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impact when you give before 12/2!":1,"#(Acceda a esta información en ingles y francés ).":1,"#Reporte anual
FY 2025":1,"#Global Tobacco Treaty":1,"#a short film about people living on the front lines of the climate crisis to counter corporate propaganda and create space for real solutions.":1,"#\"Tales of Africa's Climate,\"":1,"#Our partners at Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) are organizing communities to make Big Polluters pay. A big part of that is exposing corporate abuse and shifting the public narrative through storytelling. We helped provide the resources needed to produce":1,"#). We provided funding for the second annual Flint/Pittsburgh solidarity event and educational materials in the final push of the campaign. These gatherings show that when we challenge corporate power together, we can win.":1,"#read the full story":1,"#Earlier this year, Pittsburgh residents voted to keep the city's water sytem in public hands (":1,"#Spotlight:":1,"#Campaign Director – Dogwood Alliance
Social movement leader & organizer":1,"#Spotlight: Colectivo Negro":1,"#For nearly a decade, we’ve partnered with Pittsburgh organizers to expose Veolia's role in the city’s water crisis, and keep the city's water system in public hands. Photo credit: Pennsylvania United":1,"#Vocal Type":1,"#Bayard font by":1,"#that’s challenging the corporations and billionaires undermining our democracy, polluting our planet, and threatening our communities. Together, we’re in it for the long haul, building toward a world where everyone can thrive — no exceptions.":1,"#You're part of a movement":1,"#You're part of a movement that’s challenging the corporations and billionaires undermining our democracy, polluting our planet, and threatening our communities. Together, we’re in it for the long haul, building toward a world where everyone can thrive — no exceptions.":1,"#Thanks to you, we’re ready to meet the challenges ahead.":1,"#As corporations infiltrate our government, steal our essential resources, and seize more and more power, we're not backing down. We’re taking our hard-hitting campaigns even further by:":1,"#Challenging Big Polluters":1,"#Africa (CAPPA)":1,"#Executive Director – Corporate Accountability and Public Participation":1,"#Foundation and High Stakes Foundation":1,"#Board Member – Conscious Connections":1,"#Control Alliance (SEATCA)":1,"#Project Officer – Southeast Tobacco":1,"#Social movement leader & organizer":1,"#Campaign Director – Dogwood Alliance":1,"#Senior Water Campaign Organizer":1,"#Leilani Rania Ganser":1,"#Campaign Highlight:":1,"#it's easy for people to feel hopeless. But even during this fascist backslide in the U.S. and around the world, we are winning local fights challenging privatization. Together we can — and are — making an impact.":1,"#Right now,":1,"#Board Member":1,"#corporate abuse, Corporate Accountability is helping protect civic spaces and essential resources for all. This is more critical now than ever.":1,"#By challenging":1,"#people came back again and again to challenge corporate power, taking action multiple times this year.":1,"#granted to grassroots groups on the front lines of corporate abuse through the Movement Solidarity Fund. Your support is powering critical organizing across the globe to challenge corporate abuse.":1,"#people gave to our movement for the first time this year, with 131 becoming monthly sustainers. Welcome!":1,"#members increased their support in the last two years. Thank you for digging deep in this critical time!":1,"#Our global team is made of people committed to building a world that’s centered on the needs of people and the health of our planet — no exceptions. Learn more about our bold, talented staff and board that drive our corporate campaigning forward day in and day out. And get to know our board members, who all bring unique perspectives and experiences in mobilizing people for social change.":1,"#Gabby Gray":1,"#Valerie Johnstone":1,"#the treaty's precedents to rein in more abusive industries, from fossil fuel to plastics corporations":1,"#Harness":1,"#and expose industry rebranding and deception":1,"#Monitor":1,"#governments in holding Big Tobacco liable for harming our health and the planet":1,"#the industry's aggressive marketing in the Global South":1,"#Challenge":1,"#to keep Big Tobacco out of policymaking":1,"#Organize":1,"#Professor, Public Health Advocacy Institute, Northeastern University School of Law":1,"#Dick Daynard":1,"#this two-decade milestone, we can't forget that this deadly industry keeps profiting at the expense of our health and our lives. It's up to us to support governments around the world in harnessing the power of the treaty to make Big Tobacco pay for its abuses.":1,"#As we celebrate":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,"#¿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,"#Gracias":1,"#Gastos":1,"#Programa":1,"#Subsidios":1,"#Comunidad":1,"#Support":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,"#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,"#Executive Summary: Philip Morris International's tobacco promotion strategies in Colombia - Corporate Accountability":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,"#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 available in Spanish here.":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,"#Case Study: Marlboro Cigarettes at the Estéreo Picnic Festival (EPF), 2022-2024":1,"#The tobacco giant uses its sponsorship of music festivals to promote its products to young people in the Global South.":1,"#93 por ciento de las compensaciones voluntarias de Chevrón en el mercado de carbono que han sido compradas para 'cancelar' las emisiones durante los últimos tres años parecen ser basura – y un gran porcentaje (42 por ciento) están conectados a reclamos de daños a comunidades y ecosistemas, especialmente en el sur global.":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,"#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,"#Headlines from Big Polluters on NetZero":1,"#New report shows how tobacco giant targets youth through pop culture.":1,"#la mayor parte":1,"#Help us reach our $100,000 matching challenge goal today!":1,"#Big Tobacco's racist roots - Corporate Accountability":1,"#Meena Raman is the Head of Programmes of Third World Network (TWN) and is based in Malaysia. She is also the President of Friends of the Earth, Malaysia (Sahabat Alam), which is a member of Friends of the Earth International. As Legal adviser to the Consumers’ Association of Penang in Malaysia, she currently heads its Community ...":1,"#Meena Raman is the Head of Programmes of Third World Network (TWN) and is based in Malaysia. She is also the President of Friends of the Earth, Malaysia (Sahabat Alam), which is a member of Friends of the Earth International. As Legal adviser to the Consumers’ Association of Penang in Malaysia, she currently heads its Community Mobilization Section, which works with farmers and fisherfolk. She has served as chair of Friends of the Earth International (2004-2008), an international organization with 77 member groups. At Third World Network, Meena currently coordinates the climate change program and has been actively involved in the intergovernmental climate negotiations, from Bali to Cancún. She has been monitoring and reporting on the negotiations and providing analysis and support both to developing country governments as well as to civil society participants. Upon graduation in 1982, Meena and a colleague set up the first public interest law firm in Malaysia, which launched her legal practice assisting consumers. In the past 25 years, she has represented the organizations she works with at numerous conferences and presented papers on issues ranging from environmental and consumer protection to climate change, agriculture and fisheries, and globalization and trade.":1,"#Na semana que antecede o relatório anual da Chevron aos acionistas em 31 de maio, uma nova exposição revela que os planos “net zero” da corporação estão repletos de compensações lixo e parecem maquiar de verde uma agenda que provavelmente intensificará os danos globais.":1,"#La industria de combustibles fósiles es responsable por la mayoría de las emisiones de gases de invernadero a nivel global y Chevron es la corporación propiedad de inversionistas responsable por la mayor parte. Mientras tanto, comunidades de primera línea son las más impactadas por sus negocios y las menos responsables por la crisis climática. Es por eso que comunidades en distintos países celebraron el décimo #AntiChevronDay (Dia de Acción Anti Chevron) este mes (21 de Mayo) para oponerse contra el histórico y continuo daño de la corporación a la gente y el planeta.":1,"#La fachada ‘cero neto’ de Chevron: Nueva Investigación Revela Compensaciones de Carbono Basura y Agenda de Acciones Climáticas Engañosas":1,"#La fachada ‘cero neto’ de Chevron: Nueva Investigación Revela Compensaciones de Carbono Basura y Agenda de Acciones Climáticas Engañosas - Corporate Accountability":1,"#“Es realmente difícil comprender que después de todo el daño sufrido por las comunidades de todo el mundo y los ecosistemas de los que todos dependemos, Chevron ahora quiera liderar como experto en supuestas ‘soluciones’ para reducir las emisiones de carbono. Creemos que su estallido y continua mala conducta y ausencia de rendición de cuentas ha contribuido al aumento de las tasas de asma de Richmond del doble del estado de California al triple del estado”, dice Katt Ramos, directora general de Richmond Our Power Coalition. “A menos que se les ponga un alto, sus soluciones falsas seguirán afectando la salud de las comunidades de Richmond. La verdadera solución es la eliminación gradual de la refinería a través de un proceso administrado y dirigido por nuestra comunidad y trabajadores, mientras nos aseguramos de que Chevron pague por las décadas de intoxicación de nuestra comunidad.”":1,"#Mientras se acaba el tiempo para tomar acción climática, corporación planea gran expansión de combustibles fósiles":1,"#Este año, en la antesala del reporte anual de retornos de Chevron a sus accionistas, activistas y comunidades de primera línea alrededor del mundo se unirán para tomar acción contra sus crímenes y la obstrucción de acción climática significativa. La falta de responsabilización por parte de Chevron y su lavado verde ‘cero neto’, si no se controla, nos llevará aún más por un camino que causa daño a la gente y el planeta y al cambio climático irreversible. No se puede permitir a corporaciones de combustibles fósiles como Chevron seguir alimentando la destrucción. La destrucción puede que esté al centro de lo que corporaciones como Chevron hacen. Sin embargo, la urgencia, equidad, y acción tienen que estar al centro de la respuesta global al cambio climático. Es hora de que los accionistas, el público, los políticos responsables y los gobiernos acaben con la capacidad de la industria de combustibles fósiles de quitarnos un mundo donde la gente y el planeta puedan prosperar.":1,"#“La retórica ‘cero neto’ de Chevron no parece ser más que una táctica de relaciones públicas para prevenir grandes acciones climáticas mientras la corporación factura números récords en ganancias y planea expandir su producción y su operación en por lo menos 20 países,” dice Rachel Rose Jackson, directora de investigación y política climática en Corporate Accountability. “Esta investigación apoya lo que hemos sospechado por mucho tiempo que es verdad debajo de esta ‘imagen verde.’ Chevron está haciendo compensaciones basura que se presume no valen nada, varias de las cuales parecen estar causando daño en las comunidades de primera línea. Además, su vasto cabildeo es un obstáculo a las grandes acciones climáticas que urgentemente necesitamos.”":1,"#La fachada ‘cero neto’ de Chevron":1,"#El reporte muestra un camino claro a seguir: gobiernos, accionistas, y partidos de la Convención Marco de las Naciones Unidas sobre Cambio Climático (CMNUCC) deben comprometerse a una eliminación equitativa de combustibles fósiles. Hacerlo requerirá implementar urgentemente los verdaderos puntos de referencia cero expuestos en la investigación, comprometiéndose a metas obligatorias de reducción de emisiones, evitando depender de alternativas arriesgadas como compensaciones por carbono, y proveer recursos para comunidades locales de primera línea para responder a la crisis climática.":1,"#“Este reporte da luz a lo que la Unión de Afectados por Texaco/Chevron (UDAPT) ha vivido de primera mano por casi tres décadas: el impacto desastroso de Chevron. Lo hemos dicho varias veces, Chevron engaña y destruye, arruina vidas, la naturaleza y corroe la posibilidad de vivir en un mundo libre de emisiones de combustibles fósiles,” dice Justino Piaguaje, demandante contra Chevron y líder de la Nación Indígena Siekopai UDAPT, basado en Ecuador. “Este reporte subraya que Chevron no solamente ha traicionado a la gente directamente impactada por Chevron-Texaco, sino que también está engañando al mundo entero. Es por eso que una década después de comenzar el Día Anti Chevron, nosotros seguimos firmes contra Chevron, para defender el planeta y nuestro derecho de proteger nuestro sustento de vida.”":1,"#El último reporte de la IPCC advierte que es muy probable que crucemos límites irreversibles a menos que hagamos cambios drásticos de inmediato que reduzcan las emisiones y frenen el uso de combustibles fósiles. Sin embargo, Chevron proyecta emisiones para el 2022-2025 que equivalen a las de 10 países europeos durante el mismo periodo de tiempo. Peor aún, está planeando invertir $57.4 billones de dólares solamente en expansión petrolera hasta el fin de la década.
El año pasado, Chevron cabildeo en más de 150 leyes federales o asuntos en los EUA – teniendo como blanco políticas que buscaban bajar las emisiones mientras apoyaban otras que legitimarían esquemas arriesgados y no comprobados como la captura, uso y almacenamiento de carbono. En 2020-2022, Chevron gastó US$20.8 millones de dólares cabildeando solamente en los EUA. Esto ni siquiera toma en cuenta los más de US$310.5 millones de dólares que gastaron sus grupos comerciales asociados.":1,"#Descubrimientos clave del reporte “‘La Destrucción está en el centro de todo lo que hacemos’: La agenda de acción climática basura de Chevron y cómo intensifica el daño global” publicado por la organización sin fines de lucro Corporate Accountability demuestra que 93 por ciento de las compensaciones voluntarias de Chevrón en el mercado de carbono que han sido compradas para ‘cancelar’ las emisiones durante los últimos tres años parecen ser basura – y un gran porcentaje (42 por ciento) están conectadas a reclamos de daños a comunidades y ecosistemas, especialmente en el sur global. Parece ser que la mitad de las compensaciones de carbono de Chevron compradas por medio del mercado de carbono voluntario para este periodo están asociadas con grandes proyectos de represas hidroeléctricas que no llevarán a nuevas reducciones de emisiones. Y que el compromiso ‘cero neto’ de la corporación pasa por alto 90 por ciento de las emisiones asociadas con sus negocios.":1,"#BOSTON, MA – En la semana previa al reporte anual de retornos de Chevron a sus accionistas el 31 de mayo, nueva investigación revela que los planes ‘cero neto’ de la corporación están llenos de compensaciones basura y aparentan hacer lavado verde de una agenda que probablemente intensifica el daño global.":1,"#La Grosse Arnaque":1,"#Executive Summary: Philip Morris International’s tobacco promotion strategies in Colombia":1,"#“'La Destrucción está en el centro de todo lo que hacemos': La agenda de acción climática basura de Chevron y cómo intensifica el daño global”":1,"#In addition to the registries, at least 17 verifiers were also involved in approving these problematic projects for VCM trading, signifying that the certification and promotion of problematic offsets within the VCM extends far beyond a few actors. It also suggests that the existing ‘checks and balances’ within the VCM that are meant to ensure high integrity are not proving stringent enough to keep vast volumes of problematic credits from entering the market.":1,"#Built to fail? World’s largest carbon offset projects unlikely to deliver promised emissions reductions despite reforms - Corporate Accountability":1,"#This research suggests that despite ongoing reforms, the VCM 2.0 continues to largely fail, enhancing the likelihood of global climate action failure. If there are advances through VCM reforms, they appear to be limited in scope and potential thus far. It poses the critical question of why something that remains so problematic and fundamentally flawed as the VCM 2.0 continues to be counted on to make a meaningful contribution to decreasing global green house gas emissions urgently and permanently. In addition, this research also clearly illustrates the need to reflect on why VCM supporters and investors continue to take on the liability of such great risk, and it necessitates consideration of who is responsible for the repeated failures of the ‘checks and balances’ of the VCM.":1,"#In the top 100 projects, 43 projects were not assessed by either BeZero, Renoster, or Sylvera at the time of research, making it unclear how likely the associated 34.7 million credits retired from these projects were to deliver the promised emissions reductions.":1,"#This research only provides one snapshot of worrying trends of problematic projects, problematic offsets, and fundamental failures that are likely to be even more prevalent across the VCM as a whole. For example, while only 47 of the top 100 offset projects in 2024 had BeZero ratings that meant they were included in this research, at least nine other projects in the top 100 have ratings from other ratings agencies (Sylvera and Renoster) indicating they also likely have problematic or poor performance. This immediately highlights an additional 6.2 million credits retired in 2024 and suggests they may also be problematic.":1,"#Out of the 37 projects assessed for specific fundamental failings using BeZero project risk assessments, 23 had a legitimate or high risk of being non-additional (4 and 19 respectively); 14 projects had a legitimate or high risk of non-permanence (1 and 13 respectively); 17 projects had a legitimate or high risk of leakage (2 and 15 respectively); and 19 projects had a legitimate or high risk of over-crediting (1 and 18 respectively).":1,"#All 37 problematic projects assessed in more detail had a legitimate risk of having at least one fundamental failing present that rendered the projects unlikely to deliver—totaling nearly 40 million credits in 2024. Over half of these projects (19) had a legitimate risk of having two or more fundamental failings, suggesting there may be compounding failures. These include projects like Pacajai REDD+ Project in Brazil (7th largest project globally in 2024), Southern Cardamom REDD+ project in Cambodia, and the Alkumru Hydroelectric Power Plant in Turkey.":1,"#While none of the 47 projects assessed had the highest possible rating from BeZero (AAA, or “highest” likelihood of achieving 1 tonne of CO₂e avoidance or removal,) only four had a higher than “moderate” likelihood of achieving 1 tonne of CO₂e avoidance or removal. Yet even these projects are not risk free—as further analysis of BeZero’s detailed project risks assessments revealed the legitimate risk of one or more fundamental failings in at least 2 out of the 4 projects.":1,"#Forestry and land use projects (23) and renewable energy projects (15) were among the most utilized problematic projects in 2024, but household device projects (4) and chemical processes/industrial manufacturing projects (1) were also problematic.":1,"#Climate action must not fail. There must be absolute certainty that the solutions posed to solve the most pressing global crisis are guaranteed to work at the scale and in the timeframe needed, and that they align with—rather than further erode—justice. Should we fail, the consequence will be millions and millions of lives and tens of trillions of dollars, annually.":1,"#Colombia banned tobacco promotion. Philip Morris International still sponsors its biggest music festival.":1,"#Otañez MG, Mamudu HM, Glantz SA. Tobacco companies’ use of developing countries’ economic reliance on tobacco to lobby against global tobacco control: The case of Malawi. Am J Public Health. 2009;99(10):1759-1771. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2008.146217":1,"#Hillstrom K. Encyclopedia of American Industries: Manufacturing Industries. 2nd ed. Detroit: Gale; 1997.":1,"#Fallin A, Glantz SA. Tobacco-control policies in tobacco-growing states: Where tobacco was king. Milbank Q. 2015;93(2):319-358. doi:10.1111/1468-0009.12124":1,"#Tobacco Market Share Analysis | Industry Report, 2020-2027. https://www.grandviewresearch.com/industry-analysis/tobacco-market. Accessed January 25, 2021.":1,"#Eriksen M, Mackay J, Schluger NW, Gomeshtapeh FI, Drope J. The Tobacco Atlas: Greece. 6th ed. Atlanta; 2013. http://3pk43x313ggr4cy0lh3tctjh.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/TA5_FactSheet_Greece.pdf. Accessed January 26, 2021.":1,"#Otañez MG, Mamudu H, Glantz SA. Global leaf companies control the tobacco market in Malawi. Tob Control. 2007;16(4):261-269. doi:10.1136/tc.2006.019273":1,"#Kong AY, Golden SD, Berger MT. An intersectional approach to the menthol cigarette problem: what’s race(ism) got to do with it? Crit Public Health. 2019;29(5):616-623. doi:10.1080/09581596.2018.1478066":1,"#That’s why Corporate Accountability supports the work of organizations like the African American Tobacco Control Leadership Council, the Center for Black Health and Equity, and the Black Women’s Health Initiative, and joins the calls of the Black leadership that are organizing to address the racist impacts of this deadly industry. Take action with these allies today to end the sale of flavored tobacco products and demand Big Tobacco stop attempting to co-opt Black liberation movements. You can read more on Big Tobacco’s racist roots here.":1,"#Tobacco cultivation spurs plantation slavery":1,"#Yerger VB, Malone RE. African American leadership groups: Smoking with the enemy. Tob Control. 2002;11(4):336-345. doi:10.1136/tc.11.4.336":1,"#Brandt AM. Inventing conflicts of interest: A history of Tobacco industry tactics. Am J Public Health. 2012;102(1):63-71. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2011.300292":1,"#From medicine plant to European craze":1,"#As tobacco consumption in the United States has dramatically decreased since the late 90’s, the tobacco industry has transplanted its workforce and epidemic of smoking-related diseases overseas. No longer is it exploiting people in the U.S. on the same level; instead, it’s focused on prying open the markets of countries in the Global South.18 This deadly industry continues to exploit Black labor and extract wealth from Black communities. African nations such as Malawi are dependent on tobacco—with the leaf accounting for 70% of the country’s foreign earnings.19 The country is further exploited for its workforce, where children as young as 5 work in the fields.20 The industry pays its farmers menial wages that keep them trapped in a vicious cycle of poverty, and reaps the benefits of child labor in the fields.21":1,"#The early 1800s saw demand switch from loose tobacco for smoking pipes and chewing tobacco to cigarettes. While tobacco use rose and fell throughout the 19th century, it would gain a new life with the invention of the cigarette rolling machine in 1880.9 This machine would allow cigarettes to be produced on a massive scale, leading to a boom in tobacco smoking and the growth of an industry. The founding of three major tobacco corporations, starting in 1847 with Philip Morris Tobacco Company, propelled the marketing and distribution of the new tobacco product.10":1,"#Tobacco is an extremely labor-intensive crop. The plantation system, and its brutal forced labor, allowed tobacco growing to flourish.3 By the end of the 17th century, demand for tobacco steadily increased while the indentured servant work force dwindled. Tobacco plantations and farmers faced a continually shrinking labor force; enslaved people from Africa unwillingly filled that demand.4 The population of enslaved Africans in the U.S. rose from an estimated 100,000 at the beginning of the 18th century to a staggering four million by the start of the Civil War.5,6It was on the backs of enslaved Black people that American agriculture grew.":1,"#Balbach ED, Gasior RJ, Barbeau EM. R.J. Reynolds’ Targeting of African Americans: 1988-2000. Am J Public Health. 2003;93(5):822-827. doi:10.2105/AJPH.93.5.822":1,"#In fact, the plantation system that dominated American agriculture in the 19th century grew out of tobacco cultivation. Under the burning suns of the South, enslaved people from Africa transformed the “golden weed” into a cash crop.7":1,"#At every step of tobacco’s development in the United States, Black people’s lives and labor have been exploited to enable its growth.":1,"#Crofts DW. From Slavery to Sharecropping. Rev Am Hist. 1995;23(3):458-463. doi:10.1353/rah.1995.0072":1,"#Browne-Marshall GJ. 1619 To 1819: Tell Them We Fought Back, A Socio-Legal Perspective. Phylon. 2020;57(1):37-55. doi:10.2307/26924986":1,"#Kell KT. Folk Names for Tobacco. J Am Folk. 1966;79(314):590. doi:10.2307/538224":1,"#Throughout the 1950s and 60s, Big Tobacco began strategically targeting Black communities. Corporations like RJ Reynolds took advantage of racially segregated neighborhoods and bombarded the Black community with advertisements and promotions for menthol cigarettes, creating an entire generation of smokers addicted to its brands.14,15 In fact, U.S. national data from 2016 showed that between 74 and 88% of Black people reported smoking menthol-flavored cigarettes, compared to only 26% of white people.15":1,"#Kulikoff A. Tobacco and Slaves. University of North Carolina Press; 1986. doi:10.5149/9780807839225_kulikoff":1,"#No group was more targeted in the U.S. than Black people. The industry went from seeing Black people as a labor source, to the butt of jokes in racist advertising, to a new market to exploit. After World War II, Black people were no longer a group to be stereotyped in advertising, but instead a market the industry could forge industry-friendly relations with and target directly with its products.12 During the 1950s, tobacco giant Phillip Morris began to cultivate relationships with Black organizations such as the National Urban League, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) at a time when other major corporations shied away from building relationships with them.12 The result was decades of closely intertwined partnerships between tobacco giants and prominent members of the Black community. While on the surface these relationships appeared rooted in the advancement of Black communities, tobacco corporations such as Philip Morris leveraged these relationships to addict more consumers and advocate against tobacco control legislation.12,13":1,"#Once chattel slavery ended, following the Civil War, sharecropping would fill the labor void.8 But instead of a system where laborers received fair wages for their work, sharecropping was just slavery by another name.9 A handful of white men continued to create wealth for themselves through their deadly exploitation of Black labor and lives to produce tobacco.":1,"#Big Tobacco's racist roots":1,"#Alexander LA, Trinidad DR, Sakuma KLK, et al. Why we must continue to investigate menthol’s role in the African American smoking paradox. Nicotine Tob Res. 2016;18(Suppl 1):S91-S101. doi:10.1093/ntr/ntv209":1,"#Cummings KM, Proctor RN. The changing public image of smoking in the United States: 1964-2014. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2014;23(1):32-36. doi:10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-13-0798":1,"#The tobacco industry that we know today is a far cry from the Indigenous medicinal uses of the plant people first cultivated centuries ago. The tobacco industry is valued at $850 billion globally.16 This is equivalent the combined GDP—$852 billion—of Ukraine, Ecuador, Cuba, Slovakia, Sri Lanka, Ethiopia, Kenya, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Oman, and Luxembourg.17":1},"version":7049}]