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Para ello, ha eludido abiertamente la normativa contra la publicidad, promoción y patrocinio (PPP) de productos de tabaco y derivados, y ha intentado renombrar su imagen con productos de tabaco y nicotina que señala son “menos nocivos”.":1,"#Caso de Estudio: Cigarrillos Marlboro en el Festival Estéreo Picnic (FEP) versiones 2022-2024":1,"#Informe: Estrategias de publicidad, promoción y patrocinio de productos de tabaco implementadas por Philip Morris International en Colombia":1,"#Not erasmo? <a ljsid-1=\"\">Click here</a>.":1,"#Welcome back, erasmo!":1,"#Not Deborah ? <a ljsid-1=\"\">Click here</a>.":1,"#Welcome back, Deborah !":1,"#Not Liz? <a ljsid-1=\"\">Click here</a>.":1,"#Welcome back, Liz!":1,"#Not Darcy? <a ljsid-1=\"\">Click here</a>.":1,"#Welcome back, Darcy!":1,"#Not Jimmy? <a ljsid-1=\"\">Click here</a>.":1,"#Welcome back, Jimmy!":1,"#Not michael? <a ljsid-1=\"\">Click here</a>.":1,"#Welcome back, michael!":1,"#Sam’s passion for challenging corporate power started in a nutrition class at Simmons University. She learned many examples of corporations seeking profit at the expense of people’s lives and health—from Monsanto attempting to patent Indigenous <a ljsid-1=\"\">seed varieties</a> a <a ljsid-3=\"\">Nestle aggressively marketing infant formula</a> in the Global South, jeopardizing the health and well-being of children and mothers.":1,"#40550a11-2168-41f1-b735-9b4b6f36f781":1,"#With our allies, we helped secure precedent-setting global tobacco treaty guidelines to prevent the industry from interfering in health policy. The guidelines have helped countries across the globe.":1,"#Halting tobacco industry interference - Corporate Accountability":1,"#The guidelines set a powerful precedent for protecting policy-making from corporate influence and interference across industries.":1,"#These rigorous guidelines prevent the industry from interfering in health policy. They have helped countries across the globe overcome industry intimidation, coercion, and opposition to new tobacco control laws. For example, following the guidelines, Colombia’s Congress removed industry representatives from the negotiating table during the development of the national tobacco control bill. In Kenya, the Tobacco Control Act codifies the guidelines and prohibits interference, collaboration or consultation with Big Tobacco in the formulation and implementation of all tobacco control policies.":1,"#Following the global tobacco treaty’s unanimous adoption and wide-spread ratification, we worked with our allies to secure precedent-setting guidelines for the treaty.":1,"#Halting tobacco industry interference":1,"#January 1, 2008":1,"#On Monday, half of the members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) issued a letter of solidarity with people in the global struggle to access clean, safe drinking water.":1,"#Congressional Black Caucus members defend human right to water in the US, Africa":1,"#June 15, 2015":1,"#BOSTON, MA –Today, the National Educators Association (NEA) and more than 50 state and local teachers unions challenged McDonald’s CEO Steve Easterbrook to end McTeacher’s Nights, the corporation’s most exploitative form of kid-targeted marketing. The call, issued in a letter written and organized by Corporate Accountability International(CAI) and Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood (CCFC), comes as McDonald’s struggles to climb out of seven consecutive quarters of nose-diving sales in the US and continues to lose families—its core customer base. The letter builds upon a growing movement of parents and health professionals who are demanding McDonald’s end its kid-targeted marketing, and an increasing number of institutions—most recently the Cleveland Clinic—that are severing ties with the corporation. ...":1,"#3 million teachers to McDonald’s: We’re not lovin’ it":1,"#October 14, 2015":1,"#WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following multiple reports of widespread and systematic bribery of politicians and policymakers across Central and East Africa by British American Tobacco(BAT), U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) and U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) are calling for an immediate investigation of BAT—the world’s second largest publicly-traded tobacco corporation. In a letter to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), the lawmakers argue BAT’s actions may have violated both the Anti-Bribery and the Books and Records provisions of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). Additional signatories of the letter include: Sen. Markey (D-MA), Sen. Merkley (D-OR), Sen. Reed (D-RI), Rep. Bass (D-CA), Rep. Tsongas (D-MA), Rep. Conyers (D-MI), Rep. Keating (D-MA) and ...":1,"#February 3, 2016":1,"#Amid World Bank meetings and Flint water crisis, Rep. Moore raises concern over World Bank’s harmful water dealings WASHINGTON—Today, US Representative Gwen Moore (D-WI) took the rare step of issuing a public letter to the president of the World Bank Group (WBG) raising concerns about its role in the water sector. In the letter, Rep. Moore calls on the Bank’s leaders to stop funding and promoting water privatization pending an independent review and congressional hearings on the glaring conflicts of interest created by its investments in water privatizers through its private investment arm, the International Finance Corporation (IFC). The letter, addressed to World Bank President Dr. Jim Yong Kim, with copies ...":1,"#Congressional scorecard illustrates fast food industry’s impact on minimum wage, public health, environment BOSTON, MA—A new report by Corporate Accountability International, with the support of Restaurant Opportunities Centers United, Food Chain Workers Alliance and Real Food Media, charts the National Restaurant Association’s (“The Other NRA”) outsized influence in U.S. politics on behalf of major restaurant industry players like McDonald’s and Darden. The release of the report, titled “Want fries with that (policy)?” coincides with the National Restaurant Association’s annual Capitol Hill lobby meetings and the Stop the Other NRA coalition’s countervailing events. It also comes as tens of thousands of people mobilize to demand government transparency as part of Democracy Awakening. The report examines how ...":1,"#April 12, 2016":1,"#As British American Tobacco celebrates another year of deadly profits, groups around globe call for government action on bribery, espionage LONDON –Today, as British American Tobacco (BAT) held its annual general meeting (AGM), groups on three continents campaigned to demand it be held accountable for recent allegations of bribery and espionage across Africa. The protests come just months after a BBC investigation of whistleblower accounts exposed a widespread campaign by BAT to thwart tobacco control policies by bribing governments and to undermine competition in at least five countries in Africa. Today’s demands came in the form of actions in the UK, Kenya, Nigeria ...":1,"#With nowhere left to run, McDonald’s tightens meeting; thousands demonstrate in downtown Chicago OAK BROOK, IL—If one thing is clear at this year’s McDonald’s shareholders’ meeting, it’s this: Shareholders are not “lovin’ it.” As the corporation has attempted to tighten its meeting with a new, more restrictive admission policy, shareholders traveled from all corners of the country to bring the concerns of tens of thousands of parents, health professionals and workers directly to McDonald’s top executives. The meeting comes amid escalating public pressure for the corporation to change course. This month, public pressure forced the corporation to end its “540 Meals” infomercials for ...":1,"#At annual meeting, McDonald’s shareholders challenge CEO on labor, marketing, lobby practices":1,"#BOSTON— Just one week before countries descend on Marrakech for the negotiations of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), a new infographic by Corporate Accountability International reveals the true extent of the fossil fuel industry’s access to, and influence over, the talks.":1,"#New analysis: Big polluters’ have back-door access to UN climate talks":1,"#November 1, 2016":1,"#Advance policies to hold industry legally liable and protect policymaking despite Big Tobacco’s attempts to undermine talks GREATER NOIDA, INDIA—Today, at the conclusion of the seventh session of the World Health Organization’s global tobacco treaty negotiations, governments representing nearly 90 percent of the world’s population adopted policies that will protect public health over the narrow interests of the tobacco industry. These include tools to hold Big Tobacco legally liable for the harms of its products, recover healthcare costs, facilitate access to justice for victims of tobacco-related disease, and safeguard public health policymaking from the industry at the national and international level. Governments ...":1,"#180 countries adopt landmark public health decisions on tobacco control":1,"#November 12, 2016":1,"#To “make Paris a reality” countries rally to bar big polluters from the talks":1,"#November 15, 2016":1,"#Call joined by 117 groups for administration to fulfill pledge to UN fund for climate action before inauguration …":1,"#70,000 demand Obama protect climate from Trump":1,"#December 20, 2016":1,"#Victory helps ensure international climate progress during Trump’s denialist reign WASHINGTON, DC—With just three days left in office and amid promises by the incoming Trump administration to defund international climate action, President Barack Obama transferred $500 million to the Green Climate Fund (GCF), a key mechanism for climate change adaptation and renewable energy projects in the Global South. The move follows weeks of international pressure for the Obama administration to make good on its commitment to the fund, which has found itself in the crosshairs of Trump’s policy agenda. The GCF is a primary vehicle for climate finance and is largely seen as the lynchpin of climate action and ...":1,"#Obama sends $500M to Green Climate Fund":1,"#Coalition urges senators to reject nominee, citing long track record of workers’ rights violations and conflicts of interest with role as CEO of CKE Restaurants WASHINGTON, DC — Today 105 food and agriculture organizations, representing more than 10 million people across the food system, sent a letter to Capitol Hill urging senators to oppose the confirmation of fast food CEO Andrew Puzder as secretary of labor. This clarion call from the nation’s farmers, food-system workers and public health advocates, led by Corporate Accountability International, Food Chain Workers Alliance, Friends of the Earth, and Real Food Media, comes on the heels of growing opposition ...":1,"#Over 100 food and farm groups oppose Puzder for Labor Secretary":1,"#Los Angeles Unified School District joins parents, teachers, to end kid-targeted junk food marketing Los Angeles, CA–Today, the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) Board adopted a resolution to end McDonald’s McTeacher’s Nights, with reaching implications for all junk food sponsorship within the district. The resolution comes as millions of parents, educators and health professionals call on junk food corporations to stop kid-targeted marketing. To date, United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA), the National Education Association and more than 50 state and local teachers unions, representing more than 3 million educators nationwide, have demanded junk food corporations stop marketing to children in schools. “Calling McTeacher’s ...":1,"#McDonald’s McTeacher’s Nights receive failing grade from nation’s second-largest school district":1,"#April 19, 2017":1,"#Study exposes trade associations currently admitted to talks have long track records of undermining climate action BOSTON—Today, Corporate Accountability International released a new report “Inside Job: Big Polluters’ lobbyists on the inside at the UNFCCC,” exposing the dirty fossil fuel trade associations that are stalking the halls of the U.N. climate talks to undermine, weaken, and block progress. The report release comes just one week before governments convene in Bonn, Germany to continue negotiations on the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Governments will, for the first time in history, officially discuss conflicts of interest at this convening. The meetings in Bonn ...":1,"#New report: Big polluters have backdoor access to UNFCCC":1,"#May 1, 2017":1,"#McDonald’s executives face a supersized number of shareholder resolutions, forced to answer to labor advocates and investors OAK BROOK, IL—Today, at its annual meeting, McDonald’s executives faced challenges on a variety of issues ranging from political giving to shareholder voting methods. And, for the first time in the corporation’s 60-year history, shareholders called on McDonald’s to evaluate its charity in light of its stated values. The meeting comes as McDonald’s faces growing pressure from a wide range of constituencies nationwide. Weeks before the meeting, the second-largest school district in the country, Los Angeles Unified School District, voted to end McTeacher’s Nights marketing events. ...":1,"#McDonald’s abusive marketing, labor practices take center stage at annual meeting":1,"#May 24, 2017":1,"#Study shows how industry lobbying, greenwashing threatens to derail markets, finance, technology, and agriculture negotiations BOSTON—On the eve of global climate meetings, a report from leading climate policy experts finds that corporate capture is a primary obstacle to progress in the UN climate talks. The first-of-its-kind assessment of corporate capture in UNFCCC history finds that the pro-industry, anti-regulation agenda of global corporations is forcing a menu of false solutions into the center of Paris Agreement negotiations and threatening its realization. The report, “Polluting Paris: How Big Polluters are undermining global climate policy” exposes how the world’s biggest polluting corporations are undermining ...":1,"#On Wednesday, 23 members from the Congressional Black and Progressive Caucuses issued a letter of solidary to the Our Water, Our Right Coalition in Nigeria which is leading an ongoing struggle for water access.":1,"#Congressional Black, Progressive Caucus members defend human right to water in US, Africa":1,"#July 19, 2018":1,"#In first action at COP24, People’s Demands chart a path toward 1.5 degree world KATOWICE — Today, people issued a unified, global call to governments: Listen to people, not polluters at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change’s 24th Conference of the Parties (COP24). The People’s Demands, a call from more than a quarter million people and more than 330 organizations from around the globe, has become the rallying cry going into the talks and will be the bar against which progress is measured. The global call will be delivered to the Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC later in the ...":1,"#RELEASE: Global climate coalition issues COP24 demands, calls for an end to corporate capture":1,"#Calls for a just transition away from fossil fuels and dirty energy grow despite industry-driven propaganda and environmental rollbacks at the national level Katowice, Poland — Indigenous and frontline youth and community leaders from the U.S. disrupted an event hosted by the Trump Administration today at the annual U.N. climate talks. Ten minutes into the event, over 100 people in the audience started chanting “Keep It In the Ground,” then stood up and blocked the panel from view. Four representatives from Indigenous, youth, and Global South communities took the microphone and shared stories about the growing movement in the U.S. to ...":1,"#RELEASE: Youth and frontline community leaders take the mic from Trump’s fossil fuel panel at UN climate talks":1,"#December 10, 2018":1,"#Following new revelations of corporate interference, climate-criminal Shell still given red carpet at COP24 KATOWICE — Today, communities directly impacted by Shell’s abusive practices spoke out as fossil-fuel trade association IETA hosted representatives from the Big Polluter for an event at the U.N Framework Convention on Climate Change’s 24th conference of the parties (COP24). The side event happened just days after a Shell executive bragged about the corporation’s influence over the Paris Agreement. Shell is one of the world’s largest polluters and has a long track record of obstructing climate policymaking. In 2013, Shell was found guilty of environmental crimes in ...":1,"#RELEASE: Leaders from frontline communities challenge Shell at UN climate talks":1,"#December 11, 2018":1,"#Contact: Taylor Billings, tbillings@corporateaccountability.org For immediate release: February 8, 2019 American Federation of Teachers kicks junk food out of schools Millions of educators give fast food industry’s predatory marketing tactics a failing grade MIAMI—Yesterday, the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) said, “I’m not lovin’ it” and called for an end to McDonald’s and the fast food industry’s predatory marketing in schools. At this year’s executive council meeting, AFT adopted a resolution that rejects junk food fundraisers like McDonald’s McTeacher’s Nights, becoming the first national teachers’ union to approve such a policy. AFT’s nearly two million members are part of a years-long ...":1,"#RELEASE: American Federation of Teachers kicks junk food out of schools":1,"#February 8, 2019":1,"#Shareholders demand action after new revelations about Coke’s political interference from China to the CDC ATLANTA, GA—Today, at the corporation’s annual meeting, Coca-Cola executives were on the defensive about the soda giant’s global human rights abuses, labor abuses and the role of sugar in public health, going so far as to deny public health experts from Latin America from raising concerns on Coke’s political interference from the floor. The meeting comes amidst a mounting list of PR liabilities for one of the world’s top marketers of sugar-laden beverages. A shareholder resolution filed by Harrington Investments and supported by a host of ...":1,"#Accionistas exigen respuestas después de las nuevas revelaciones acerca de la interferencia política de Coca-Cola a China desde los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades (CDC de los EEUU) ATLANTA, EEUU —Hoy, en su reunión anual corporativa, los ejecutivos de Coca-Cola se pusieron a la defensiva en torno a los abusos a los derechos humanos, los abusos laborales y el rol del azúcar en las políticas públicas de la salud, llegando a negar expertos de América Latina en salud pública la oportunidad en el recinto para expresar sus preocupaciones en torno a la interferencia política de la compañía. ...":1,"#This release was issued by Harrington Investments. IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Brianna Harrington April 23, 2019 800-788-0154 brianna@harringtoninvestments.com Harrington Investments, Inc. (HII), a Napa Valley, California-based socially responsible investment advisory firm has introduced a resolution (attached) at Coca-Cola (KO) that will be voted on by shareholders at the annual meeting scheduled tomorrow, April 24th, 2019, in Atlanta, Georgia. The shareholder resolution is requesting an independent study on Sugar and Public Health. The study calls for a critical review of Coke products marketed to consumers, especially those targeted to children, including an assessment of risks to Coke’s finances and reputation associated with changing ...":1,"#PRESS RELEASE: Harrington Investments asks Coca-Cola for a study on sugar and public health":1,"#April 26, 2019":1,"#BONN, Germany — The fossil fuel industry continues to have an outsized presence at global climate talks, according to findings released today by the Climate Investigations Center (CIC) and reviewed by Corporate Accountability. The findings come amid negotiations where countries could finally choose to adopt safeguards to keep polluting corporations and their proxies from unduly influencing policymaking. Today’s findings build on a recent report chronicling how a trade group bankrolled by the fossil fuel industry called the Global Climate Coalition (GCC) derailed climate talks in the 1990s, helping to persuade the U.S. to reject the Kyoto Protocol. The CIC found that while the GCC disbanded in 2001, its members and executives ...":1,"#PRESS RELEASE: New data: Climate talks dominated by fossil fuel industry lobbyists":1,"#June 19, 2019":1,"#New Research: The Big Polluters Bankrolling COP25 MADRID—New research reveals that the corporations bankrolling this year’s UN climate talks in Madrid, COP25, are some of Spain’s biggest polluters and tied to human rights abuses, shady lobbying and greenwashing around the globe. The infographic and fact-file, released on “Business and Industry NGO (BINGO) Day” a day dedicated to corporations and their trade associations, was released by Corporate Europe Observatory, Corporate Accountability, Ecologistas En Accion and Observatory of Multinationals in Latin America. Corporate sponsorship has become an unfortunate norm in the UN climate talks. At both COP24 in Poland and COP21 in France, ...":1,"#New study shows that the tobacco industry’s efforts to preempt local public health policy with state laws has delayed the public health protections we enjoy today by an average of more than 10 years.":1,"#Study: Big Tobacco set public health back decades by pitting states against cities":1,"#January 16, 2020":1,"#Media Contacts: Jean Su, Center for Biological Diversity, (415) 770-3187, jsu@biologicaldiversity.org Chandra Farley, Partnership for Southern Equity, (404) 538-6236, cfarley@psequity.org Jackie Filson, Food & Water Action, (860) 306-0108, jfilson@fwwatch.org Dana Floberg, Free Press Action, (202) 249-6089, dfloberg@freepress.net Johanna Bozuwa, The Democracy Collaborative, (202) 559-1473 x 3007, jbozuwa@democracycollaborative.org Taylor Billings, Corporate Accountability, (504) 621-6487, tbillings@corporateaccountability.org In Next Coronavirus Rescue Bill, 825 Groups Urge Congress to Halt Electricity, Water, Broadband Shutoffs Letter Calls for Stimulus Funds for Distributed Clean Energy, Equitable Water-payment Systems, Wider Broadband Access WASHINGTON—825 utility-justice, environmental, faith and civil-rights groups sent a letter to Congress today calling for the ...":1,"#April 13, 2020":1,"#Investors demand Coke stops interfering in policy, funding junk science ATLANTA, GA—On the eve of Coke’s first-ever all-virtual annual meeting, the corporation’s role in another global health crisis is facing scrutiny. A new report by Corporate Accountability finds that the Coke-funded International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI) is playing an outsized role in shaping national food and nutrition policies from India to Argentina to the United States. Notable among the findings is that more than half of the 2020 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee—the body that informs both national nutrition policy and how Americans eat and drink—has ties to ILSI. The findings come on the ...":1,"#In global sign-on, more than 150 groups demand COVID-19 response also address climate, justice issues As the full public health, societal and economic fall out of the COVID-19 pandemic just begins to be realised around the world, an coalition of more than 150 organisations released the first of its kind global set of demands, launched on Earth Day, to guide the international pandemic response. The coalition, convened by the Global Campaign to Demand Climate Justice, issued the demands as means of addressing both the pandemic and the interlinked climate crisis. While there have been many national demands and subsequent political responses, ...":1,"#Global coalition: COVID-19, climate crises linked, must be addressed as one":1,"#April 23, 2020":1,"#WASHINGTON — Dozens of organizations representing millions of people across the United States called on Congress today to urgently pass a COVID-19 relief package to prevent additional unnecessary suffering across the country and to ensure voting rights. The call for COVID-19 relief comes during an unprecedented moment of climate-induced wildfires, heat waves and hurricanes. Today’s letter urges Congress to protect vote-by-mail practices, protect millions of workers on the frontlines of the pandemic with stronger safety standards and personal protective equipment, and prevent the inhumane practice of evictions and utility shutoffs. It also calls on Congress to defend the U.S. Postal Service ...":1,"#WORLDWIDE – Today, a global coalition released a “liability roadmap”: a first-of-its-kind tool outlining how local to global decision-makers, including government officials, can hold polluting industries liable for the climate damage they knowingly cause, while unlocking climate finance needed to address the climate crisis and implement solutions. This roadmap, released just one week before UN climate week and days after Portuguese young people announced they’re suing 33 countries over inaction on climate change, is the next stage in the global campaign to Make Big Polluters Pay. Last September, international climate organizations launched a global call for Big Polluter liability at the ...":1,"#EL MUNDO– El día de hoy, una coalición global presentó una “Hoja de ruta de la responsabilidad legal”: la primera herramienta de su tipo, que esboza de qué manera los entes decisores –y los oficiales de gobierno—pueden hacer que las empresas contaminantes asuman su responsabilidad legal por el daño climático que, como es bien sabido, han provocado. En ella también se proponen estrategias para simplificar los procedimientos mediante los cuales se obtiene el financiamiento necesario para abordar la crisis climática e implementar soluciones. Esta hoja de ruta, liberada apenas una semana antes de La Semana del Clima que celebra las Naciones ...":1,"#INTERNATIONAL – Une coalition mondiale a publié ce jour une « feuille de route pour la responsabilisation ». Premier en son genre, cet outil donne aux décideurs locaux et internationaux, y compris aux représentants des gouvernements, les clés pour tenir les industries polluantes responsables des dégâts qu’elles causent sciemment à l’environnement et vise à débloquer des fonds qui seront alloués à la gestion de la crise climatique et à la mise en œuvre de solutions. Cette feuille de route, publiée à tout juste une semaine du sommet consacré au climat sous l’égide des Nations Unies représente la prochaine étape dans le ...":1,"#The petition is the latest call for Biden administration to walk the walk on climate by taking responsibility for historical emissions Washington — Just days before the reentry of the United States into the Paris Agreement becomes official, environmental groups delivered the signatures of more than 50,000 people in the U.S. The signatures are the latest escalation in a growing call demanding that the Biden Administration commit to doing its fair share of emissions cuts and honor owed support for Global South countries, including climate finance. The petition reflects analysis released in December from the U.S. Climate Action Network (USCAN) ...":1,"#Over 50,000 people, 195 global groups demand Biden commit the U.S. to do its “fair share” on climate":1,"#February 17, 2021":1,"#Advocates call into question the corporation's funding for voter suppression and marketing unhealthy products to communities of color.":1,"#Release: Coke under fire at today’s annual shareholder meeting":1,"#The MRA has spent More than a quarter of its lobbying budget opposing nearly every bill that would advance workers’ rights, including eliminating subminimum wages and giving workers emergency paid sick leave.":1,"#Release: New Report Exposes Massachusetts Restaurant Association’s Extensive Anti-American Lobby Campaign":1,"#Exposé of “net-zero” pledges uncovers insufficient plans and the strategies polluting industries have used to lock in the ineffective schemes.":1,"#Release: New report details Big Polluters’ next Big Con":1,"#LAGOS, Nigeria – At a time when life is more precarious than ever, the necessity to prioritise that which gives life is likewise greater than ever. Water is one of the most fundamental necessities for life, yet giant corporations backed by international financial institutions are exploiting this basic need by trying to privatise water across the African continent, threatening to leave millions of people suffering without water. The only just path forward is by rejecting privatisation and returning water into the hands of the African people, who together have and will continue to advance public water solutions funded by public dollars. ...":1,"#Leaders from four continents discuss Big Polluters' latest schemes to avoid cutting emissions to zero or answering for decades of deception about their role in fueling the climate crisis in the lead-up to COP26.":1,"#Press release: COP26: Just transition, or just greenwashing?":1,"#Two days into the climate talks have yielded little more than dangerous “net zero” pledges from Global North leaders.":1,"#Release: COP26 Blue Zone rife with toxic distractions, thousands around the world demand real solutions":1,"#Findings make case for stronger safeguards on eve of tobacco treaty talks Bogotá, Colombia — The tobacco industry’s efforts to block health policy across Latin America are expanding. Strong, national policies to guard against interference are succeeding. These are the principle findings of the 2nd Latin America Tobacco Industry Interference Index released today by Corporate Accountability in coordination with STOP and a coalition of civil society organizations and researchers across 18 Latin American countries. The Index and its findings are prompting growing urgency for regional governments to enshrine and fully implement the global tobacco treaty’s (WHO FCTC) groundbreaking protections against industry ...":1,"#Report: Big Tobacco intensifying efforts to derail policy in Latin America":1,"#November 4, 2021":1,"#More lobbyists for big polluters than any national delegation 8th November, London/ Glasgow – At least 503 fossil fuel lobbyists, affiliated with some of the world’s biggest polluting oil and gas giants, have been granted access to COP26, flooding the Glasgow conference with corporate influence. Data analysis of the UN’s provisional list of named attendees by Corporate Accountability, Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO), Glasgow Calls Out Polluters and Global Witness, reveals the scale at which corporate actors with a stake in the continued burning of fossil fuels have been enjoying access to these critical talks. Researchers counted the number of individuals either ...":1,"#Parties made critical progress this week at the global tobacco treaty talks, but significant work remains.":1,"#Press Release: Tobacco treaty talks close with progress on funding, increasing transparency":1,"#(Español abajo) GLASGOW — On the last scheduled day of COP26, against the backdrop of civil society protests and unmitigated outrage at lack of equity, urgency, and ambition by world “leaders” and wealthy nations, climate justice leaders slammed the proposals currently being discussed in the final hours of the negotiations. As the clock ticks on COP26 and the window closes to keep warming below 1.5ºc, the climate justice movement has provided an alternate decision to governments—there is still time to act. As government negotiators exchanged diplomatic niceties and congratulated COP26 President Alok Sharma on his tremendous “leadership,” civil society filled the ...":1,"#RELEASE: “They are killing the Paris Agreement;” civil society demands action at COP26":1,"#Illicit trade talks make key gains dependent on a cash infusion GENEVA, SWITZERLAND — Those nations home to the largest tobacco corporations need to contribute more if countries are to recoup the US$47 billion lost to the illicit tobacco trade each year. That is the message ringing out of talks around the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products concluding today. The message echoes the frustration of low- and middle-income countries during last week’s climate talks around the ongoing refusal of the world’s largest emitters to pay for the harms they’ve foisted on the rest of the planet. In the ...":1,"#Rich countries fail global efforts to stop tobacco smuggling":1,"#November 16, 2021":1,"#Sociedad civil pide equidad, transparencia y rendición de cuentas durante las audiencias públicas GINEBRA, SUIZA—Se están llevando a cabo audiencias públicas con diversas trabas para el acuerdo global propuesto por la OMS sobre prevención, preparación y respuesta ante pandemias (Tratado sobre las Pandemias). El proceso de negociación que comenzó desde Febrero ya está generando preocupaciones importantes, entre las cuales se encuentra quién puede ofrecer aportes sustantivos y cómo se armonizará la negociación del tratado, con la revisión de la OMS del vehículo existente para abordar emergencias de salud, incluidas las pandemias. Más de 200 organizaciones de la sociedad civil (OSC), expertos ...":1,"#Soda giant facing new revelations of attempted political influence in Mexico Despite professed commitment to transparency, corporation failing to disclose political activity and spending globally Resolution presented at the annual shareholders’ meeting gets impressive 13% first time vote PepsiCo and McDonald’s now face similar resolutions ATLANTA, GEORGIA — Seven years after making a very public vow to “do better” on transparency, investors are growing impatient. Revelations of Coca-Cola’s efforts to undermine front of package labeling in Mexico are only the most recent to malign the soda giant’s supposed commitment. Today at the corporation’s annual meeting, after years of half measures and ...":1,"#Advocates from around the globe demand the Canadian government stop collaborating on a COVID-19 vaccine with Philip Morris International.":1,"#Release: Canada receives global call to stop collaborating with Philip Morris International on COVID-19 vaccine":1,"#May 25, 2022":1,"#Communiqué de presse: On confie aux renards les clés du poulailler « Zéro émission nette »":1,"#Un nuevo análisis examina los vínculos de la industria contaminante con las iniciativas mundiales de \"cero neto\".":1,"#Nota de prensa: “Cero Neto”. Los zorros vigilan el gallinero":1,"#Se registraron para asistir a la COP 27, más grupos de interés de los combustibles fósiles que representantes de las diez naciones más afectadas por la crisis climática.":1,"#Nota de prensa: Más de 100 grupos de interés de los combustibles fósiles, que el año pasado, invaden las cruciales negociaciones sobre el clima de la COP":1,"#Plus de lobbyistes des énergies fossiles que de représentants des dix pays les plus touchés par la crise climatique sont inscrits à la COP27.":1,"#Communiqué de presse: Plus de 25 % de lobbyistes des énergies fossiles en plus par rapport à l’an dernier envahissent les pourparlers sur le climat de la COP":1,"#Mais lobistas de combustíveis fósseis do que representantes das dez nações mais impactadas pela crise climática registrados para participar da COP27.":1,"#Comunicado de imprensa: Mais de 100 lobistas de combustíveis fósseis do que no ano passado, inundando as negociações climáticas cruciais da COP":1,"#La société civile exhorte tous les gouvernements à éviter tout \"partenariat\" futur avec Big Tobacco.":1,"#La semaine précédant la présentation du rapport annuel de Chevron à ses actionnaires, le 31 mai, un nouveau reportage a révélé que les plans « zéro émission nette » de l’entreprise sont truffés de compensations de pacotille et qu’ils semblent écoblanchir un programme qui est susceptible d’aggraver les dommages à l’échelle mondiale.":1,"#Fachada ‘net zero’ da Chevron: nova exposição revela compensações de carbono lixo da principal petroleira e agenda de ação climática enganosa":1,"#De acuerdo con el tema de este Día Mundial Sin Tabaco, \"necesitamos comida, no tabaco\", un nuevo análisis de Corporate Accountability examina los costos adicionales de la producción de tabaco. Entre sus hallazgos, el cultivo de tabaco desvía suficiente tierra para alimentar a 40.000 personas en un solo mercado importante para esta industria mortal.":1,"#Comunicado: aumenta la presión para que las grandes tabacaleras paguen":1,"#New UNFCCC rules a first step in addressing polluter interference in talks, yet still a long way to go Bonn, Germany – As the second week of UN climate talks near a close in Bonn, Germany, public-interest civil society groups and rightsholder constituencies secured an overdue victory with the first ever set of requirements for all participants in UNFCCC processes to have to disclose their affiliation prior to participation. After a year-long conversation as part of a broader observer review, and years of broader campaigning to address polluter industry interference, this long overdue step was recently announced as part of an open ...":1,"#Un informe revela que los gigantes de la alimentación y las bebidas emplean una red de iniciativas de RSE con escasa rendición de cuentas que podría frenar los avances mundiales en materia de contaminación por plásticos, acceso al agua y agricultura sostenible. Boston, Massachusetts – En vísperas de las negociaciones sobre el tratado mundial sobre el plástico, una nueva investigación de Corporate Accountability examina cómo las grandes empresas alimentarias utilizan los ODS para lavar de verde y endulzar los avances en la lucha contra la contaminación por plásticos y las crisis mundiales relacionadas. La Gran Caja Negra de la Gran Comida ...":1,"#Relatório revela que os gigantes de alimentos e bebidas empregam uma rede de iniciativas de RSE com pouca responsabilização que poderiam retardar o progresso global na poluição plástica, no acesso à água e na agricultura sustentável Boston, Massachusetts- Na véspera das negociações sobre o tratado global de plásticos, nova pesquisa de Corporate Accountability examina como as grandes empresas do setor alimentar utilizam os ODS para fazer uma lavagem verde e adoçar o progresso na poluição por plásticos e nas crises globais relacionadas. A grande caixa preta da Big Food conclui que três das empresas mais politicamente ativas do mundo – Coca-Cola, ...":1,"#O Índice Regional classifica 19 países; mostra tendência de piora antes das negociações do tratado global do tabaco Quito, Equador e Bangkok, Tailândia– As poderosas empresas de tabaco aumentaram a sua influência sobre os governos de toda a América Latina e do Caribe, dificultando os esforços para reduzir o consumo de tabaco e responsabilizar a Indústria de Tabaco (IT) pelos seus danos, de acordo com um novo relatório. O Índice Regional de Interferência da Indústria do Tabaco de 2023, o terceiro de sua série, avalia os esforços dos países para proteger as políticas de saúde pública dos interesses da IT, conforme ...":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 market. Boston, Massachusetts – Today new research released by Corporate Accountability 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 ...":1,"#Currently viewing <span ljsid-1=\"\">all <strong ljsid-1-1=\"\">Press releases</strong></span>":1,"#Jamie Cerretti":1,"#April 27, 2016":1,"#REP. Doggett and SEN. Blumenthal lead call for DOJ investigation of British American Tobacco":1,"#At COP22, Trump’s election adding urgency in addressing conflicts of interest…":1,"#BAT’s annual meeting met with global demands for accountability, prosecution":1,"#January 30, 2017":1,"#Not bernardo i? <a ljsid-1=\"\">Click here</a>.":1,"#Welcome back, bernardo i!":1,"#January 17, 2017":1,"#Un nouveau rapport analyse les liens étroits entre l'industrie polluante et les initiatives mondiales en faveur du « zéro émission nette ».":1,"#RELEASE: Millions of people demand congressional action on COVID-19 relief":1,"#September 14, 2020":1,"#Report: Group funded by Coke, Big Food looms large in U.S. dietary guidelines":1,"#Une coalition mondiale publie la « feuille de route pour la responsabilisation » afin de faire payer les grands pollueurs":1,"#Comunicado de Prensa Inmunizar las negociaciones del Tratado Internacional de la OMS sobre las Pandemias contra quienes se benefician de ellas":1,"#April 14, 2022":1,"#November 12, 2021":1,"#Report: Paris deal threatened by corporate capture":1,"#RELEASE: Major tobacco corporation to celebrate profit, vie for public health credibility":1,"#May 5, 2020":1,"#Not in <span ljsid-1=\"\">CH</span>?":1,"#BOLETÍN DE PRENSA: Promotores de salud pública exigen a Coca-Cola: Dejen de dorar la píldora sobre su interferencia en las políticas de salud":1,"#Las organizaciones de la sociedad civil aplauden el retiro de la gignate tabacalera Philip Morris de Medicago Inc., la cual se constituía como la principal colaboración económica de vacunas contra la COVID-19 de Canadá.":1,"#Lançamento: A lavagem verde da Big Food paira sobre as negociações do tratado de plásticos":1,"#RELATÓRIO: As grandes empresas de tabaco intensificam a interferência na formulação de políticas públicas na América Latina e no Caribe":1,"#Legislators from the U.S. and EU urge the UNFCCC to address persistent fossil fuel industry interference in the climate talks.":1,"#La Façade « zéro émission nette » de Chevron : Un nouveau reportage fait des révélations sur les compensations carbone de pacotille et le programme d’action climatique trompeur de Oil Major":1,"#Goodbye, PMI: Le géant du tabac éjecté de la collaboration canadienne sur le vaccin COVID-19":1,"#New report maps galling influence of “the other NRA”":1,"#June 3, 2026":1,"#June 1, 2026":1,"#Pronouns: She/her or they/them":1,"#It's time for Wells Fargo to cut ties with private prisons, stop funding politicians, and more. At it's annual shareholders' meeting, we demand that the corporation align with its stated values.":1,"#Statement: 2025 Wells Fargo annual shareholders’ meeting":1,"#April 29, 2025":1,"#Just three years after we set out to \"Send Joe Camel Packing,\" RJR Nabisco pulled its ads featuring the iconic cartoon camel.":1,"#RJR retires Joe Camel - Corporate Accountability":1,"#But this tactic didn’t slow us down. In the end, the campaign succeeded in shifting the public climate. President Clinton, the American Medical Association, the Surgeon General and the Federal Trade Commission all voiced their opposition to the tobacco giant’s use of Joe Camel.":1,"#In 1994, Corporate Accountability International organized the “Send Joe Camel Packing” campaign, exposing and challenging RJR’s use of a cartoon character aimed at attracting young customers. At the time, Joe Camel was even more recognized than Mickey Mouse!":1,"#RJR retires Joe Camel":1,"#July 11, 1997":1,"#RELEASE: Global coalition releases liability “roadmap” for governments to Make Big Polluters Pay":1,"#Coalición global lanza una “Hoja de ruta” de la responsabilidad legal dirigida a los gobiernos para lograr que los Grandes Contaminadores Paguen":1,"#Not Michael? <a ljsid-1=\"\">Click here</a>.":1,"#Welcome back, Michael!":1,"#McDonald's investors express concern about the disconnect between the corporation's stated values and business practices at annual meeting.":1,"#El borrador del texto del tratado, parece dejar de lado las salvaguardias contra la interferencia política corporativa.":1,"#Se vislumbran presiones corporativas a medida que se reanudan las conversaciones sobre el tratado contra las pandemias":1,"#April 25, 2024":1,"#Press Release: People across nation stand with Flint on 10th anniversary of ongoing water crisis":1,"#Local organizations uplift demands for government, corporate accountability.":1,"#Delegates & civil society call for liability measures at tobacco treaty talks.":1,"#Press Release: At COP10, pressure mounts to make Big Tobacco pay for health, environmental harms":1,"#December 26, 2022":1,"#Hundreds of climate justice leaders speak out fossil fuel industry influence at climate talks with recent COP28 appointment.":1,"#January 26, 2023":1,"#Release: Pressure mounts to remove polluters, not just oil exec, from UN climate talks":1,"#Goodbye, PMI: Gigante de la industria tabacalera es retirado de la colaboración canadiense para la vacuna contra la COVID-19":1,"#December 4, 2018":1,"#New Research: The Big Polluters Bankrolling COP25":1,"#Ultimately, RJR was forced to retire the cartoon camel. Read more about our campaign to Challenge Big Tobacco.":1,"#RJR Nabisco responded by sending a letter to all retail outlets, warning them of the campaign. It even provided a toll-free number for retailers to call in reports of our campaign activities.":1,"#727 Atlantic Ave, Floor 4":1,"#We always welcome questions and feedback from our members and the public. To best answer your inquiries and requests we provide a variety of ways to contact us. By email: info@corporateaccountability.org By Telephone: Toll Free: +1 800-688-8797 Office: +1 617-695-2525 By Fax: +1 617-695-2626 By Mail: Corporate Accountability 727 Atlantic Ave, Floor 4 Boston, MA ...":1,"#Boston, MA 02111":1,"#No older posts found":1,"#Ari Belathar, activist and movement leader, will be the new executive director of Corporate Accountability. They will step into the role this February to support the organization as it continues to put movement power and resources behind Global South campaigns.":1,"#Release: Corporate Accountability’s Board of Directors proudly announces the hire of Ari Belathar as Executive Director":1,"#November 25, 2024":1,"#Sam Marinelli brings her passion for challenging corporate greed and her skills in accounting and operations to the Corporate Accountability team.":1,"#Sam Marinelli - Corporate Accountability":1,"#In her free time, Sam organizes with the local LGTBQ+ community, tests out new dessert recipes (her apple cider donuts are a Corporate Accountability team favorite) and spends time with her two dogs, Bear and Falcon.":1,"#She has a masters degree in international law and diplomacy from The Fletcher School at Tufts University, and a Bachelor’s degree in International relations and economics at Simmons University. She also co-teaches a class at the Harvard Extension School on microeconomic theory. Her <a ljsid-1=\"\">critique</a> on corporate “pinkwashing” and “greenwashing” was published in The Fletcher School’s Climate Policy Lab.":1,"#At Corporate Accountability, Sam manages the organization’s accounting processes. She also supports critical operations functions from staff benefits to charity registrations to keeping Corporate Accountability’s global team connected.":1,"#Since then, Sam has dedicated her career to social justice and serving communities in the Global South, especially women. She <a ljsid-1=\"\">partnered</a> with students at Ganesha University in Indonesia to create a business plan for an organization that would provide loans, financial literacy education, and other economic support to women in rural Bali. She also interned at the Consortium for Gender, Security, and Human Rights, curating research to better understand how feminist economies could help us move away from extractive capitalist systems. And before enrolling in graduate school, she ran operations at Razia’s Ray of Hope, an organization that provides accessible and comprehensive education to women and girls in Deh-Subz, Afghanistan.":1,"#She knew that those stories were just the tip of the iceberg when it came to the harm that corporations have in the world.":1,"#Press Release: Advocates unmask Philip Morris International’s continued investments in cigarettes":1,"#The Big Tobacco giant is trying to rebrand, but cigarettes remain its core business.":1,"#REPORT: Big Tobacco intensifies interference in public policymaking across Latin America and Caribbean":1,"#New report finds that tobacco corporations have increased their influence on governments across Latin America and the Caribbean.":1,"#Civil society urges all governments to avoid future “partnerships” with Big Tobacco,":1,"#Release: Tobacco giant ejected from Canadian COVID-19 vaccine collaboration":1,"#December 25, 2022":1,"#May 26, 2016":1,"#Despite promising a “smoke-free future,” Big Tobacco continues to advertise its products to the next generation according to report authored by Corporate Accountability and Colombian NGO Educar Consumidores.":1,"#New Study: Big Tobacco heavily markets cigarettes to children in Colombia, despite decade-long ban on tobacco advertising":1,"#May 13, 2022":1,"#RELEASE: Public health advocates to Coke: Stop sugar-coating interference in health policy":1,"#Executive Summary: Philip Morris International's tobacco promotion strategies in Colombia - Corporate Accountability":1,"#Generar nueva máscara":1,"#Release: UN Climate treaty participants required to disclose industry ties":1,"#June 15, 2023":1,"#Ranking Dem with World Bank oversight demands end to bank’s unethical water schemes":1,"#April 24, 2019":1,"#Corporate Accountability and its Campaign for Tobacco Control (Latin America Program) monitored PMI’s TAPS strategies during the 2022-2024 festivals. Our findings raise concerns about the ethics and legality of the corporation’s sponsorship.":1,"#The full report is <a ljsid-1=\"\">available in Spanish here</a>.":1,"#One of the tactics Big Tobacco giant PMI uses in Global South countries, like Colombia, is sponsoring music festivals, such as the Estéreo Picnic Festival (EPF), one of the most important musical events in Latin America, which takes place every year in Colombia, despite the fact that Colombian law prohibits all forms of tobacco advertising, promotion, and sponsorship (TAPS).":1,"#Philip Morris International (PMI) is always trying to attract new customers (particularly youth) because its products kill so many of its users. To do so, it has openly skirted regulations against TAPS, and attempted to rebrand its image with tobacco and nicotine products that it alleges are “less harmful”.":1},"version":8031}]