporate Accountability":1,"#They also urge festival organizers to drop PMI as a sponsor, and call on PMI to stop targeting youth and to observe the treaty’s rigorous public health measures in all countries where it operates.":1,"#“Estéreo Picnic is a trendsetter among young people, and Philip Morris is trying to set the trend of smoking so it can continue raking in profits as its previous users die off. The corporation’s targeting of young festival goers is not only morally reprehensible, it also raises questions about the legality of the sponsorship,” said <strong ljsid-1=\"\">Daniel Dorado, Tobacco Campaign Director at Corporate Accountability</strong> and a co-author of the report.":1,"#The findings, released as part of <a ljsid-1=\"\">World No Tobacco Day activities</a>, complement a <a ljsid-3=\"\">new report from the World Health Organization (WHO)</a> examining the tobacco industry’s broader strategies for targeting and addicting youth.":1,"#They also add to previous investigations of <a ljsid-1=\"\">PMI’s predatory advertising in Colombia</a>, including cigarette displays at children’s eye-level.":1,"#Monitoring from the past three editions of EPF (2022-2024) shows clear instances of PMI’s youth-oriented marketing tactics, including brightly colored kiosks selling its tobacco and nicotine products, and roving models promoting the brands among the crowd.":1,"#IQOS-Heets":1,"#Bogotá, Colombia":1,"#<span ljsid-0=\"\">Tesorero de la Junta</span> de Vrinda Manglik":1,"#Continuamos otorgando subvenciones":1,"#Redistribuimos fondos":1,"#Más de 130":1,"#Daniel Dorado, director de campaña antitabaco de Corporate Accountability":1,"#patty lynn<span ljsid-1=\"\">Board Assistant Secretary</span>":1,"#Las partes pueden encontrar un modelo de formulario de declaración de intereses <a ljsid-1=\"\">aquí</a>, en caso de que opten por utilizar dicho formato":1,"#If you would like to discuss ways to support Article 19 before or during COP10, reach out to <a ljsid-1=\"\">COP10@CorporateAccountability.org</a>":1,"#Tobacco Control Laws <a ljsid-1=\"\">Database </a>and <a ljsid-3=\"\">major litigation victories </a>in tobacco control which demonstrate the importance of Article 19.":1,"#Read in <a ljsid-1=\"\">Spanish </a>and <a ljsid-3=\"\">French</a>.":1,"#All delegations are encouraged to submit declarations of interests. <strong ljsid-1=\"\">Parties can find a sample declaration-of-interest form <a ljsid-1-1=\"\">here</a>, should they choose to use such a format</strong>. (Download the document and scroll to page 6; non-Party States may also use this form.)":1,"#Statement by Parties from the region of the Americas at <a ljsid-1=\"\">COP9 (section 1.2.19)</a> and <a ljsid-3=\"\">MOP2 (section 1.2.12)</a> urging others to submit declarations of interest and fully implement the “maximizing transparency” decisions.":1,"#Before COP9 and MOP2, many—but not all—governments around the world submitted their declarations. And the region of the Americas issued a <a ljsid-1=\"\">formal statement at COP9 (section 1.2.19)</a> and <a ljsid-3=\"\">MOP2 (section 1.2.12)</a> encouraging all other Parties to do so, for the sake of protecting the integrity of the treaty. Furthermore, given their historic and precedent-setting nature, more than 120 public health organizations from around the globe came together to urge Parties to fully implement these decisions in advance of COP9 and MOP2. <a ljsid-5=\"\">Download the letter to Parties, including the list of signatories, here</a>.":1,"#For more resources or support, please contact <a ljsid-1=\"\">TobaccoCampaign@CorporateAccountability.org</a>.":1,"#In the meantime, governments at all levels can use the COP10 accountability decision, should it be adopted, as well as the toolkit and other resources to begin implementing Article 19 and holding the tobacco industry accountable around the world. In fact, <a ljsid-1=\"\">governments around the world have successfully litigated against the tobacco industry</a>, and many more can do so. If you are interested in advancing liability in your country and would like support, please reach out to MakeBigTobaccoPay@CorporateAccountability.org.":1,"#Parties further decided to require government delegations to declare their participation to be in accordance with Article 5.3 and its guidelines. You can find the full text of the “maximizing transparency” decisions here: <a ljsid-1=\"\">COP8 </a>and <a ljsid-3=\"\">MOP1</a>.":1,"#For too long, the tobacco industry has used legal threats to intimidate governments into abandoning the implementation of the treaty’s boldest measures. It is time to <a ljsid-1=\"\">shift the burden of tobacco onto the industry</a>, force it to respect the rule of law, and make it pay for the past and future harms caused by its products, including e-cigarettes, heated tobacco products, and similar devices. And people around the world agree: In fact, thousands of individuals along with experts and organizations have joined in <a ljsid-3=\"\">urging Parties to advance liability</a>.":1,"#Corporate Accountability and our partners will be monitoring tobacco industry interference during the COP10 and MOP3 negotiations. If you become aware of industry attempts to interfere before or during the meetings, reach out to COP10@CorporateAccountability.org, as well as to the WHO FCTC Secretariat.":1,"#At <a ljsid-1=\"\">COP8 </a>and <a ljsid-3=\"\">MOP1</a>, Parties decided to strengthen Article 5.3, enhance transparency in negotiations, and protect the treaty from tobacco industry interference by requiring observer organizations, the media, and the public to submit <a ljsid-5=\"\">declarations of interest</a>.":1,"#It is critical that Parties take all measures possible to protect the treaty from industry interference during COP10 and MOP3. If you become aware of industry attempts to interfere before or during the meetings, reach out to COP10@CorporateAccountability.org, as well as to the WHO FCTC Secretariat.":1,"#Media coverage of tobacco industry interference at COP9: <a ljsid-1=\"\">Colombia</a>, <a ljsid-3=\"\">Philippines</a>, <a ljsid-5=\"\">Zimbabwe</a>":1},"version":6961}]