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Challenge Corporate Power!":1,"#every dollar given during Giving Tuesday will be TRIPLE matched up to $20,000!":1,"#Thanks to a generous group of donors,":1,"#That means when you give right now, your gift will have 3x the impact to stop corporations from devastating democracy, perpetuating systemic racism, trampling human rights, and destroying the planet.":1,"#This #GivingTuesday your gift will be tripled! - Corporate Accountability":1,"#Thanks to a generous group of donors, every dollar given during Giving Tuesday will be TRIPLE matched up to $20,000!":1,"#This #GivingTuesday make 3X your
impact when you give before 12/2!":1,"#(Acceda a esta información en ingles y francés ).":1,"#Explore las secciones a continuación para obtener más información.":1,"#Recursos clave sobre lo que está en juego en la COP11 y la MOP4 que le ayudarán a usted y a sus colegas a utilizar estas reuniones de política para mejorar la vida y la salud de las personas en todo el mundo.":1,"#Orientación sobre cómo presentar su formulario de Declaración de Intereses (DOI) para ayudar a proteger la formulación de políticas de la influencia de la industria tabacalera. (Formulario de muestra aquí)":1,"#Campaña “Make Big Tobacco Pay”":1,"#International Legal Consortium de Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, leyes de control del tabaco":1,"#Tobacco Tactics: Interferencia en torno a la COP10 y la MOP3":1,"#A pesar del sólido apoyo al Artículo 5.3, la disposición del tratado destinada a mantener a la industria tabacalera fuera de la formulación de políticas de salud, los intentos de la industria por influir, desviar y debilitar estas medidas críticas continúan. Este año, las Partes tienen la capacidad responsabilizar a estas corporaciones abusivas. Este centro de recursos le ayudará a aprovechar su potencial y participación para impulsar el progreso del tratado, incluyendo:":1,"#Texto completo de las decisiones de maximización de la transparencia para la COP8 y la MOP1":1,"#Pero las corporaciones tabacaleras transnacionales continúan encontrando formas de interferir en la salud pública en todo el mundo —como se abordó recientemente en la declaración de la Conferencia Mundial sobre Control del Tabaco— a costa de nuestras vidas, nuestra salud y el planeta. Y por eso estas negociaciones —la Undécima Conferencia de las Partes (COP11) y la Cuarta Reunión de las Partes (MOP4) de su Protocolo para la Eliminación del Comercio Ilícito de Productos de Tabaco (el Protocolo)— que tendrán lugar en Ginebra del 17 al 26 de noviembre, son fundamentales.":1,"#artículos":1,"#Pero el trabajo para responsabilizar a la industria no se detiene en las salas de negociación de Ginebra. Debe avanzar país por país, en todo el mundo. A través del Kit de herramientas de responsabilidad civil, las Partes pueden obtener orientación práctica que les ayude a determinar cómo iniciar un proceso legal, según su contexto y circunstancias. Las Partes también pueden encontrar el apoyo que necesitan mediante la base de datos de expertos jurídicos, que proporciona información de contacto de especialistas y profesionales con experiencia en litigios contra la industria y en materia corporativa.":1,"#La COP11 es un momento decisivo para hacer que la industria tabacalera pague por los daños que ha causado. Al respaldar el proyecto de decisión de la COP en la Sesión Plenaria de Clausura e implementar las recomendaciones del Grupo de Expertos (punto 6.5 del orden del día) para acceder a los ámbitos civil, penal y administrativo, las Partes pueden proteger la salud pública, salvaguardar el medio ambiente, recuperar costos y garantizar que la industria tabacalera rinda cuentas plenamente.":1,"#Este año celebramos el 20.º aniversario de la ratificación del tratado mundial para el control del tabaco. En las últimas dos décadas, este acuerdo internacional, pionero y sin precedentes, ha establecido un cortafuegos entre los intereses corporativos y la salud pública. Con el apoyo de 183 países, el tratado protege al 90% de la población mundial mediante leyes de espacios libres de humo, impuestos al tabaco, prohibiciones de publicidad y advertencias sanitarias en los paquetes de cigarrillos. También ha servido como un sólido precedente en salud global en cuanto a salvaguardas frente a la interferencia de la industria a través del Artículo 5.3 y la responsabilidad mediante el Artículo 19.":1,"#El Artículo 19 es a la vez poderoso y subutilizado. Esta disposición alienta a los gobiernos a adoptar acciones legales, legislativas o administrativas contra la industria tabacalera, y obliga a que las corporaciones que han lucrado a costa de nuestra salud, nuestras vidas y nuestro planeta paguen por los daños pasados y futuros causados por sus productos.
El Artículo 19 también puede ayudar a recuperar los costos de atención en salud y los daños ambientales causados por los productos de tabaco, desbloquear recursos para medidas que salvan vidas y dificultar que la industria continúe con sus abusos.":1,"#Presente su formulario durante el proceso de registro. Para obtener más información, consulte el kit de herramientas para delegados preparado por la Secretaría del Convenio para la COP y la MOP.":1,"#Bienvenido(a) al centro de recursos para las próximas reuniones del Convenio Marco de la Organización Mundial de la Salud para el Control del Tabaco (CMCT de la OMS), dirigido a las delegaciones de las Partes y a los representantes de las organizaciones observadoras. (Accede a esta información en inglés y francés.)":1,"#Abra este documento sobre la maximización de la transparencia.":1,"#Como afirmó el exministro de Salud de Finlandia y presidente del comité del CMCT, Pekka Puska, a pesar de la idea popular sobre el supuesto declive de la relevancia de la industria tabacalera, la “industria del tabaco es más poderosa que nunca”. Por eso, las Partes tienen la obligación legal de proteger la formulación de políticas de salud pública de la influencia de la industria. Y una forma importante de cumplir con esa obligación es presentando un formulario de Declaración de Intereses antes de que comiencen las negociaciones de la COP11 y la MOP4.":1,"#Entre 2008 y 2013, British American Tobacco (BAT) socavó las políticas de salud pública y llevó a cabo espionaje corporativo en África. BAT realizó más de 200 pagos cuestionables a políticos, funcionarios públicos y periodistas en todo el continente para asegurar una ventaja competitiva, obtener información e influir en las políticas de control del tabaco. Investigaciones del Tobacco Control Research Group, la Universidad de Bath y otros socios indicaron que las acciones de la corporación no fueron un incidente aislado, sino que ejemplificaron su modo regular de operar para mantener un control monopolístico.":1,"#Durante la COP7 en Nueva Delhi, Philip Morris International instaló su base de operaciones en un hotel a una hora del centro de conferencias y sostuvo reuniones secretas con delegados del gobierno de Vietnam y otros miembros del tratado. Estas sesiones individuales formaron parte del esfuerzo más amplio de la corporación para debilitar y bloquear disposiciones del tratado que salvan vidas, impulsar medidas que socavan la salud pública y revertir protecciones destinadas a reducir el consumo de tabaco.":1,"#Maximizar la transparencia y fortalecer la responsabilidad de la industria a través del tratado mundial sobre el control de tabaco Bienvenido(a) al centro de recursos para las próximas reuniones del Convenio Marco de la Organización Mundial de la Salud para el Control del Tabaco (CMCT de la OMS), dirigido a las delegaciones de las Partes ...":1,"#Centro de recursos para la COP11 y la MOP4 - Corporate Accountability":1,"#Las corporaciones tabacaleras han utilizado credenciales “públicas” —un recurso destinado a que los medios de comunicación y la sociedad civil participen y observen las negociaciones— para infiltrarse e influir en la formulación de políticas y la toma de decisiones. Representantes de la industria tabacalera se han hecho pasar por periodistas y miembros de la sociedad civil con el fin de manipular e intimidar a delegados, así como recopilar información sobre decisiones del tratado que les permita socavar el progreso de las reuniones. Estos representantes también han atraído a delegados fuera del lugar de negociación a exclusivas fiestas posteriores y lujosas cenas orientadas a promover productos como los cigarrillos electrónicos y los dispositivos no combustibles.":1,"#Maximizar la transparencia y fortalecer la responsabilidad de la industria a través del tratado mundial sobre el control de tabaco":1,"#A una semana del inicio de la COP30 en Belém, surgen nuevas propuestas impulsadas por el país anfitrión, brasil, como la Coalición Abierta para la Integración de los Mercados de Carbono, que “busca armonizar estándares y conectar diferentes sistemas de comercio de créditos de carbono ya existentes”. Asimismo, se ha presentado la iniciativa del Fondo Bosques Tropicales para Siempre (TFFF), orientada a financiar la conservación de los bosques tropicales. Sin embargo, estas iniciativas continúan profundizando la crisis climática al priorizar mecanismos de mercado sobre las reducciones reales y estructurales de emisiones.":1,"#¿por qué se sigue confiando en un mecanismo tan problemático y principalmente defectuoso como el MVC 2.0 para que contribuya de manera significativa, urgente y permanente a la reducción de las emisiones globales de gases de efecto invernadero?":1,"#Más de 47,7 millones de créditos de compensación problemáticos fueron retirados a través de 43 de los mayores proyectos del mundo en 2024.":1,"#18 proyectos REDD/REDD+ (conservación de bosques y prevención de la deforestación) en países como Brasil, Perú, Colombia, Guatemala, Camboya, Kenia y otros continúan siendo utilizados, a pesar de las preocupaciones ampliamente documentadas sobre este tipo de proyectos, sin mencionar las denuncias de daños por parte de comunidades locales y pueblos indígenas.":1,"#Para entrevistas o información adicional, contactar a:
Adriana Ergueta
Responsable de Comunicaciones
América Latina y el Caribe
Responsabilidad Corporativa
aergueta@stopcorporateabuse.org":1,"#aergueta@stopcorporateabuse.org":1,"#América Latina y el Caribe":1,"#Responsable de Comunicaciones":1,"#Casi todos (93%) de los proyectos que retiraron créditos problemáticos están ubicados en el Sur Global, es decir, en países que históricamente han contribuido menos al cambio climático y que ya están experimentando los mayores impactos. Esto incluye cinco proyectos ubicados en Brasil.":1,"#Adriana Ergueta":1,"#Para entrevistas o información adicional, contactar a:":1,"#MVC 2.0 continúa fracasando en gran medida":1,"#80 % de los créditos retirados fueron problemáticos":1,"#fueron retirados a través de 43 de los mayores proyectos del mundo en 2024.":1,"#La investigación revela que:":1,"#47,7 millones de créditos de compensación problemáticos":1,"#y otros continúan siendo utilizados, a pesar de las preocupaciones ampliamente documentadas sobre este tipo de proyectos, sin mencionar las denuncias de daños por parte de comunidades locales y pueblos indígenas.":1,"#Brasil, Perú, Colombia, Guatemala, Camboya, Kenia":1,"#(conservación de bosques y prevención de la deforestación) en países como":1,"#18 proyectos REDD/REDD+":1,"#proyecto Pacajai REDD+":1,"#, es decir, en países que históricamente han contribuido menos al cambio climático y que ya están experimentando los mayores impactos. Esto incluye cinco proyectos ubicados en Brasil.":1,"#Casi todos (93%) de los proyectos que retiraron créditos problemáticos están ubicados en el Sur Global":1,"#“¿Diseñado para fallar? Los mayores proyectos de compensación de carbono del mundo probablemente no entreguen las reducciones de emisiones prometidas a pesar de las reformas en curso”":1,"#, orientada a financiar la conservación de los bosques tropicales. Sin embargo, estas iniciativas continúan profundizando la crisis climática al priorizar mecanismos de mercado sobre las reducciones reales y estructurales de emisiones.":1,"#Fondo Bosques Tropicales para Siempre (Tropical Forests Forever Fund, TFFF)":1,"#, que “busca armonizar estándares y conectar diferentes sistemas de comercio de créditos de carbono ya existentes”. Asimismo, se ha presentado la iniciativa del":1,"#Coalición Abierta para la Integración de los Mercados de Carbono":1,"#A una semana del inicio de la COP30 en Belém, surgen nuevas propuestas impulsadas por el país anfitrión, Brasil, como la Coalición Abierta para la Integración de los Mercados de Carbono, que “busca armonizar estándares y conectar diferentes sistemas de comercio de créditos de carbono ya existentes”. Asimismo, se ha presentado la iniciativa del Fondo Bosques Tropicales para Siempre (Tropical Forests Forever Fund, TFFF), orientada a financiar la conservación de los bosques tropicales. Sin embargo, estas iniciativas continúan profundizando la crisis climática al priorizar mecanismos de mercado sobre las reducciones reales y estructurales de emisiones.":1,"#, surgen nuevas propuestas impulsadas por el país anfitrión,":1,"#COP30 en Belém":1,"#A una semana del inicio de la":1,"#América Latina y el Caribe, noviembre de 2025.":1,"#Para entrevistas o información adicional, contactar a:
Adriana Ergueta
Responsable de Comunicaciones
América Latina y el Caribe
Corporate Accountability
[email protected]":1,"#El 93 % de los proyectos de compensación problemáticos se encuentran en el Sur Global.":1,"#La investigación de Corporate Accountability sugiere que, a pesar de las reformas en curso, los Mercados Voluntarios de Carbono siguen fracasando en gran medida.":1,"#todas las donaciones realizadas desde ahora hasta la medianoche del 30 de noviembre se TRIPLICARÁN, hasta un máximo de 100.000 dólares.":1,"#FY 2022":1,"#Akinbode OluwafemiPresidente de la Junta":1,"#La industria tabacalera no es la única que utiliza tácticas de interferencia. Las pruebas demuestran que muchas otras corporaciones transnacionales –La empresas de los combustibles fósiles, de alimentos y bebidas ultra procesados, del alcohol, etc.- han replicado casi en su integralidad el “libro de prácticas” de interferencia de la industria tabacalera desde la década de 1950. Por eso, cuando escucho algunas opiniones escépticas del alcance de las políticas de responsabilidad jurídica y conflictos de interés que se han adoptado para contrarrestar el accionar de las tabacaleras, expreso mi total desacuerdo.":1,"#Está claro que en el desarrollo y la aplicación de las políticas de salud pública no se debe entablar ningún tipo de relación con la industria tabacalera. Pero cuando esto ocurre, por suerte disponemos de las herramientas necesarias para contrarrestar y proteger a los gobiernos y evitar que estas compañías participen en la formulación o implementación de las políticas. Esto es lo que ocurrió con el caso de la participación de PMI en la vacuna de la COVID-19 que se desarrolló en Canadá.":1,"#En muchos sentidos, el movimiento de control de tabaco sentó las bases para la exigencia de responsabilidad jurídica a las grandes corporaciones. ¿Qué lecciones puede ofrecer el movimiento de control del tabaco a otros movimientos de justicia social?":1,"#Daniel Dorado es el director de la campaña de control de tabaco. Recientemente publicó su tesis de maestría en Derecho sobre licencias obligatorias de medicamentos y el derecho a la salud en la Comunidad Andina, un esfuerzo de integración sudamericano que se creó, entre otras cosas, para fomentar la cooperación comercial entre los países de la región (actualmente está conformada por Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador y Perú). Tuvimos un intercambio con Daniel para hablar de las recientes victorias de la campaña a su cargo, del papel de Corporate Accountability en el movimiento global de justicia social y de cómo mantiene la esperanza y los pies en la tierra cuando queda tanto trabajo por hacer.":1,"#For Fatou Diouf, who lives under a privatized water system in Dakar, Senegal, the human right to water isn’t just about having enough water to drink. Water also plays an integral role in bringing communities together. For example, Fatou explains that before the water systems in the rural areas of Senegal were privatized, communities managed their water wisely. Institutions such as schools and healthcare centers didn’t have to pay for water. People’s water bills were low, but if they couldn’t pay, community members raised the money for each other.":1,"#Project Coordinator for French-Speaking Africa, Public Services International":1,"#Fatou Diouf: Water Justice Organizer":1,"#Fatou Diouf":1,"#Fatou Diouf - Annual Report 2022":1,"#Senegalese organizer Fatou Diouf is passionate about equipping communities with the tools to challenge water privatization. Read more.":1,"#Fatou Diouf - Corporate Accountability":1,"#A few years ago, Erika Leaf’s adult daughter asked her to double down on her giving to address the climate crisis. The future “looked like a hellscape to her,” says Erika. And she wanted her mother to be part of mitigating this crisis through her giving.":1,"#Member power: Erika Leaf":1,"#For example, she has been instrumental in building a large network in Cameroon against privatization, which brings together trade unions and religious organizations, rural alliances, and other civil society organizations. And, with the support of Corporate Accountability’s grant-making program, she’s starting a similar network in Senegal.":1,"#Fatou explains that “this coalition is specific to Africa—it’s not a global campaign with an African campaign under it. We bring together organizers in French-speaking countries, in West Africa, East Africa, South Africa. And when we listen to their experiences of the process of privatization and their experiences under privatization, we see that it’s all the same. So we see how to build alliances between us.”":1,"#Across Africa, financial institutions such as the World Bank and International Monetary Fund work to convince governments that privatizing water and other public services will help the people. But, says Fatou, “they are not there to help or see us living better. No, they are just here to make profit. They are only concerned about their interests, never the people’s interest. And that is why the Our Water Our Right Africa Coalition is important.”":1,"#Organizing for the people’s interest":1,"#“Access to water is a human right,” says Fatou, “But it’s really difficult in Africa because of greedy corporations. So you have to show people that this is their right and give them the tools to fight privatization.” And that’s exactly what she is doing as part of the Our Water Our Right Africa Coalition.":1,"#Fatou has also witnessed a deepening of inequity in water distribution, in addition to other abuses, since one of the world’s largest water privatizers, Suez, took over her city’s water system. “The water bills are getting higher and higher. And people who are not able to pay those bills are cut off,” she explains. Meanwhile, those who can afford to pay the high bills have enough water for their gardens and non-essential uses.":1,"#Water privatization leads to deepening inequities":1,"#But when their water systems were privatized, says Fatou, all of that changed. Community institutions were charged for water, and rates spiked. With expensive water bills, many families no longer have the money they need to send their children to school. And neighbors are no longer able to help each other out with their payments. This situation has been exacerbated by climate change which has reduced the rainy season to only three months out of the year, leaving families in need of more water the rest of the time.":1,"#Our Water Our Right Africa Coalition":1,"#Help us reach our $20,000 #GivingTuesday goal today!":1,"#This #GivingTuesday your gift will be tripled!":1,"#Coke spends billions of dollars each year marketing its sugar-laden products, much of which is directed to children. It has also funded efforts to undermine nutrition policy making, and even attempted to manipulate and curry favor with officials and agencies from Ecuador to Bosnia.":1,"#Check out the Spanish translation":1,"#Statement: McDonald's shareholders' meeting 2024 - Corporate Accountability":1,"#If an entity bearing the McDonald’s name such as a franchise must be held to certain standards for food consistency and presentation…then I trust this corporation can also hold it accountable to basic standards for political disclosure and transparency. I urge you to vote yes on Proposal 11. Thank you.":1,"#This year, executives argue that, while profiting richly from its franchisee structure, the corporation does not support our request for the full disclosure of political activities globally. But these political activities have negative consequences for the brand and shareholder investment in it. Nowhere is this more stark than the recent case of a McDonald’s franchise allegedly providing free meals to the Israeli military as they bombed and decimated hospitals, schools, mosques and churches throughout Gaza… and then weaponized access to food and water against displaced Palestinians who are working together daily to survive a genocide. After this, a Malaysian franchise then attempted to legally challenge the local Palestine solidarity group that alleged the company’s complicity “with Israeli atrocities towards Palestinians.”":1,"#In prior years, this resolution has brought critical attention to investors’ lack of visibility into the corporation’s global political activities. In 2023, despite nearly 60 percent of its annual revenues coming from outside the U.S., the corporation continues to disclose less about its global activities than it does in the U.S. and other Global North regions. What limited view we do have of these activities–whether the company’s recent efforts to slow progress on EU actions to reduce plastic waste to donating more than $500,000 to congressional candidates in Brazil years ago–should tell investors all they need to know about why McDonald’s must become transparent about these global activities.":1,"#Thank you for this opportunity to introduce Proposal 11 on Global Political Transparency on behalf of Harrington Investments. I am representing Corporate Accountability.":1,"#This statement was delivered during the McDonald’s annual shareholders’ meeting on May 22, 2024 by a representative of Corporate Accountability.":1,"#Statement: McDonald's shareholders' meeting 2024":1,"#FY 2024
Support & revenue":1,"#DOUBLE YOUR GIFT":1,"#Coke’s sugary beverages fuel a diet-related disease epidemic. In the world’s largest soft drink market, people across Latin America have experienced some of the worst impacts of this epidemic — and of the soda industry’s lobbying.":1,"#“What were executives afraid of hearing today?” said Esperanza Cerón-Villaquiran, executive director of Educar Consumidores. “They cannot hide behind a podium forever: Coke must stop interfering with policies our countries try to adopt to prevent the obesity epidemic — an epidemic that Coke’s products fuel. Otherwise Coca-cola will not be remembered as the spark of life, but as the spark of death.”":1,"#At the meeting, Dr. Esperanza Cerón-Villaquiran, the head of Colombia-based consumer advocacy group Educar Consumidores, who has experienced the soda industry’s personal and political intimidation first-hand, was denied three times an opportunity to speak at the meeting in support of the resolution, which demands reporting — with independent review — of how Coke’s sugar products and their marketing to children are damaging public health.":1,"#A recent study found that one in four Americans, with occurrences much higher among Latinos, is suffering from fatty liver disease: a condition closely linked to overconsumption of sugar and other sugar-rich junk food and beverages, like many of Coke’s products. And recent revelations about Coke’s decades-long influence over Chinese obesity policy and attempts to influence the World Health Organization (WHO) have cast a lingering shadow over the brand.":1,"#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 U.S. and Latin-American health and labor organizations, challenged the corporation on this public health impacts of sugar and its sugar products marketed to children and youth.":1,"#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.":1,"#Shareholders demand action after new revelations about Coke’s political interference from China to the CDC":1,"#RELEASE: Public health advocates to Coke: Stop sugar-coating interference in health policy":1,"#RELEASE: Public health advocates to Coke: Stop sugar-coating interference in health policy":1,"#Today, at the corporation’s annual meeting, Coca-Cola executives were on the defensive about a range of the soda giant’s global abuses.":1,"#RELEASE: Public health advocates to Coke: Stop sugar-coating interference in health policy - Corporate Accountability":1,"#“It’s high time the soda giant recognize its caffeinated political interference not only has dire consequences for public health, but the long-term viability of its brand,” said Alexa Kaczmarski from Corporate Accountability. “Communities and countries don’t need a transnational soda corporation policing public health. Coke needs to put a lid on its politicking and can its kid-targeted marketing.”":1,"#In the U.S., Coke has been on a spending spree to help elect industry-friendly politicians and to challenge a rising tide of public health laws aimed at stemming the health impacts of sugar-sweetened beverages. This is not to mention recent revelations of Coke’s outreach to the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control in attempts to influence the WHO.":1,"#“This deceptive practice prompts Latin Americans to drink more sugar and to underestimate the grave health impacts of that consumption,” said Jaime Delgado. “Coca-Cola should tell the truth to Latin Americans.”":1,"#In addition to its lobbying and kid-targeted marketing, Coke has also come under fire for misleading sugar labeling across Latin America. Jaime Delgado, author of the Law for the Promotion of Healthy Eating and coordinator of the Platform for Healthy Eating, maintains that Coca-Cola products across Latin America claim a lower “percentage of daily value” than U.S. products despite having nearly double the amount of sugar.":1,"#“The Coca-Cola Company needs to cease its interference with real science and with countries’ own sovereign rights around the world to make their own health policies, free of conflict of interest,” said Rebecca Berner of El Poder del Consumidor. “Consumers are increasingly aware of the true cost of Coke’s sugary products and their association to the growing obesity and diet-related disease epidemics. It’s time the corporation discloses the real risk of its profit-driven business model to shareholders and the global public.”":1,"#Como as metas “net zero” disfarçam a inacção climática":1,"#Zero Pas Net : Comment les objectifs à « zéro émission nette » dissimulent l’inaction politique":1,"#No Es Cero:":1,"#In the end, the campaign resulted in the first ever United Nations Code of Marketing, setting standards for the whole industry.":1,"#Olympics":1,"#. Today, we are partnering with allies around the world to make Big Tobacco pay for its harms and set precedents for reining in other deadly industries.":1,"#And we established ourselves as a small-and-mighty campaign organization that was unafraid to challenge abusive corporations. We developed guiding strategies, a toolbox full of tactics, and a respectful approach to partnering with allies in the Global South that would enable us take on some of the most powerful entities in the world.":1,"#. More on our":1,"#More on the water campaign":1,"#More on the infant formula campaign.":1,"#keep McDonald’s out of schools":1,"#More on the nuclear weaponmakers campaign.":1,"#, and we have protected public water systems by helping prevent their privatization from":1,"#Oscar-winning documentary":1,"#. And at the U.N., we are advancing a treaty that could protect the human right to water from corporate abuse.":1,"#In 1994, CEOs of seven U.S. tobacco corporations stood before Congress and lied to the U.S. public, saying they didn’t know nicotine was addictive. Meanwhile, millions of people were dying from tobacco-related diseases. Our bold campaign has helped change the aggressive marketing practices and reduced the influence of the world’s deadliest industry. It has contributed greatly to the passage and implementation of the":1,"#After the Nestlé boycott, we turned our attention to a set of corporations that were threatening the entire planet: the nuclear weapons industry. We successfully compelled industry leader General Electric to completely move out of the business of producing and promoting nuclear weapons. The campaign employed a range of tactics including producing an":1,"#Global water corporations like Nestlé and Veolia are intensifying their efforts to put the public’s water in private hands, deepening a world water crisis where one in four people don’t have enough clean water to drink. Corporate Accountability launched a campaign to ensure a world that upholds the human right to water and where human need is put before corporate greed. Since 2006, our water campaign has moved millions of people, dozens of cities, and hundreds of national parks to move beyond bottled water and reinvest in the tap. We have helped compel the":1,"#hospitals":1,"#world’s first public health and corporate accountability treaty":1,"#food campaign":1,"#to sever ties with McDonald’s, and partnered with parents and educators to":1,"#In the first decade of the 21st century, we faced a broken food system that was ravaging the environment, causing one in seven people to go hungry, and causing nearly twice that many to suffer from diet-related diseases. We decided it was time to demand change from the handful of global corporations that have fundamentally reshaped the way we grow, eat, and think about our food. And we focused on the rotten core of this broken system: McDonald’s, the largest and most profitable fast food corporation. Since the launch of the campaign, we’ve fundamentally shifted the landscape in which McDonald’s does business. We’ve compelled McDonald’s to conduct an expensive and unsuccessful overhaul of its image, moved institutions from":1,"#More on our tobacco campaign":1,"#Learn more about our approach.":1,"#World Bank to divest from one of the world’s largest water corporations":1,"#to the":1,"#April 24, 2019":1,"#NÃO ZERO:":1,"#Cómo las metas de emisiones “cero neto” encubren la inacción frente al cambio climático":1,"#No Es Cero: Cómo las metas de emisiones “cero neto” encubren la inacción frente al cambio climático":1,"#Activists across the country answered our call to action, filling the streets with people demanding climate justice and building grassroots power to protect public water. Today, in communities across the country, Action League members are doing the deep work of reversing the corporate takeover of our democracy and our lives.":1,"#hold the fossil fuel industry accountable":1,"#decisive action on climate change":1,"#issue":1,"#More on our climate campaign":1,"#at the U.N. climate treaty negotiations and in national policymaking. We’ve also supported policymakers from former President Obama to Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey to take":1,"#In 2014, millions of people were already feeling the effects of rising global temperatures — the tip of the proverbial iceberg — but the international community still wasn’t taking effective action on climate change. And that’s because the fossil fuel industry and other polluting corporations were using any means necessary to stop binding climate policy. So we began to organize with people around the world to hold these corporations accountable and remove them from the policymaking process. Our campaign has turned what was once an untouchable subject — the fossil fuel industry’s conflicts of interest in climate policy — into a hotly debated":1,"#That means your gift today carries three times the power to fight back against corporations that threaten democracy, fuel systemic racism, trample human rights, and endanger our planet.":1,"#Thanks to a generous group of donors, all gifts made from now until midnight on November 30 will be TRIPLED, up to $100,000.":1,"#Michél Legendre Consulting
Social Movement Leader & Organizer":1,"#Fergus Marshall|Monthly Donor & Climate Activist":1,"#FY 2024
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Expenses":1,"#TRIPLE YOUR GIFT":1,"#When it comes to addressing the climate crisis, we need meaningful plans that radically reduce emissions to real-zero. Why Net Zero is too little, too late.":1,"#Not Zero: How “net zero” targets disguise climate inaction":1,"#Português: NÃO ZERO: Como as metas “net zero” disfarçam a inacção climática ":1,"#Français: Zero Pas Net : Comment les objectifs à « zéro émission nette » dissimulent l’inaction politique":1,"#Español: No Es Cero: Cómo las metas de emisiones “cero neto” encubren la inacción frente al cambio climático ":1,"#To read the full explainer from Corporate Accountability and other climate justice groups, click the download button above.":1,"#Far from signifying climate ambition, the phrase “net zero” is being used by a majority of polluting governments and corporations to evade responsibility, shift burdens, disguise climate inaction, and in some cases even to scale up fossil fuel extraction, burning and emissions. The term is used to greenwash business-as-usual or even business-more-than-usual. At the core of these pledges are small and distant targets that require no action for decades, and promises of technologies that are unlikely ever to work at scale, and which are likely to cause huge harm if they come to pass.":1,"#EXPLAINER- NOT ZERO: How ‘net zero’ targets disguise climate inaction":1,"#Statement: McDonald’s shareholders’ meeting 2024":1,"#With nearly 60 percent of McDonald's revenue coming from outside of the U.S, shareholders demand it disclose political activities, globally.":1,"#May 22, 2024":1,"#investigación":1,"#Shanda Quintal":1,"#Evelyn Fox Keller":1,"#Gio Notarbartolo":1,"#Fergus Marshall":1,"#Leonce Sessou":1,"#Jax Bongon":1,"#Andrea Echeverri has dedicated her life to working on climate and environmental justice, and she quotes Colombian environmentalist Patricia Noguera when explaining why: “I believe that getting involved with this work is about the re-enchantment of the world.”":1,"#Andrea Echeverri: Climate justice organizer":1,"#Member profile":1,"#Ally profile":1,"#Headlines from Big Polluters on NetZero":1,"#Lee esta entrevista en inglés":1,"#\"I practice social justice wherever I go–when I'm in the grocery store, performing, or when I'm teaching children's acting classes,\" says Shanda Quintal. She believes everything in the world is connected and rejects the dominant corporate paradigm of individualism, consumerism, and separation from one another. \"When you make that mental paradigm shift, you will see that this idea of separation got us into the mess that we're in.\" And this separation, she believes, is what enables corporations to profit from natural resources and sell products that endanger our lives and the planet.":1,"#Facilitator and actor":1,"#\"She admired the way that Corporate Accountability upholds the least powerful sectors of society against the most powerful interests\", Sarah says. \"The mission of challenging and exposing corporations is one she was so proud to support.\"":1,"#Evelyn's support and legacy continues to shape Corporate Accountability and fuel our campaigns to expose and challenge corporate abuse.":1,"#\"She had a passion for intellectual change and questioning. And her way of questioning can help us to see through the so-called truths that our government and systems are run on today, and the myths that corporations feed us to set us against each other,\" her daughter Sarah shared.":1,"#As one of the few women to earn a Ph.D. in physics from Harvard University in 1963, she experienced harassment and exclusion. Instead of leaving the field altogether, she expanded her research and teaching into gender studies. She harnessed her perspective and experiences to challenge the binary objective mentality so prevalent in science and to build new structures for scientific discovery.":1,"#Evelyn, who passed away last year at age 87, had a long and storied career in physics and mathematical biology. She taught in universities around the U.S. and most recently served as Professor Emerita at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.":1,"#In partnership with her son, Jeff Keller, Evelyn helped to advance Corporate Accountability's work—from exposing the fossil fuel industry's influence at the U.N. climate treaty meetings to working alongside communities to protect public water.":1,"#Evelyn got her first taste of activism in high school and college, organizing in support of progressive political candidates in New York City. Over time, her passion for political transformation evolved and expanded into a passion for addressing the climate crisis.":1,"#Annual Report 2024":1,"#This year, we honor the memory of Evelyn Fox Keller: scholar, activist, and committed member of the Corporate Accountability community.":1,"#Member | In Memorium (1936-2023)":1,"#Corporate Accountability's campaigns are fueled by you: people who reject out-of-control corporate power, resist corporations' attempts to profit from basic human needs, and act on the belief that together, we can build a better world. Below we highlight a few of the people in our community who have given their time, resources, and energy to make our collective impact possible.":1,"#Building power one conversation at a time":1,"#People power is Corporate Accountability's greatest strength. By coming together and taking action as a collective, we're able to accomplish far more than we could alone. Read on to celebrate all of the people around the world who play a part in the movement to stop corporate abuse.":1,"#The people powering our campaigns for the long-haul":1,"#Gio Notarbartolo|Head of Impact and Philanthropy, PFC Family Office":1,"#For over 40 years, Corporate Accountability has been tirelessly working to compel some of the most powerful multinational corporations to stop their abusive practices, bringing about transformative change for people and the planet. We are proud to partner with them to create a more just and equitable world.":1,"#Thank you to everyone who has moved resources toward this fund this year!":1,"#The Movement Solidarity Fund grants resources to our longtime movement partners, who are some of the most effective and courageous campaigners around the globe that are achieving powerful victories on water, climate, and racial justice issues. We also provide one-time grants that enable organizations to complete specific projects, such as community events, public actions, and media briefings. With your support, movement builders from all over the world, with diverse skills and knowledge, come together to stop corporations from destroying the planet and our lives.":1,"#That's one of the reasons we created the Movement Solidarity Fund—to raise resources for our partners challenging the worst kinds of corporate abuse, extraction, and exploitation in their communities. We're prioritizing abundance and the collective good over the scarcity mentality.":1,"#For nearly 50 years, we've made an impact organizing to win alongside organizations across the globe—from stopping water privatization and curbing the influence of Big Tobacco and Big Polluters in global policy, to advancing reparations. And these decades of experience demonstrate that the movement is strongest when we are united.":1,"#Supporting movement leaders around the world":1,"#For a decade, Flint residents have demanded justice for a water crisis they did nothing to cause. And for years, we've partnered with grassroots organization Flint Rising to expose private water giant Veolia's role, having failed to sound the alarm and telling the city its water was safe. This year, in solidarity with Flint, we and our allies organized events in Boston, New Orleans, and Pittsburgh to mark the 10th anniversary of the crisis and connect the dots between systemic racism, corporate abuse, and water injustice. We also mobilized people to flood Veolia's phone lines, demanding it take full accountability and pay what it owes.":1,"#Mobilizing across the U.S. for safe water and justice in Flint":1,"#Corporate Accountability's water campaign director Neil Gupta led staff and members in a chant outside of Veolia's North America headquarters in Boston. Photo Credit: Binita Mandalia.":1,"#Our climate campaign in Africa seeks justice for communities that bear the worst of the climate crisis and Big Polluter destruction. This year, with our support, our allies at Corporate Accountability Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) and the Make Big Polluters Pay Africa coalition met with communities in Nigeria, Ghana, Uganda, Gambia, and Kenya to discuss the real-life impact of Big Polluters. Then, we helped compile and put forth their stories and demands to African government delegates at the U.N. climate talks—putting real people at the center of policy discussions. Together, we will continue to deepen our work with frontline communities and mobilize for real climate solutions.":1,"#Organizing African decision-makers to advocate for front line communities":1,"#The Make Big Polluters Pay coalition in Africa spoke to a community member in Iwerekhan Community in Nigeria, where oil spills and gas flares from neighboring plants lead to devastating river and air pollution. Photo credit: CAPPA.":1,"#Last year we and members of the global Kick Big Polluters Out coalition (KBPO) helped secure a new requirement that all attendees of the U.N. climate meetings disclose their industry ties. As a result, this year, we and KBPO exposed more than 2,400 industry lobbyists registered to attend—primarily to advance their profit-driven, fossil-fueled agendas. This revelation sparked global outrage and major media headlines, spurring a rallying cry for the U.N. to finally kick Big Polluters out. Together, we seized every opportunity, from rallies to media interviews, to center the demands and experience of Global South allies and advance climate justice at these talks.":1,"#Challenging Big Polluters at the U.N. climate talks":1,"#Aderoke Ige of Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa speaks out about Big Polluters' influence outside of the COP28 climate negotiations. Photo credit: Bianka Csenki, Artivist Network.":1,"#The Black Collective, founded by Black staff following the murder of George Floyd, connects corporate power with systemic racism. While Corporate Accountability had strong ties with Black communities in Africa, it lacked reach to African Americans targeted by corporate abuse in the U.S. The Black Collective bridges this gap, tackling issues like the school-to-prison pipeline, police violence, and corporate reparations. And by fostering relationships and regranting, the Black Collective supports Black liberation movements, enhancing Corporate Accountability's mission and expanding its impact in the Global North.":1,"#Advancing racial justice through learning, partnership, and action":1,"#The Black Collective framework articulates how the team will advance and support the movement for racial justice in the coming years. Image credit: Paloma Rae.":1,"#The Latin America Climate Campaign fuels an unstoppable movement to challenge the extractive and abusive corporations targeting people across the region, especially Indigenous communities. This year, we deepened relationships with frontline organizers and brought regional activists together to connect, share experiences, and strategize. We also partnered with allies to develop a digital map exposing extractive corporate projects across Latin America and produce a short documentary amplifying the stories and demands of local activists. Ensuring our organizing is guided by the vision of activist leaders on the front lines is vital to the long-term success of the climate justice movement.":1,"#Building the movement to challenge Big Polluters in Latin America":1,"#Members of Que Paguén, a coalition of activists and organizations in Latin America, share stories of corporate abuse and extraction across the region and how they are joining together to hold Big Polluters accountable.":1,"#next":1,"#Annual Report FY 2024":1,"#prev":1,"#Change-making doesn't happen overnight. It's a strategic process. Part of that is corporate research: finding the right levers of power to pull. Another part of that process is relationship building: bringing people together to make change. Still, another part is building pressure to stop corporate abuse and rein in corporate power. Together, we're setting a foundation for the world that we need. Flip through the gallery below to read more about what you made possible this year.":1,"#Laying the groundwork for transformative change":1,"#Mary Ann Cofrin|Philanthropic Partner":1,"#Corporate Accountability is at the center of climate justice work. I am a proud supporter of their efforts to maintain access to clean water, hold corporations accountable for the environmental damage they create, and fight every day for people all over the world to have a sustainable future.":1,"#At this year's tobacco treaty meetings, governments unanimously decided to advance international work on industry liability, including the creation of a cohort of experts committed to supporting countries through the long and complex legal proceedings that come with advancing liability. This victory not only brings us a step closer to making Big Tobacco pay, it also establishes a groundbreaking precedent that could pave the way for similar measures against other industries, like Big Polluters. Together, we can rein in corporate power and make abusive corporations pay for their harms.":1,"#In 2022, recognizing that liability can be a powerful tool to rein in and diminish the industry's political and financial power, we launched the Make Big Tobacco Pay coalition. Since then, we mobilized legal experts, organizations, and tens of thousands of people to demand Big Tobacco pay. We briefed dozens of journalists, who published articles with extensive global reach. And we identified government officials who were ready to stand up to Big Tobacco and advocate for liability. We then brought this momentum to the annual global tobacco treaty meetings and organized government delegates to make bold, life-saving policy decisions. And it worked!":1,"#Big Tobacco's products still kill more than 8 million people a year. And, in addition to the tragedy of lives lost, we're paying for this industry's abuses with our taxes, our health, and our planet. But it doesn't have to be this way. This year, with our allies, we achieved a major victory toward making Big Tobacco pay for its harms.":1,"#Strengthening the global movement to make Big Tobacco pay":1,"#Tobacco Campaign Organizer Daniel Dorado speaks to the press at the global tobacco treaty meetings about the thousands of people around the world calling to make Big Tobacco pay. Photo credit: Keltie Vance.":1,"#As a long-time climate activist, I've seen firsthand how corporations block climate solutions—in the U.S. and around the world. That's why it's so important that Corporate Accountability is organizing beyond U.S. borders, partnering with people in Africa and Latin America to hold Big Polluters accountable so that real solutions can take root.":1,"#This is just the beginning. From here, we're organizing elected officials to make sure that communities most targeted by polluting corporations direct how the funding gets spent. Together, we're building momentum to make Big Polluters pay in the U.S. and beyond.":1,"#This victory did not just happen. Bonta sued these polluters because thousands of people, including you, demanded it. By filling up Bonta's inbox and answering machine and flooding his social media channels, we gave him the backing he needed to make this move.":1,"#This lawsuit provides a critical opportunity to hold Big Polluters accountable and stop them from committing future harm. It could unlock funds to support people most affected by polluters' abuses—Black, Indigenous, Latine, and Asian communities. And as the fifth-largest economy in the world, California's move could set a precedent, inspiring other cities and states to follow suit.":1,"#This hard-fought victory came after years of organizing among Corporate Accountability members, frontline allies like Richmond Our Power Coalition, and people across California. Since 2016, we've worked with allies to urge the California attorney general to make Big Polluters pay for the climate crisis. Thousands of people have taken action: posing for photos with a life-size cut-out of Bonta's predecessor; mobilizing local elected officials to voice their support; and amplifying the demands of the communities most impacted by climate change.":1,"#Last September, Attorney General Rob Bonta of California announced a major lawsuit against Big Polluters for decades of climate deception—a huge step forward toward climate liability.":1},"version":7061}]