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Since then, ...":1,"#Martha Newell - Corporate Accountability":1,"#Martha brings extensive experience as a nonprofit board member and fundraiser to Corporate Accountability’s board. As the director of the nonprofit Garden City Harvest, she led two successful capital campaigns, contributing to its growth into one of the leading organizations in her hometown of Missoula, Montana. She is the former president of the Missoula International School and serves on the boards of the Conscious Connections Foundation—which supports education, rural health care, and post-earthquake rebuilding in Nepal—and the Missoula Federal Credit Union. She is also an avid ice hockey player.":1,"#Martha has been acting on that understanding since her teenage years, when she picketed with the United Farm Workers. Since then, she has been involved in the movements to end nuclear power, secure reproductive justice and women’s rights, and further fair trade. She was part of the Nestlé boycott in the 1970s and 80s, and she became a member of Corporate Accountability in 2014.":1,"#“One of the root causes of much of the dysfunction in our world today is the power of giant corporations,” says Martha. “Once one understands that, it is difficult not to act on it.”":1,"#“the effects of slavery…and recommend appropriate remedies including reparations”":1,"#But while Wells Fargo paying reparations will help mitigate some of the harm done, the systems that allowed these actions to unfold must also change. Systemic harms also require systemic solutions, which is why Corporate Accountability supports H.R.40, the congressional bill to develop and implement a comprehensive study focused on":1,"#” during the height of Black Lives Matter protests was a lie. Simply put, since its acquisition of Wachovia, Wells Fargo continues to utilize its financial power to uphold the institutions that directly threaten the wellbeing of Black Americans, in a bid to prioritize its own financial gain.":1,"#watershed moment":1,"#. Wells Fargo’s overtly discriminatory practices are a blatant indication that its claims of having a “":1,"#Wells Fargo was accused of conducting “fake interviews” of diverse candidates for positions that were already filled, in a bid to boost diversity efforts on paper":1,"#. Most recently,":1,"#Bloomberg’s analysis and as visualized below":1,"#. Seventy-two percent of White refinancing applicants were approved, compared to just forty-seven percent of Black applicants, per":1,"#accepted less than half of Black mortgage refinancing applicants in 2020":1,"#. Bloomberg published an article only a week earlier detailing how Wells Fargo, the largest bank mortgage lender in the country,":1,"#modern form of redlining":1,"#, which Bloomberg referred to as a":1,"#Wells Fargo’s practices push Black homeowners into foreclosure":1,"#: “In recent days, they [Wells Fargo, Bank of America, Citigroup Inc., Goldman Sachs Group Inc., JP Morgan Chase] have all officially opposed shareholder groups’ calls for them to conduct and publicize racial-equity audits and other changes, saying they are already doing enough to address equity issues” . Wells Fargo’s actions as of late, with its relationship with the Black community hanging on a tightrope, have only exacerbated the problem. A lawsuit filed on March 18 in a San Francisco federal court, argues that":1,"#vote no on racial equity resolutions":1,"#The superficial nature of Wells Fargo’s PR response was revealed early last year when they asked shareholders to":1,"#and NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund President Sherrilyn Ifill, among others, but more importantly, it drew attention to Wells Fargo’s dismal record in the Black community.":1,"#U.S. Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez":1,"#” in a virtual meeting, followed by a June 2020 company-wide memo. This statement drew criticism from":1,"#a very limited pool of Black talent to recruit from":1,"#in the realms of representation, compensation, diversity role reporting, education session and anti-racism manager training. From doubling black leadership, to establishing positions to drive diversity and inclusion, it seemed to be an ambitious plan. But with Wells Fargo still facing discrimintation lawsuits and government divestments in 2021 and 2022, these statements have proved to be nothing more than an attempt to save face in the eyes of the public. It is worth noting that the pledges from Scharf and Wells Fargo were made on already shaky grounds; Scharf chalked up the scarcity of Black employees at the company to “":1,"#5 major commitments":1,"#from opening any new accounts with Wells Fargo in April 2022. This is noteworthy given that in the midst of the wave of racial reckoning that swept the nation in the summer of 2020, Wells Fargo CEO and President Charlie W. Scharf issued":1,"#city government of New York City to divest":1,"#In addition, Wells Fargo has consistently shown that it has no reservations about targeting its Black patrons with predatory schemes. Their discriminatory practices against Black homebuyers have failed to shift, prompting the":1,"#, giving ample reason to believe that their efforts to fund state-sanctioned violence against Black Americans isn’t stopping anytime soon.":1,"#Atlanta Police Foundations’ Board of Trustees":1,"#regarding partner organizations and board members. A shameful act intended to limit the public’s knowledge and to protect donating corporations, like Wells Fargo, from public outrage. In this year of 2022, a senior leader from Wells Fargo is listed on the":1,"#removed information on their websites":1,"#. The surveillance technology these foundations provide to police departments are highly controversial and disproportionately “tested and targeted in Black, Brown and Indigneous communities”. In response to the calls to defund the police that arose in the general public during Summer 2020, the police foundations for NYC, Washington D.C, Seattle and Philadelphia":1,"#departments with K-9s and police horses, both used as a means to harm black people and protestors":1,"#. Their private status enables these foundations to add millions of dollars to police budgets with very little public oversight or approval. Police foundations have been known to supply":1,"#weaponry and surveillance technology":1,"#. Police foundations are private organizations dedicated to raising money for police departments as well as supplying them with":1,"#Atlanta":1,"#Seattle":1,"#Sacramento":1,"#Charlotte":1,"#, including sponsoring police foundations in":1,"#top sponsors, funders and board members for police foundations of multiple major cities":1,"#In the same realm, Wells Fargo has a history of being among the":1,"#in these private prison companies.":1,"#still held over a hundred thousand shares total":1,"#of prison divestment campaigns by stating it was exiting the credit agreement with Core Civic and phasing out of its partnership with GEO Group. This was a significant win for the organizers involved with these campaigns. But as of December 2021, Wells Fargo":1,"#succumbed to the mounting public pressure":1,"#What’s the significance of this? Core Civic and GEO Group are corporations which profit from and perpetuate the imprisonment and modern day enslavement of Black Americans. In 2019, Wells Fargo":1,"#by In the Public Interest outlines the history between these private prison operators and Wells Fargo in more detail.":1,"#report":1,"#featured in a":1,"#chart":1,"#, another leading private prison corporation presently known as Core Civic, and was also named as the trustee for a $300 million GEO Group bond. Not only did Wells Fargo learn nothing from its discriminatory lending lawsuit, it proceeded to bankroll the two leading corporations perpetuating modern-day enslavement of Black Americans through the private prison system. The":1,"#Wells Fargo was named as the issuing lender on a $785 million line of credit for CCA":1,"#in the company. Just one year later,":1,"#Wells Fargo became the second largest investor in GEO Group, a leading private prison corporation, with 4.3 million shares":1,"#in a 2011 settlement with the United States Justice Department. But the same year of their discrimination settlement,":1,"#Wells Fargo paying over $175 million":1,"#A federal investigation found that from 2004 to 2009, Wells Fargo harmed Black and Hispanic communities through engaging in discriminatory lending practices against 30,000 Black and Hispanic borrowers. This ultimately resulted in":1,"#Wachovia generated its wealth, in part, through slavery or convict labor. The past of Wachovia and Wells Fargo inform their present day practices, which build on this history of discrimination and harm through modern channels.":1,"#it made no apology for how":1,"#. When Wells Fargo acquired Wachovia,":1,"#historian Douglas Blackmon describing the company as a “death camp” for the majority Black convicts":1,"#. The conditions were abysmal, with":1,"#English leased at least 1,206 Black convicts in Georgia to labor for his businesses, including the Chattahoochee Brick Company":1,"#, the Chattahoochee Brick Company. By 1897,":1,"#through the profits he generated from his company":1,"#, James English,":1,"#Mayor of Atlanta":1,"#Atlanta’s Fourth National Bank was founded by former":1,"#. They owned at least 162 slaves during their time. The Bank of Charleston had similar practices, accepting minimum 529 slaves as collateral for loans and mortagaged properties. When slaveowners defaulted on their payments, the Bank would seize ownership of some slaves.":1,"#As part of their banking practices, the Georgia Railroad and Banking Company accepted slaves as collateral on mortaged properties or loans":1,"#. All of these companies had deep ties to the mistreatment of black people.":1,"#Atlanta’s Fourth National Bank":1,"#Georgia Railroad and Banking Company, the Bank of Charleston":1,"#, descended from the":1,"#was founded in 1879":1,"#, thus intertwining itself with a very dark history. Wachovia":1,"#founded in 1852, it acquired Wachovia in 2008":1,"#While Wells Fargo was":1,"#. This holiday holds deep significance for Black Americans as a celebration of liberation. In the years following emancipation, the so-called “owners” of captive slaves were compensated for their loss. Meanwhile, those whose forced labor built the wealth of this nation were never repaid and were, in fact, systemically harmed by those who profited in the wake of emancipation. The effects of this failure to redistribute wealth are felt to this day and have contributed greatly to current racial inequities. It’s time for those who profited from the suffering of black people to pay reparations, including Wells Fargo.":1,"#two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed":1,"#Each June, Black Americans commemorate the emancipation of enslaved people on Juneteenth. On the 19th of June in 1865, federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas to free the last slaves,":1,"#But while Wells Fargo paying reparations will help mitigate some of the harm done, the systems that allowed these actions to unfold must also change. Systemic harms also require systemic solutions, which is why Corporate Accountability supports H.R.40, the congressional bill to develop and implement a comprehensive study focused on “the effects of slavery…and recommend appropriate remedies including reparations”. Action at the national level is necessary to repair the historic crime of kidnapping and slavery, and the ongoing exploitation of Black Americans from the forced labor of the convict leasing and prison systems, and discriminatory mortgage lending policies. Please join us and our allies at the Instituto del Mundo Negro Siglo XXI in supporting H.R. 40 by calling on your congressional representatives to cosponsor this bill today! You can learn more about H.R.40 on the Congress website.":1,"#illustrated by Paloma Rae.":1,"#timeline":1,"#Check out a visual representation of the racist history of Wells Fargo, along with the actions organizers are taking to demand reparations, in the Roadmap to Reparations, a beautiful":1,"#Congress website":1,"#in supporting H.R. 40 by calling on your congressional representatives to cosponsor this bill today! You can learn more about H.R.40 on the":1,"#. Action at the national level is necessary to repair the historic crime of kidnapping and slavery, and the ongoing exploitation of Black Americans from the forced labor of the convict leasing and prison systems, and discriminatory mortgage lending policies. Please join us and our allies at the":1,"#BlackRock también sigue siendo uno de los mayores inversores del mundo en la industria del carbón. Mientras que los seguros y la inversión para la industria del carbón se están reduciendo, BlackRock ha invertido recientemente más de $34 millones en empresas que desarrollan nuevos activos de carbón. BlackRock sigue siendo el inversor institucional individual más grande en carbón, con alrededor de $109 mil millones invertidos en la industria. Esto incluye los 1.200 millones de dolares que BlackRock invirtió en el proyecto de mina de carbon sucio de Adani Group en Australia, en el que más de 100 empresas han descartado invertir debido a la presión pública. ¡Pero no BlackRock!":1,"#utilizarán":1,"#Por todas estas razones y más, creemos que BlackRock es un excelente candidato para ingresar al Salón de la Vergüenza Corporativa de Responsabilidad Corporativa en 2022. ¡ Vota por BlackRock aquí !":1,"#Industrias Nacionales Presto, propietaria de AMTEC, el “mayor productor de volumen de municiones y espoleta para granadas de 40 mm en el mundo”, junto con varios otros fabricantes de explosivos. BlackRock posee el 12,52 % de National Presto, una participación de 67,9 millones de dólares en el momento de la presentación más reciente.":1,"#Corporación Olín, un fabricante de municiones y productos químicos que también es propietario Municiones de Winchester, el mayor fabricante de municiones de pequeño calibre para el ejército de los Estados Unidos. BlackRock posee el 10,4 % de Olin, una participación de 825,8 millones de dólares en el momento de la presentación más reciente.":1,"#Vista al aire libre, que vende municiones, cebos y pólvora directamente a los consumidores, además de a las fuerzas del orden y las fuerzas armadas. BlackRock es propietario del 15,26 % de Vista, una participación de 307,7 millones de dólares en el momento de la presentación más reciente.":1,"#Las inversiones de BlackRock en los fabricantes de armas también equipan y se benefician de las máquinas de guerra en todo el mundo que crean crisis masivas de refugiados. En otro intento por distanciarse del daño relacionado con sus operaciones comerciales, BlackRock acaba de anunciar una nueva asociación con el Comité Internacional de Rescate (IRC) para ayudar a los refugiados desplazados por la guerra en Ucrania y Afganistán. Sin embargo, como información código rosa, BlackRock mantiene inversiones considerables en algunos de los mayores fabricantes de armas del mundo que se benefician directamente de las ventas de armas vinculadas a muchas de las guerras que están creando crisis de refugiados.":1,"#El apoyo de BlackRock al poder policial en los Estados Unidos se extiende mucho más allá de la ciudad de Nueva York. Como ha informado código rosa, BlackRock es el mayor accionista de Axon, un proveedor nacional de pistolas Taser, cámaras corporales y software de vigilancia para los departamentos de policía de todo el país. BlackRock posee el 10,4 % de las acciones de Axon, que actualmente asciende a más de 600 millones de dólares invertidos en la empresa. Además de ser el mayor accionista, el ex director de inversiones de BlackRock, Matthew McBrady, ha sido miembro de la junta directiva de Axon desde 2016.":1,"#Para empezar, BlackRock supervisa una de las carteras de combustibles fósiles más grandes del mundo . Es uno de los principales propietarios de las corporaciones de petróleo y gas más poderosas y más contaminantes del mundo, desde exxonmobil hasta Cheurón y desde ConocoPhillips hasta maratón de petróleo . Recientemente lideró un consorcio de inversionistas que invirtió $15.5 mil millones en Aramco, la compañía estatal de petróleo y gas de Arabia Saudita, y una de las compañías de combustibles fósiles más sucias del mundo.":1,"#Citas de los socios de Hacer que los Grandes Contaminadores Paguen:":1,"#En Perú, un granjero demandó a una empresa alemana por provocar una crisis medioambiental en el lugar donde habita. Y, en los Estados Unidos, este año una corte federal falló en contra del procedimiento interpuesto por la industria de combustibles fósiles. Esto podría no sólo propiciar que más Estados y ciudades busquen que las empresas se asuman como responsables, sino que, incluso, podría representar una oportunidad para que se retomen casos que ya habían sido desestimados, a nivel federal, en los Estados Unidos.":1,"#Por ejemplo, la Comisión de Derechos Humanos de Filipinas ha concluido que la industria de combustibles fósiles debe asumir la responsabilidad jurídica por su incidencia en el cambio climático. A principios de este año, se detuvo con éxito la expansión del aeropuerto de Heathrow, después de que la sociedad civil argumentara que este acto constituía una violación del gobierno del Reino Unido a los compromisos adquiridos en el Acuerdo de París. En 2019, algunos pescadores indios desafiaron a la Corporación Financiera Internacional (CFI) y obtuvieron una sentencia que sentó un precedente en la Corte Suprema de Justicia de los Estados Unidos.":1,"#Que las industrias contaminantes, como la de combustibles fósiles y otras, se hagan responsables legalmente es una creciente área de interés entre los expertos en el clima, los activistas, los académicos y los gobiernos; el interés crece más en cuanto se dimensiona la larga historia de negación y el vínculo entre sus emisiones y los impactos que estas han tenido en el clima. Desde los Estados Unidos hasta Vanuatu y Perú, diversas personas y los oficiales que han elegido están explorando mediante qué estrategias lograr que los contaminadores, como la industria de combustibles fósiles, asuman la responsabilidad legal que les corresponde por su larga historia de engaños y destrucción medioambiental.":1,"#La responsabilidad legal ha adquirido otros matices en medio de la pandemia provocada por la COVID-19 y los desastres climáticos sin precedente. Muchos de los Grandes Contaminadores son, en gran parte, responsables de las multifacéticas crisis que estamos enfrentando y aun así, persisten en que ésta se agudice–al demandar rescates gubernamentales y desplegar esquemas de relaciones públicas que pretenden posicionarlos como la solución y no como el problema.":1,"#En septiembre pasado, distintas organizaciones internacionales que trabajan por el clima lanzaron un llamado global para promover la responsabilidad legal que deben asumir los Grandes Contaminadores. Esto tuvo lugar en la Cumbre sobre la Acción Climática del Secretario General de las Naciones Unidas con sede en Nueva York. Además, en la COP25 realizada en Madrid, las demandas de cientos de miles de personas para hacer que los Grandes Contaminadores paguen fueron entregadas a los delegados gubernamentales. Los firmantes y organizadores que se han sumado a este llamado provienen de alrededor de 70 países, incluyendo a Bolivia, Filipinas y Nigeria.":1,"#Esta hoja de ruta, liberada apenas una semana antes de La Semana del Clima que celebra las Naciones Unidas por su falta de acción en el cambio climático] constituye la siguiente etapa de la campaña global para Hacer que los Grandes Contaminadores Paguen.":1,"#El día de hoy, una coalición global presentó una “Hoja de ruta de la responsabilidad legal”: la primera herramienta de su tipo, que esboza de qué manera los entes decisores pueden hacer que las empresas contaminantes asuman su responsabilidad legal por el daño climático que, como es bien sabido, han provocado.":1,"#EL MUNDO– El día de hoy, una coalición global presentó una “Hoja de ruta de la responsabilidad legal”: la primera herramienta de su tipo, que esboza de qué manera los entes decisores –y los oficiales de gobierno—pueden hacer que las empresas contaminantes asuman su responsabilidad legal por el daño climático que, como es bien sabido, han provocado. En ella también se proponen estrategias para simplificar los procedimientos mediante los cuales se obtiene el financiamiento necesario para abordar la crisis climática e implementar soluciones.":1,"#Las personas que se encuentran en la primera línea de la crisis sanitaria, alimenticia y económica son las mismas que se encuentran en la primera línea de la crisis climática. Las corporaciones transnacionales se han beneficiado de un sistema fallido, basado en la violencia estructural y los daños que perpetran en las comunidades negras, indígenas, campesinas, a las mujeres, y en las comunidades locales. Estos sistemas de opresión sólo benefician a las corporaciones y a las élites del mundo. Pero no hay un planeta B. Así como las personas alzan la voz para manifestarse en contra del racismo y la opresión, así debemos protestar en contra de los Grandes Contaminadores que están destruyendo nuestras vidas, nuestro presente, nuestro futuro. Esta herramienta nos permitirá dar un paso más hacia nuestra meta: lograr que los Grandes Contaminadores Paguen y, también, hacia la justicia”. – Nathalie Rengifo Alvarez, Directora de la Campaña Climática para Latinoamérica, Corporate Accountability.":1,"#“Los grandes contaminadores han devastado, durante mucho tiempo, el clima, los ecosistemas, las vidas y los medios de subsistencia. Se las ingenian para abdicar cualquier responsabilidad, y sólo se benefician del daño que han ocasionado; el cual recae, desproporcionadamente en las comunidades del Sur Global, los pueblos indígenas, las personas de color, las mujeres, los trabajadores, los granjeros, los campesinos y las comunidades de bajos ingresos. La Hoja de ruta de responsabilidad legal es una herramienta que podemos utilizar para hacer un llamado a que estas empresas asuman su responsabilidad jurídica por su papel en la agudización de la crisis climática, y hacerlos pagar. Y no sólo eso, en ella se establecen los principios de un cambio sistémico mediante la reducción del poder corporativo y la consecución de los recursos que se necesitan para una muy necesaria y justa transformación”. – Sara Shaw, Coordinadora del Programa para la Justicia Climática y la Energía, Amigos de la Tierra Internacional":1,"#“El lanzamiento de la Hoja de ruta de la responsabilidad jurídica es oportuno. Representa una posibilidad que los gobiernos africanos deben aprovechar para lograr, finalmente, que las industrias contaminantes asuman su responsabilidad por los abusos que han cometido en contra de los derechos humanos y del medioambiente tanto en comunidades africanas como en el mundo entero”. Akinbode Oluwafemi, Director Ejecutivo- Corporate Accountability y Participación Pública de África (CAPPA)":1,"#\"La Hoja de ruta de responsabilidad jurídica es más que demandas y tribunales. Se trata de hacer que los Grandes Contaminadores paguen por los daños que han causado al agravar la crisis climática; además de obligarlos a que no cometan más abusos. La Hoja de Ruta sirve para hacer que los Grandes Contaminadores paguen por causar décadas de sufrimiento y destrucción a comunidades que se encuentran en la primera línea de la crisis climática alrededor del mundo, pues el final de estos agravios la justicia no parece encontrarse cerca. Este instrumento nos llevará por un camino en el que los Grandes Contaminadores sean forzados a poner el bienestar de las personas, y de la Tierra y sus ecosistemas, muy por encima de la expansión, la extracción y la obtención de beneficios”. – Sriram Madhusoodanan, Director de la campaña climática en Estados Unidos, Corporate Accountability":1,"#Un movimiento global, que surja desde la sociedad civil para demandar que las empresas deshonestas y los gobiernos que niegan la crisis climática asuman su responsabilidad jurídica, sería el camino a seguir para las personas que continúan en la lucha en pro de la justicia climática; al mismo tiempo que se promueven, reconocen y respetan la equidad, la igualdad de género y los derechos de los pueblos indígenas, las comunidades locales, los campesinos, los pescadores y los trabajadores.” – Souparna Lahiri, asesor y activista climático, Coalición Mundial por los Bosques":1,"#“Las Soluciones Basadas en la Naturaleza, la Energía neta cero (Net Zero) y las compensaciones son sólo una fachada. En realidad, estas propuestas representan indicadores claros de que las industrias contaminantes están determinadas a seguir evadiendo la obligación inmediata que tienen de reducir las emisiones. La nueva normalidad está asediada por rescates económicos masivos solicitados por la industria de combustibles fósiles y la industria de la aviación; además, la agroindustria sobrevive, felizmente, con subsidios perversos. Todo esto niega el hecho de que estas industrias son responsables jurídicamente por la crisis climática, el aumento de las emisiones de GEI, la deforestación, la destrucción medioambiental y la seguridad alimentaria de billones.":1,"#“La evidencia científica es clara, la prevalencia de la agroindustria es una de las principales razones del cambio climático y la eco-destrucción. Además, ésta depende, en gran medida, de los combustibles fósiles, el extractivismo, los agroquímicos, la deforestación, y el cambio en el uso del suelo. Y lo más importante, estas industrias dañinas impiden el gozo pleno de los derechos humanos –particularmente el derecho a tener una alimentación y nutrición adecuadas. Los grandes contaminadores tienen que asumir la responsabilidad jurídica por su “sucia” agroindustria con el fin de restaurar los servicios esenciales del ecosistema, sanar el planeta y proteger los derechos de las generaciones presentes y futuras.” – Astrud Beringer, FIAN International.":1,"#Coalición global lanza una “Hoja de ruta” de la responsabilidad legal dirigida a los gobiernos para lograr que los Grandes Contaminadores Paguen":1,"#Portrait photo of Anita Carter, white woman with short brown hair, wearing a black and white checkered blouse.":1,"#Martin Vilela MBPP - Corporate Accountability":1,"#Martin Vilela MBPP":1,"#Trump talks a good game about his “$1 trillion infrastructure plan,” but what he’s been pushing all along is really a huge corporate giveaway.":1,"#1. Trump’s infrastructure agenda is really a corporate giveaway.":1,"#The summer’s winding down, and students are returning to their classrooms. As folks head back to school, let’s do the same and brush up on the dangers of privatizing our water infrastructure. Our nation’s water infrastructure — all those pipes that run from reservoirs and water sources to treatment plants to the taps you turn ...":1,"#Back to school on water infrastructure: Five reasons to challenge Trump's privatization agenda - Corporate Accountability":1,"#Water fountain. Credit: Max Pixel":1,"#Photo credit: Max Pixel":1,"#We need people around the country to support legislation like this, and work on the local level to ensure their public water is protected. You can be part of the solution by signing up for the Corporate Accountability Action League, which challenges Trump and his corporate cronies through organizing and people power.":1,"#People all across the country are stepping up for public water, including in Congress. We need increased federal investments through initiatives like the WATER Act, which would create a sustained source of robust funding for water infrastructure, paying for these vital investments by cutting corporate tax loopholes. The WATER Act would specifically support low-income, rural, and tribal communities and would mandate a study on discrimination and civil rights violations in water service. It’s about keeping public resources in public hands and ensuring safe, affordable water for all — and that’s the kind of future we want.":1,"#But that’s not all. The World Bank — a notorious advocate for water privatization with its own financial stake in various transnational water corporations — has also offered to advise the Trump administration on its plan, prompting further questions about conflicts of interest.":1,"#5. Trump’s infrastructure advisors are rife with conflicts of interest.":1,"#4. Water privatization is a public health risk.":1,"#3. Water privatization will cost you.":1,"#2. No matter what it’s called, privatizing our infrastructure puts profit above people.":1,"#September 13, 2017":1,"#Tetet has been an activist her whole life. “It was not a difficult choice for me to strive to make the world a better place,” she says. She brings 30 years of experience to the board, from advocacy to campaigning to communications. She has dedicated her career to development work for non-governmental organizations in the ...":1,"#Tetet Nera Lauron - Corporate Accountability":1,"#She has dedicated her career to development work for non-governmental organizations in the Global South, while volunteering her time to strengthen the movement to kick corporations out of policymaking and rein in their power.":1,"#Tetet has been an activist her whole life. “It was not a difficult choice for me to strive to make the world a better place,” she says. She brings 30 years of experience to the board, from advocacy to campaigning to communications.":1,"#If you use your real email address here, Facebook may be able to track you. Click to learn more.":1,"#Show less -":1,"#📣 Acompáñanos a la proyección y conversatorio del cortometraje documental: Que Paguen Los Contaminadores.
Esta película expone casos de extractivismo en América Latina y resalta las historias de líderes regionales.
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🔗 Regístrate aquí 👉🏻 https://bit.ly/4d8uVmj":1,"#19 Sep":1,"#of land are dedicated to tobacco farming, land that could be used to grow food.":1,"#361,827 hectares":1,"#In Brazil,":1,"#to clean up tobacco product waste.":1,"#$2.6 billion":1,"#In China alone it costs":1,"#US $1.85 trillion":1,"#The broader economic cost of tobacco’s impact is estimated at":1,"#US $422 billion":1,"#Annual tobacco-related healthcare costs globally are estimated at":1,"#to overwhelming the ocean with plastic pollution.":1,"#fueling the climate crisis":1,"#for other abuses-– from":1,"#hold transnational corporations accountable":1,"#Article 19 also serves as a model for people, governments, and international policymaking organizations to":1,"#, a provision in the treaty that encourages and supports countries in initiating and advancing legal cases against Big Tobacco corporations, like Philip Morris International (PMI) and British American Tobacco (BAT). Article 19 gives countries a way to secure justice against an industry that poisons millions of people every year and pollutes our air, water, and land.":1,"#Article 19":1,"#This victory for making Big Tobacco pay is centered on":1,"#10:00 EST":1,"#🕙":1,"#Wed, Sept 25":1,"#Join us for a screening and discussion on the short documentary: Que Paguen Los Contaminadores.":1,"#📣":1,"#https://bit.ly/4d8uVmj":1,"#👉🏻":1,"#Register here":1,"#🔗 Register here 👉🏻":1,"#🕙 10:00 EST":1,"#📅 Wed, Sept 25":1,"#This film exposes extractivism cases in Latin America, and uplifts the stories of regional leaders.":1,"#📣 Join us for a screening and discussion on the short documentary: Que Paguen Los Contaminadores.":1,"#Like on Twitter 1836785544321458556":1,"#Retweet on Twitter 1836785544321458556":1,"#Reply on Twitter 1836785544321458556":1,"#📣 Join us for a screening and discussion on the short documentary: Que Paguen Los Contaminadores.
This film exposes extractivism cases in Latin America, and uplifts the stories of regional leaders.
📅 Wed, Sept 25
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🔗 Register here 👉🏻 https://bit.ly/4d8uVmj":1,"#🔗 Register here 👉🏻 https://bit.ly/4d8uVmj":1,"#24hours ago":1,"#Like on Twitter 1836455464604971465":1,"#Retweet on Twitter 1836455464604971465":1,"#Reply on Twitter 1836455464604971465":1,"#🧵(1/4) We are enraged and heartbroken by the news coming out of Palestine.":1,"#18 Sep":1,"#(1/4) We are enraged and heartbroken by the news coming out of Palestine.":1,"#Patti Lynn
Executive Director":1,"#GLOSSÁRIO DA JUSTIÇA CLIMÁTICA - Corporate Accountability":1,"#Cover of report, image of people coming together for climate justice":1,"#GLOSSÁRIO DA JUSTIÇA CLIMÁTICA":1,"#You have been right there with us, fortifying, supporting, and being a part of what actually creates transformative and lasting change: people-powered organizing.":1,"#But for decades, members like you have been integral to Corporate Accountability’s organizing to counter all of this. Together, we and our allies have demonstrated that when people come together and take collective action toward the greater good, we can enact and implement policies that prioritize people, our well-being, and our planet.":1,"#They’ve pushed the ideology that democratic government is inherently inefficient and untrustworthy. They’ve advanced the narrative that the needs of the private sector should dictate policy. They’ve paid for politicians and public officials of both parties to put the interests of corporations and the mega-wealthy above the needs and well-being of their constituents.":1,"#The dangerous anti-democracy forces we’re facing have been funded by corporations and coordinated by a handful of wealthy, mostly white men. Their end game appears to be the consolidation of power at the expense of the rest of us.":1,"#People-powered organizing for the collective good":1,"#Field notes for transformation: Fall 2024":1,"#The forces behind anti-democratic movements and abusive corporations are linked. Learn how challenging corporate power plays a role in countering authoritarianism.":1,"#That gives me hope. And it convinces me that we need to be all in—working on all fronts to protect and advance a more robust and inclusive democracy.":1,"#Photo of Patti Lynn, a white person with brown curly hair, wearing a white collared shirt and black blazer. She is smiling into the camera.":1,"#Illustration of many different kinds of people working together to create a new world--depicted as puzzle pieces that come together into a map of the world.":1,"#Three organizers--two white women and a Black man--stand in the cold outside a city building. One has her fist in the air. Another speaks into a megaphone. Their signs link Veolia to its role in Flint.":1,"#Corporate Accountability logo":1,"#I am deeply grateful to be doing this work with you, to be committed to justice and accountability and true transformation in partnership with you. And I’m inspired to continue this work in our partnership—now, and on November 5, and through the days, weeks, months, and years that follow.":1,"#As I said: This is the moment for all of us to be all in. It’s certainly what I’m doing. I look forward to staying in touch with many of you from a different vantage—even closer to the campaigns.":1,"#We have more than 45 years of challenging corporate power under our belt. Our success and learnings bring an important perspective and expertise to the progressive movement’s organizing for transformation—now and in the months and years to come.":1,"#At the same time, our conversations have left me feeling more determined than ever. We’ve talked about how challenging corporate power is critical to challenging authoritarian threats. And how, through our shared work, we’re gaining ground in real ways, even under difficult conditions.":1,"#As I move into a new role at the organization during this pivotal time in the U.S., I am even more committed to and hopeful about the kind of transformation that Corporate Accountability can usher in.":1,"#Over the past seven years, I’ve written to you in these Field Notes for Transformation. I’ve described our vision for transformation, how we get there, and about the people around the world who are carrying out this work. And I’ve had the chance to speak with so many of you about how this work is part of your vision for a different kind of world.":1,"#Because, at the end of the day, organizing for democracy is not just about the ballot box, as important as that is. Just as critically, it’s about organizing for systems change.":1,"#As I near the end of my tenure in this role, I’m proud of the leaderful organization that is moving democracy forward.":1,"#In the water campaign and across the organization, our success is shepherded by all our staff. It has been one of my goals as executive director to foster a culture at Corporate Accountability where staff leadership is encouraged and supported.":1,"#I say “we” here, and I mean all our staff and allies. Because a thriving democracy requires all of us to lead from where we are.":1,"#Leading from where we are":1,"#Image credit: Paloma Rae":1,"#As always, how we organize is as critical in advancing a robust democracy as what the organizing accomplishes. In Flint, Houston, and beyond, we build long-term relationships with allies with a commitment to democracy, justice, and equity.":1,"#And in Flint, even when most of the country has turned away from the water crisis there, we have continued to partner with Flint Rising, campaigning with them for accountability and democratic outcomes. We are there for the long haul, working toward justice, lifting up the demands of Flint residents, and bringing our expertise in corporate campaigning.":1,"#All year, I’ve been having conversations with members like you about where we are as a society. About how we are doing as the progressive movement in this country, and what it means to be part of the global community. I know that the upcoming U.S. elections—and the threat of authoritarianism—are weighing as heavily on you as they are on me.":1,"#So when we stop privatization of a water plant that serves more than a million people—as we did this year with our allies in Houston—it matters in more ways than one. Not only does it make a material difference to the people who live there, but it also bolsters democracy. It underscores the reality that the role of a democratic government is to protect the human rights of people.":1,"#I’ve talked with many of you about how water is one of the front lines of organizing for democracy. When corporations swoop in to control and profit from our need for water—it just doesn’t get much more visceral than that.":1,"#Water: a visceral example":1,"#We and our allies build pressure that compels decision-makers to respond to the needs of people, rather than bowing to the demands of corporate power and the mega wealthy—whether in the White House, at City Hall, or in the halls of the U.N.":1,"#And we organize to stop them. We move democratic institutions and elected officials across political parties to act.":1,"#Through corporate campaigning, we bring to light the multiple and hidden ways that corporations and the mega-wealthy few are attempting to put a stranglehold on democracy.":1,"#Corporate Accountability staff and activists mark the 10-year anniversary of the start of the Flint water crisis. Speaking truth to power at the North American headquarters of Veolia, the largest water privatizer in the world, we exposed the corporation’s role in the crisis and connected the dots between racial and water justice. Photo credit: Binita Mandalia":1,"#In fact, such organizing is absolutely necessary in this moment.":1,"#Because here’s the thing: corporate campaigning—that is, organizing to challenge global corporations and the people behind them—is a powerful and effective way to counter the authoritarian threats we’re facing.":1,"#Corporate campaigning challenges authoritarian forces":1,"#This is the moment to be all in":1,"#Learn more about the impact you’re having from Latin America to the negotiating halls of the global tobacco treaty in the latest edition of the Spotlight newsletter.":1,"#Earlier this spring, we partnered with Flint Rising and other water justice organizations around the U.S. to mark the ten year anniversary of the Flint water crisis. From Boston to New Orleans, we demanded accountability for the people and corporations that played a role in the ongoing crisis in Flint. This is one of the many ways that your support is building power to hold corporations accountable and to make them pay for their harm.":1,"#McDonald’s political activities, and that of Corporate America more broadly, have been under the microscope since the January 2020 insurrection and the subsequent GOP push to abridge voting rights. The role of McDonald’s dollars in both were cause for a temporary suspension of political spending. But the corporation’s crisis response has so far failed to spur a commitment to full political disclosure.":1,"#“It’s not like McDonald’s doesn’t have a long and troubled track record of playing politics at the public’s, and even investor, expense,” said Ashka Naik, research director for Corporate Accountability. “When executives tell investors not to look at the books on McDonald’s global political activities, it’s not because there’s nothing to see.”":1,"#Though—thanks to lacking political disclosure—McDonald’s exact role and influence is unclear, there are reasons to believe the corporation is a major political actor. For one, initial research into the major corporate actors behind policy obstruction has found McDonald’s supplier Coca-Cola is playing a major role. Second, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is the former owner of 145 McDonald’s franchises. And third, McDonald’s political interference is well-documented in the U.S., where its political spending and trade groups have quashed policy progress on everything from worker pay to menu labeling for decades at a time.":1,"#South Africa, as with many countries globally, has experienced the “McDonald’s effect” in recent years with the rates of diet-related disease ballooning as the chain and its junk food peers have proliferated across the country. To address the mounting public health crisis, organizations like Amandla.Mobi have advanced a range of proven health policies such as a soda tax, stronger nutritional labeling, and restrictions on junk food marketing. Policy victories have been limited and hard fought thanks to the political power and interference of the food industry.":1,"#Ramolefo, who presented at the meeting on a shareholder resolution around global political transparency, questioned executives as to why South Africans deserved any less visibility into McDonald’s political spending than people elsewhere. She further questioned why investors deserved a view of political spending in one country but not another, given 62% of McDonald’s annual revenue is from overseas.":1,"#“In most of the countries McDonald’s does business in, like my own, we haven’t any idea what the corporation is doing and spending to upend public policy,” said Palesa Ramolefo, a campaigner with the South Africa-based NGO Amandla.Mobi. “Today I told executives: if you have nothing to hide, then get out of the shadows. If you want to sell South Africans on your supposed concern for our communities, our well-being, and our brothers and sisters working for you, then show us you aren’t undermining your own sales pitch with your political chicanery.”":1,"#The unifying theme of the meeting, if there was one? Investors are deeply concerned about the disconnect between McDonald’s stated values and its actual business practice. This is presenting liabilities investors would sooner not assume. For this reason, investors demanded—as they did prior with PepsiCo and McDonald’s supplier Coca-Cola—a full, unadulterated view of what the corporation is spending to influence policy globally.":1,"#McDonald's investors demand openness and accountability":1,"#CHICAGO, ILLINOIS — If executives were hoping the announcement to sell McDonald’s business in Russia would distract from investor and public ire over the burger giant’s varied abuses of civil rights, public health, animal welfare, and the environment…Thursday’s tightly-controlled annual meeting proved quite the disappointment. An unusually large number of resolutions (see pages 91-115) on McDonald’s ESG failings were presented (official vote count pending).":1,"#Contact Nick Guroff at 617-784-4753 or nguroff@corporateaccountability.org for media inquiries.
###":1,"#It is “a top company for political transparency and accountability.” It bases this claim on a ranking system that looks singularly at U.S. federal campaign contributions and lobbying disclosures, as well as the fact that its competitors and suppliers are similarly lacking.":1,"#Its “policy engagement outside the U.S. is focused on promoting shareholder value” and “[o]ur Board provides effective oversight…both within and outside the U.S.” Why then is McDonald’s so afraid of letting its investors be the judge of as much?":1,"#“McDonald’s expenditures related to public policy and political influence outside the U.S. are limited.” If this is in fact true, it’s puzzling that something so easy to disclose would be grounds for opposing greater transparency.":1,"#McDonald’s opposition to the resolution is nonsensical, given the corporation claims:":1,"#The global transparency resolution is pioneering in that it demands an accounting of not just direct political spending and activities (lobbying, campaign contributions, et al), but of all the tactics corporations leverage to peddle influence from bankrolling junk science to charitable giving that afford an undeserved halo of healthfulness to corporations fighting lifesaving policies. Its demand that transparency extend to their membership and spending on trade groups, as well as to every country in which the corporation does business, is similarly trailblazing.":1,"#“Disclosure across all markets should be a fundamental part of a corporation’s license to operate,” said Brianna Harrington, shareholder advocacy coordinator for Harrington Investments, the sponsors of the resolution. “Because transparency laws are weak—often thanks to lobbies funded by corporations like McDonald’s—does that mean investors should be blind to the risks posed?”":1,"#What’s further, concealment of political activities is also a significant liability to investors. As Vanguard, the largest issuer of mutual funds in the world, has put it, “poor governance of corporate political activity, coupled with misalignment to a company’s stated strategy or a lack of transparency about the activity, can manifest in financial, legal, and reputational risks that can affect long-term value.” And a recent investor statement from the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR), a coalition of investors representing more than $4 trillion in assets, noted that “corporate political spending has a destabilizing effect on the broader economic and cultural environment, inhibiting the long-term sustainability of business…” Indeed members of the ICCR and 25 investors, representing over $140 billion in assets, are now lending their support for an open letter to food and beverage industry executives to step up their global disclosures.":1,"#Join our session on 17 September 2024 at 10:30 AM local time to learn more about how we can hold the industry accountable and liable…":1},"version":5045}]