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Pero cuando esto ocurre, por suerte disponemos de las herramientas necesarias para contrarrestar y proteger a los gobiernos y evitar que estas compañías participen en la formulación o implementación de las políticas. Esto es lo que ocurrió con el caso de la participación de PMI en la vacuna de la COVID-19 que se desarrolló en Canadá.<br ljsid-3=\"\"> La industria tabacalera no es la única que utiliza tácticas de interferencia. Las pruebas demuestran que muchas otras corporaciones transnacionales –Las empresas de los combustibles fósiles, de alimentos y bebidas ultra procesados, del alcohol, etc.- han replicado casi en su integralidad el “libro de prácticas” de interferencia de la industria tabacalera desde la década de 1950. Por eso, cuando escucho algunas opiniones escépticas del alcance de las políticas de responsabilidad jurídica y conflictos de interés que se han adoptado para contrarrestar el accionar de las tabacaleras, expreso mi total desacuerdo.":1,"#Daniel Dorado es el director de la campaña de control del tabaco. Recientemente publicó su tesis de maestría en Derecho sobre licencias obligatorias de medicamentos y el derecho a la salud en la Comunidad Andina, un esfuerzo de integración sudamericana que se creó, entre otras cosas, para fomentar la cooperación comercial entre los países de la región (actualmente está conformada por Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador y Perú). Tuvimos un intercambio con Daniel para hablar de las recientes victorias de la campaña a su cargo, del papel de Corporate Accountability en el movimiento global de justicia social y de cómo mantiene la esperanza y los pies en la tierra cuando queda tanto trabajo por hacer. <a ljsid-1=\"\">Lee esta entrevista en inglés</a>.":1,"#Paige’s insight into corporate power started in high school with a t-shirt. Or, more accurately, the production of a t-shirt. She explains: “I remember looking at a pie graph of the expenses involved with producing a t-shirt and seeing the tiny sliver dedicated to labor costs. For the first time I began to understand that ...":1,"#Paige Kirstein - Corporate Accountability":1,"#In fact, she’s a heavy lifter in all sorts of ways: “In my free time I like to bake sweets, ride my bike, and lift heavy weights.”":1,"#Paige also continues her work as a community organizer, doing solidarity work with folks fighting for housing justice in the Bay Area, and organizing young people with class and wealth privilege for redistribution of wealth, land, and power through Resource Generation.":1,"#She is currently the VP of Product and Operations at True Link Financial, which provides financial services to older adults, people with disabilities, and people recovering from addiction.":1,"#Active in labor and environmental community organizing from a young age, Paige discovered Corporate Accountability in college and spent the summer of 2010 in the Boston campaign headquarters as an intern working on the water campaign. “I was thrilled to fight against and learn about the issue of water privatization, one that so clearly cuts across environmental, social, health and economic issues,” she says. Paige joined the board in 2019.":1,"#She explains: “I remember looking at a pie graph of the expenses involved with producing a t-shirt and seeing the tiny sliver dedicated to labor costs. For the first time I began to understand that corporations were in control — and they were lying. They were telling us that it wasn’t possible to pay workers well while they were making huge profits.”":1,"#Paige’s insight into corporate power started in high school with a t-shirt. Or, more accurately, the production of a t-shirt.":1,"#Originally published on Medium Across the world, government responses to the COVID-19 pandemic have highlighted deep and long-standing systemic inequalities in the current dominant economic and development models. Messages, such as “stay home, stay safe”, social distancing, and “wash hands for 20–40 seconds with soap and running water” are barely relevant for those who struggle ...":1,"#ESCR-net: The need to ensure corporate accountability amidst the pandemic - Corporate Accountability":1,"#<strong ljsid-0=\"\">Martha Devia Grisales</strong> and <strong ljsid-2=\"\">Bobby Ramakant</strong> are human rights defenders based in India and Colombia. Martha is part of a social movement called <a ljsid-4=\"\">Comité Ambiental en Defensa de la Vida</a> and is also a professor at the University of Tolima in Colombia. Bobby is the director for policy and communications at <a ljsid-6=\"\">Citizen News Service</a> (CNS). Both are members of the International Network for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ESCR-Net).":1,"#About the authors:":1,"#One opportunity to shift the balance towards people over profit is to advance progress on the binding UN Treaty on human rights and business, currently being negotiated between States at the UN in Geneva. For more than a decade, members of ESCR-Net- International Networks for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights have been present in Geneva to advocate for a robust treaty that ensures our governments are driven by people’s agenda to end all forms of corporate capture and effectively regulate corporate actors. Moreover, the call to regulate corporations was included on the <a ljsid-1=\"\">Global Call to Action</a> launched by ESCR-Net in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Call was endorsed by 180 organizations from over 60 countries and advances collective demands for a just recovery and systemic change.":1,"#Millions of people globally are forced to live in crisis situations perpetually even before the COVID-19 pandemic forced a crisis on rich and poor alike. We must remember that COVID-19 is a result of years of irreversible destruction of biodiversity and unabated plunder of natural resources driven by corporate greed, leading to contact with wildlife with new diseases. Governments have also largely failed to deliver on the promises of climate justice, in large part due to corporate capture of the narrative on climate. For example, research shows that the five largest oil and gas companies have invested over a billion dollars following the Paris Climate Agreement on misleading climate-related lobbying. This is forcing us towards another calamity which could also result in a ‘permanent lockdown’.":1,"#On the other side of the globe in India, an example of corporate capture involved the alcohol and tobacco industry. The sale of alcohol and tobacco was stopped when lockdown was imposed in India. Immediately after, the alcohol industry lobby asserted , that “…food and alcohol are essential commodities…”, following which sales were resumed in India from early May 2020. Alcohol and tobacco are not only non-essentials, but they will defeat us in our efforts to contain COVID-19. As per the World Health Organization (WHO), tobacco and alcohol both increase the risk to serious outcomes of COVID-19 including death. More worrying is the fact that efforts to ‘reboot’ the economy in India are resulting in ‘more of the same’ economic and development model that has largely failed most of our populations on sustainable development and contributed to environmental degradation. Instead of tightening the nook around the corporations, labor laws and rights have been suspended for three years to spur ‘economic growth’, and in another example of prioritizing the interests of corporation, the Indian environment ministry is considering large scale mining, infrastructure and industrial projects for environment, forest and wildlife clearances, even in protected areas, by hosting video consultations, and in some cases spending very little time to assess projects. For example, the Expert Appraisal Committees, like the one on industrial projects, have allotted just ten minutes to each project cramming 47 projects over three sittings.”":1,"#In addition, social leaders are increasingly being targeted and killed in Colombia since the introduction of quarantine measures. Since 25 June, a group of rural communities from the region of Cauca, one of the most affected by the violence, are leading a campaign under the slogan #Nos están matando (#They are killing us) to demand that the government take urgent measures to stop the systematic assassination of social leaders who defend human rights, democratic integrity and our national interest. This campaign is in fact mobilizing many representatives of different unions and sectors towards realizing human rights and corporate accountability.":1,"#According to José Alvear Restrepo Lawyers’ Collective (CAJAR), a Colombian human rights organization with a mission to defend and promote human rights from a holistic perspective, this diversion of the river has resulted in a considerable decrease in the tropical forest. For the Wayúu community, this territory is sacred. The Research Centre and popular Education (CINEP) recently reported that communities near Cerrejón continue suffering from problems with access to water due to the diversion made by the company from the Bruno stream. This situation is aggravated due to the coronavirus. The co-optation of the Colombian state by the private sector is how corporate capture threatens sovereignty and democracy, human and environmental rights.":1,"#The Colombian state has been unable to guarantee universal access to drinking water, electricity, among others, and has handed over control and management of public services to private sectors and refused to approve the Basic Income. Due to these facts, the government continues, particularly in the COVID-19 context, to aggressively push for foreign direct investment and is also imposing legal restrictions on participatory rights of the communities and indigenous peoples. In this country, safe drinking water is beyond the reach of most of the indigenous communities because either the aqueducts are not there, or companies have influenced policies to limit water supply or conducted projects that have left water unsafe for drinking. The indigenous Wayúu communities in Colombia, for example, has been greatly affected by the operations of the Cerrejón open coal-pit mine owned by multinationals, the BHP group, Anglo-American and Glencore. In 2016, Corpoguajira — a government affiliated regional corporate authorisation entity on the environment in La Guajira — granted the coal company Cerrejón Limited, three licenses for the diversion of the only river this community has left. If the Arroyo Bruno tributary disappears, the people will no longer have access to water.":1,"#Instead of providing emergency relief to those most in need during these grim times, governments continue to advance the interests of corporations over the rights of people. Such skewed priorities are in large part due to corporate capture, the means by which economic elites undermine the realization of human rights and environmental well-being, by exerting undue influence over domestic and international decision-makers and public institutions to make up a dominant economic system which prioritizes private profit over public good.":1,"#Across the world, government responses to the COVID-19 pandemic have highlighted deep and long-standing systemic inequalities in the current dominant economic and development models. Messages, such as “stay home, stay safe”, social distancing, and “wash hands for 20–40 seconds with soap and running water” are barely relevant for those who struggle for food, decent living, public water, and basic sanitation. From our view as human rights defenders from Colombia and India, we see our government taking measures that are destroying lives. In India, the lives of millions of migrants workers — especially those in the informal sector — were devastated by the pandemic and consequent state response, which also compounded the humanitarian crisis for refugees and stateless people. In many Latin American countries such as Colombia, it is the Afro-descendants, women, children, farmers and the popular sectors who are unable to sustain quarantine given the lack of food and economic resources to cover their basic needs. They are the most at risk and affected by the COVID-19 crisis.":1,"#Originally published <a ljsid-1=\"\">on Medium</a>":1,"#b7d43e9c-7bb9-4795-89fd-e4bf30efeb48":1,"#Today, as Executive Secretary of the <a ljsid-1=\"\">Alianza Africana para el Control del Tabaco (ATCA)</a>, Leonce is a leader in challenging Big Tobacco's abuses across Africa. Africa's growing youth population presents an opportunity for the industry to addict a new generation to its deadly products for life. And Big Tobacco is employing its full playbook—from misleading marketing to policy influence to alleged bribery—to weaken and block lifesaving tobacco control policies throughout the region.":1,"#Our work is powered people: 90% of contributions come from individual donors. Access Corporate Accountability's financial support.":1,"#Corporate Accountability spends 90 percent of all contributions directly on programs, while 10 percent provide essential support services, resulting in the highest marks from rating agencies.":1,"#Not CARLA? <a ljsid-1=\"\">Click here</a>.":1,"#Welcome back, CARLA!":1,"#Mientras tanto, las corporaciones tabacaleras generan cerca de 1 billón de dólares estadounidenses en ingresos al hacer que las personas se vuelvan adictas a productos que saben que son peligrosos y mortales. Esto representa <a ljsid-1=\"\">más que Google, Meta y Apple juntos.</a>":1,"#<strong ljsid-0=\"\">“Sin importar dónde vivamos o cómo nos veamos, todas las personas merecemos llevar una vida saludable. Pero la industria tabacalera vende productos peligrosos y mortales obteniendo enormes ganancias. Mientras tanto, todos pagamos las consecuencias: con nuestras vidas, nuestros impuestos y nuestro ambiente”</strong>, afirmó Daniel Dorado, director de la campaña de control de tabaco de <a ljsid-2=\"\">Corporate Accountability</a> y organizador de la coalición ¡Que Paguen las Tabacaleras! (<a ljsid-4=\"\">Make Big Tobacco Pay</a>) (además de ser uno de los ganadores del prestigioso <a ljsid-6=\"\">Premio del Día Mundial Sin Tabaco de la OMS</a> de este año).":1,"#«Lo que vemos en Brasil no es un caso aislado, sino parte de una estrategia global de la industria tabacalera para acceder a espacios de toma de decisiones políticas, incluso fuera del sector salud», declaró <strong ljsid-1=\"\">Mariana Pinho de ACT Promoción de la Salud.</strong> «La industria ha ampliado su actuación en ámbitos legislativos, diplomáticos e internacionales, utilizando argumentos económicos, comerciales y de 'reducción de daños' para influir en las políticas públicas. Esto refuerza la importancia de fortalecer los mecanismos de transparencia, garantizar el monitoreo continuo y ampliar el acceso a la información para exponer estas estrategias e implementar el Artículo 5.3 del Convenio Marco para el Control del Tabaco en todos los ministerios brasileños, protegiendo así la salud pública.»":1,"#<strong ljsid-0=\"\">20 de mayo de 2026</strong> <b ljsid-2=\"\">–</b> Las corporaciones tabacaleras transnacionales continúan ejerciendo una influencia desproporcionada sobre las políticas públicas en América Latina y el Caribe. El informe <i ljsid-4=\"\">«</i> <a ljsid-6=\"\"><i ljsid-6-0=\"\">La influencia política de la industria tabacalera: la erosión del Artículo 5.3 en América Latina y el Caribe</i></a> », publicado por la organización internacional <i ljsid-8=\"\">Responsabilidad Corporativa</i>, revela un patrón alarmante de interferencia que va mucho más allá de los ministerios de salud y compromete la soberanía regulatoria de los Estados.":1,"#El evento de lanzamiento contó con la colaboración de <a ljsid-1=\"\">Tácticas del tabaco</a>, <a ljsid-3=\"\">Estrategias vitales</a>, <a ljsid-5=\"\">Centro de Salud Global de Ginebra</a>, <a ljsid-7=\"\">Centro de conocimiento de la OMS sobre el artículo 5.3</a> y <a ljsid-9=\"\">Salud Justa Mx </a>mi <a ljsid-11=\"\">ACT Promoção da Saúde.</a>":1,"#“What we are seeing in Brazil is not an isolated case, but part of a global strategy by the tobacco industry to gain access to political decision-making spaces, including beyond the health sector. The industry has expanded its presence in legislative, diplomatic, and international arenas, using economic, commercial, and so-called ‘harm reduction’ arguments to influence public policies. This underscores the importance of strengthening transparency mechanisms, ensuring continuous monitoring, and expanding access to information to expose these strategies and fully implement Article 5.3 of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control across all Brazilian government ministries, thereby protecting public health.” <strong ljsid-1=\"\">— Mariana Pinho, ACT Promoção da Saúde</strong>":1,"#Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA)<br ljsid-1=\"\"> Mobilizing Against Tobacco Lies (MATL)<br ljsid-3=\"\"> Geneva Global Health Hub (G2H2)<br ljsid-5=\"\">":1,"#Pero pocas personas saben que la industria tabacalera también <a ljsid-1=\"\">le cuesta a la sociedad más de 1,4 billones de dólares estadounidenses</a> cada año para tratar estas enfermedades prevenibles y limpiar la <a ljsid-3=\"\">contaminación tóxica generada por la industria</a>. Las colillas de cigarrillo, que están hechas de plástico, son el residuo que más se desecha de manera inapropiada en el mundo;<a ljsid-5=\"\"> los residuos de los cigarrillos electrónicos</a> continúan aumentando; y ambos productos liberan sustancias químicas tóxicas que contaminan nuestras fuentes de agua y nuestros suelos.":1,"#A person with long dark hair smiles at the camera":1,"#CORPORATE ACCOUNTABILITY ANNUAL MEMBER SURVEY - Corporate Accountability":1,"#CORPORATE ACCOUNTABILITY ANNUAL MEMBER SURVEY":1,"#Pronouns: She/her or they/them":1,"#Bertha Zúñiga Cáceres,":1,"#enfrentaron a una violenta represión":1,"#y han ganado.":1,"#ESCR-net: The need to ensure corporate accountability amidst the pandemic":1,"#August 25, 2020":1,"#Cerrar bocadillo\n(Esc)":1,"#If you have any questions, contact <a ljsid-1=\"\">[email protected]</a>.":1,"#Read Corporate Accountability’s <a ljsid-1=\"\">Annual Report</a> to learn what your support made possible.":1,"#Read Corporate Accountability’s":1,"#to learn what your support made possible.":1,"#development@corporateaccountability.org":1,"#If you have any questions, contact":1,"#Read Corporate Accountability’s audited financial statements and 990 forms.":1,"#Tell your elected officials: No Dirty Palantir Money!":1,"#727 Atlantic Ave, Floor 4":1,"#We always welcome questions and feedback from our members and the public. To best answer your inquiries and requests we provide a variety of ways to contact us. By email: info@corporateaccountability.org By Telephone: Toll Free: +1 800-688-8797 Office: +1 617-695-2525 By Fax: +1 617-695-2626 By Mail: Corporate Accountability 727 Atlantic Ave, Floor 4 Boston, MA ...":1,"#Boston, MA 02111":1,"#Go to Liner":1,"#Write a memo":1,"#Change a color":1,"#Important":1,"#Turn off":1,"#Ask AI":1,"#Highlight an image":1,"#Akinbode Oluwafemi<span ljsid-1=\"\">Presidente de la Junta</span>":1,"#Coolloud":1,"#“Las actividades políticas de Coca-Cola tienen impactos muy tangibles y desgarradores en la salud pública mundial, los derechos humanos y el medio ambiente”, dijo Ashka Naik, Directora de Investigación de Corporate Accountability. “Lo que permanece en la sombra debido a las acciones políticas de las corporaciones en todo el mundo está causando un gran daño, y debe detenerse. Desafío a Coca-Cola a que demuestre lo contrario siendo totalmente honesta con los inversionistas y con el público a este respecto”.":1,"#En México, el caso de las denuncias presentadas recientemente contra exfuncionarios de COFEPRIS a partir de darse a conocer las intensas comunicaciones que mantuvieron con Coca-Cola para establecer en 2014 un etiquetado que representaba un riesgo para la salud, es un caso ejemplar del poder de interferencia de esta refresquera en las políticas de salud pública.":1,"#En su declaración, <a ljsid-1=\"\">Calvillo</a> abordó <a ljsid-3=\"\">el papel persistente y velado que Coca-Cola</a> ha desempeñado en la obstrucción de las políticas destinadas a frenar la <a ljsid-5=\"\">grave crisis de enfermedades relacionadas con la dieta en México</a>; una crisis que sólo <a ljsid-7=\"\">se agrava durante la pandemia en curso</a>.":1,"#Aunque México es especialmente importante para Coca-Cola y sus accionistas, dado que el país compra cerca del 50% del volumen total de productos destinados a América Latina, no es más que uno de los casi 200 países en los que el gigante de las bebidas hace negocios.":1,"#Alejandro Calvillo, Director Ejecutivo de la organización mexicana El Poder del Consumidor, presentó esta mañana ante la asamblea anual de accionistas de The Coca-Cola Company en representación de los accionistas de Harrington Investments declaró: “Pedimos simplemente que Coca-Cola se adhiera a los valores básicos y universales de integridad y responsabilidad que todas las empresas deberían practicar en todos los lugares en los que hacen negocios”, “¿Por qué los inversionistas no deberían estar informados sobre las acciones políticas de Coca-Cola en mi país o en cualquier otro? No hay ninguna justificación para que Coca-Cola tenga un doble estándar en la forma de aplicar los principios de transparencia y ética en los países del Norte Global frente a los del Sur Global”.":1,"#El logro de esta votación asegura que <a ljsid-1=\"\">la iniciativa</a> se mantiene viva y podrá volverse a introducir en 2023 (ver pág. 94).También presagia lo que está por venir para <a ljsid-3=\"\">PepsiCo</a> (ver pág. 87) y <a ljsid-5=\"\">McDonald’s</a> (ver pág. 113), que se enfrentan a la misma convocatoria de voto por parte de los inversionistas en cuestión de semanas. Y estos esfuerzos no se producen de forma aislada. La <a ljsid-7=\"\">presión ha ido en aumento</a> desde la insurrección del 6 de enero en los Estados Unidos, y los intentos relacionados para desmantelar el derecho de voto de las empresas, abrir sus libros y frenar el gasto político.":1,"#Atlanta, Georgia 26 de abril.- Siete años después de que The Coca-Cola Company hiciera la <a ljsid-1=\"\">promesa pública de “mejorar”</a> en transparencia, los inversionistas han manifestado su impaciencia, ante el incumplimiento. Las revelaciones sobre <a ljsid-3=\"\">los esfuerzos de Coca-Cola para socavar el etiquetado frontal</a> de alimentos en México son apenas las más recientes que empañan el supuesto compromiso del gigante de los refrescos. Hoy, en la asamblea anual de la corporación, tras años de medias tintas y falta de acción, los inversionistas que representan 562,900,000 acciones o el 33% de la propiedad accionaria de Coca-Cola votaron para obligar a la corporación a revelar completamente sus actividades y su gasto político a nivel mundial.":1,"#El gigante de las bebidas carbonatadas se enfrenta a nuevas revelaciones sobre sus intentos de influir en la política en México. A pesar de su compromiso declarado con la transparencia, la empresa no revela sus actividades y gastos políticos a nivel mundial. La iniciativa ante la asamblea anual obtiene un impresionante 13% de votos en ...":1,"#El comunicado de prensa en <a ljsid-1=\"\">inglés</a>.":1,"#“Hacer visible lo invisible es el primer paso para avanzar en el llamado para exigir que las empresas dejen de interferir en nuestras políticas públicas y en la vida política de una vez por todas” dijo Naik.":1,"#Esta iniciativa sobre transparencia global es pionera en el sentido de que exige que se rindan cuentas no sólo del gasto político y las actividades políticas directas (cabildeo, contribuciones a las campañas, etc.), sino de todas las tácticas que aprovechan las empresas para traficar con influencias, desde <a ljsid-1=\"\">el financiamiento a la ciencia basura</a> hasta las <a ljsid-3=\"\">donaciones benéficas</a> dando una falsa imagen de ser promotoras de la salud. Su exigencia de que la transparencia también incluya revelar a qué grupos industriales y comerciales pertenecen y cuál es su gasto en ellos, así como en todos los países en los que la empresa hace negocios, es igualmente pionera.":1,"#“La transparencia en todos los mercados debería ser una parte fundamental de la licencia de una empresa para operar”, dijo Brianna Harrington, coordinadora de defensa de los accionistas de Harrington Investments, <a ljsid-1=\"\">los proponentes de la iniciativa</a>. “El hecho de que las leyes de transparencia sean débiles (a menudo gracias al cabildeo financiado por empresas como Coca-Cola) ¿significa que los inversionistas deben estar ciegos ante los riesgos involucrados?”":1,"#Además, la ocultación de las actividades políticas es también un importante lastre para los inversionistas. Como ha dicho <a ljsid-1=\"\">Vanguard</a>, el mayor emisor de fondos de inversión del mundo, “la mala gobernanza de la actividad política de las empresas, unida a la falta de alineación con la estrategia declarada de la empresa o a la falta de transparencia sobre sus actividades, puede manifestarse en riesgos financieros, legales y de reputación que pueden afectar su valor a largo plazo”. Y una reciente declaración de inversionistas del <a ljsid-3=\"\">Centro Interreligioso de Responsabilidad Corporativa</a> (ICCR), una coalición de inversionistas que representan más de 4 mil millones de dólares en activos, señaló que “el gasto político de las empresas tiene un efecto desestabilizador en el entorno económico y cultural más amplio, inhibiendo la sostenibilidad a largo plazo de los negocios […]” De hecho, los miembros del ICCR y cerca de 20 inversionistas, que representan casi 140 mil millones de dólares en activos, apoyan ahora <a ljsid-5=\"\">una carta abierta dirigida a los ejecutivos de la industria alimentaria</a> para que intensifiquen sus divulgaciones en todo el mundo.":1,"#Los inversionistas presionan a Coca-Cola para que revele sus actividades y gastos políticos a nivel mundial":1,"#Sam Marinelli brings her passion for challenging corporate greed and her skills in accounting and operations to the Corporate Accountability team.":1,"#Sam Marinelli - Corporate Accountability":1,"#In her free time, Sam organizes with the local LGTBQ+ community, tests out new dessert recipes (her apple cider donuts are a Corporate Accountability team favorite) and spends time with her two dogs, Bear and Falcon.":1,"#She has a masters degree in international law and diplomacy from The Fletcher School at Tufts University, and a Bachelor’s degree in International relations and economics at Simmons University. She also co-teaches a class at the Harvard Extension School on microeconomic theory. Her <a ljsid-1=\"\">critique</a> on corporate “pinkwashing” and “greenwashing” was published in The Fletcher School’s Climate Policy Lab.":1,"#At Corporate Accountability, Sam manages the organization’s accounting processes. She also supports critical operations functions from staff benefits to charity registrations to keeping Corporate Accountability’s global team connected.":1,"#Since then, Sam has dedicated her career to social justice and serving communities in the Global South, especially women. She <a ljsid-1=\"\">partnered</a> with students at Ganesha University in Indonesia to create a business plan for an organization that would provide loans, financial literacy education, and other economic support to women in rural Bali. She also interned at the Consortium for Gender, Security, and Human Rights, curating research to better understand how feminist economies could help us move away from extractive capitalist systems. And before enrolling in graduate school, she ran operations at Razia’s Ray of Hope, an organization that provides accessible and comprehensive education to women and girls in Deh-Subz, Afghanistan.":1,"#She knew that those stories were just the tip of the iceberg when it came to the harm that corporations have in the world.":1,"#Sam’s passion for challenging corporate power started in a nutrition class at Simmons University. She learned many examples of corporations seeking profit at the expense of people’s lives and health—from Monsanto attempting to patent Indigenous <a ljsid-1=\"\">seed varieties</a> to <a ljsid-3=\"\">Nestle aggressively marketing infant formula</a> in the Global South, jeopardizing the health and well-being of children and mothers.":1,"#La industria tabacalera no es la única que utiliza tácticas de interferencia. Las pruebas demuestran que muchas otras corporaciones transnacionales –La empresas de los combustibles fósiles, de alimentos y bebidas ultra procesados, del alcohol, etc.- han replicado casi en su integralidad el “libro de prácticas” de interferencia de la industria tabacalera desde la década de 1950. Por eso, cuando escucho algunas opiniones escépticas del alcance de las políticas de responsabilidad jurídica y conflictos de interés que se han adoptado para contrarrestar el accionar de las tabacaleras, expreso mi total desacuerdo.":1,"#Está claro que en el desarrollo y la aplicación de las políticas de salud pública no se debe entablar ningún tipo de relación con la industria tabacalera. Pero cuando esto ocurre, por suerte disponemos de las herramientas necesarias para contrarrestar y proteger a los gobiernos y evitar que estas compañías participen en la formulación o implementación de las políticas. Esto es lo que ocurrió con el caso de la participación de PMI en la vacuna de la COVID-19 que se desarrolló en Canadá.":1,"#En muchos sentidos, el movimiento de control de tabaco sentó las bases para la exigencia de responsabilidad jurídica a las grandes corporaciones. ¿Qué lecciones puede ofrecer el movimiento de control del tabaco a otros movimientos de justicia social?":1,"#Daniel Dorado es el director de la campaña de control de tabaco. Recientemente publicó su tesis de maestría en Derecho sobre licencias obligatorias de medicamentos y el derecho a la salud en la Comunidad Andina, un esfuerzo de integración sudamericano que se creó, entre otras cosas, para fomentar la cooperación comercial entre los países de la región (actualmente está conformada por Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador y Perú). Tuvimos un intercambio con Daniel para hablar de las recientes victorias de la campaña a su cargo, del papel de Corporate Accountability en el movimiento global de justicia social y de cómo mantiene la esperanza y los pies en la tierra cuando queda tanto trabajo por hacer.":1,"#<span ljsid-1=\"\">FY 2024</span><br ljsid-2=\"\">Gastos del programa por actividad":1,"#<span ljsid-1=\"\">FY 2024</span><br ljsid-2=\"\">Gastos":1,"#<span ljsid-1=\"\">FY 2024</span><br ljsid-2=\"\">Soporte e ingresos":1,"#SE":1,"#Contacto prensa:":1,"#Los inversionistas presionan a Coca-Cola para que revele sus actividades y gastos políticos a nivel mundial - Corporate Accountability":1,"#Denise Rojas cel. 55-1298-9928":1,"#Video con la declaración de Alejandro Calvillo, director de El Poder del Consumidor en la junta anual de accionistas de Coca-Cola.":1,"#Corporate Accountability: Nick Guroff at 617-784-4753 or nguroff@corporateaccountability.org":1,"#Palabras de declaración de Alejandro Calvillo, director de El Poder del Consumidor en la junta anual de accionistas de Coca-Cola.":1,"#La iniciativa ante la asamblea anual obtiene un impresionante 13% de votos en su primer intento.":1,"#Rosa Elena Luna cel. 55-2271-5686; Diana Turner cel. 55-8580-6525;":1,"#paige kirstein<span ljsid-1=\"\">Board Vice Chair</span>":1,"#Highlight":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,"#Berta Cáceres":1,"#Colectivo Carmack":1,"#el asesinato de trabajadores y activistas laborales en su país":1,"#patty lynn<span ljsid-1=\"\">Board Assistant Secretary</span>":1,"#aergueta@stopcorporateabuse.org":1,"#Responsable de Comunicaciones":1,"#Adriana Ergueta":1,"#18 proyectos REDD/REDD+":1,"#Challenging powerful transnational corporations ultimately cost Cáceres her life, but her spirit and legacy continues to live on. Her daughter, <a ljsid-1=\"\">Bertha Zúñiga Cáceres</a> is currently General Coordinator of COPINH — the position her mother occupied before she was murdered. Today, COPINH continues its fight for the rights of the Lenca people and Indigenous communities all over Honduras, and for a world where corporations do not and cannot operate with impunity.":1,"#Despite the victory, threats against Cáceres continued to escalate until March 3, 2016, when she was murdered by gunmen in her home in La Esperanza, Honduras. Her death was followed by the killing of several other COPINH and environmental activists just mere days later, leading to international outrage. Cáceres is survived by her four children and husband, and although several men have been charged with her murder, the full extent of Cáceres’ assassination is still under investigation.":1,"#The strong protests and fierce opposition against the Agua Zarca Dam was <a ljsid-1=\"\">met with violent repression</a> not only from the developers of the project, but also from armed private security police and military personnel. Cáceres herself received countless threats of rape, murder, and physical harm for her role in leading this campaign. Yet, despite all odds, COPINH and the Lenca community’s efforts successfully blocked all attempts to continue the dam’s construction. Eventually several of the corporations and international financial institutions involved withdrew their funding and support for the project, effectively ending it.":1,"#One such project was the Agua Zarca Dam, a joint venture between several corporations and the International Finance Corporation, the private sector arm of the World Bank. Noticing an influx of machinery and construction equipment in their town, the Lenca people initially approached COPINH in 2006 <a ljsid-1=\"\">to investigate the project</a>. What Cáceres learnt during the course of her investigation sparked a years-long struggle against the project by COPINH , under Cáceres’ leadership and with full support and involvement from the Lenca community.":1,"#Born to the Lenca people in Honduras, Cáceres grew up during a time of violence and civil unrest in Central America. Her journey in activism began in 1993, when she co-founded the Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH) to support the right of Indigenous peoples in the country. She fearlessly challenged illegal loggers, plantation owners, and multinational corporations carrying out mega-projects that often encroached upon Indigenous lands and destroyed Indigenous livelihoods.":1,"#<a ljsid-0=\"\"><strong ljsid-0-0=\"\">Berta Cáceres</strong></a> was an Indigenous leader, a human rights defender, and an environmental activist who led a grassroots campaign to stop the construction of a hydroelectric dam that would threaten the Lenca peoples’ way of life and their access to important needs such as water, food, and medicine.":1,"#In honor of Women’s History Month, we are remembering Berta Cáceres, an Indigenous leader, a human rights defender, and an environmental activist who led a grassroots campaign to stop the construction of a hydroelectric dam in Honduras.":1,"#In this moment of corporate power run amok, we remember the long history of people challenging corporate power -- and winning.":1,"#Women challenging corporate power: Berta Cáceres - Corporate Accountability":1,"#In honor of Women’s History Month, we will be writing a series of articles on a few of the activists we admire, are inspired by, and on whose shoulders we stand.":1,"#In this moment of corporate power run amok, with each new headline demanding a response, and with so much at stake, it’s important to remember that there is a long history of people challenging corporate power — <a ljsid-1=\"\">and winning.</a>":1,"#Women challenging corporate power: Berta Caceres stands at the COPINH (the Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras) offices in La Esperanza, Intibucá, Honduras.":1,"#Photo credit: <a ljsid-1=\"\">Coolloud</a> on Flickr.":1,"#Women challenging corporate power: Berta Cáceres":1,"#March 12, 2021":1,"#Moving the <a ljsid-1=\"\">city of Houston to abandon its plans to privatize the city’s water system</a>, after mobilizing opposition with local, grassroots groups.":1,"#Preventing the privatization of water systems in Lagos, Nigeria. Since 2015, we have been closely partnering with longtime allies at <a ljsid-1=\"\">Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa</a> (formally Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth, Nigeria) to challenge water privatization. Together, we are waging a robust <a ljsid-3=\"\">international </a>campaign to advance the human right to water in <a ljsid-5=\"\">Lagos</a> and advocate for <a ljsid-7=\"\">fully public solutions</a>.":1,"#Adjuntos:":1,"#Learn more about how to get involved in our climate campaign <a ljsid-1=\"\">aquí</a>.":1,"#Today, we remember and celebrate the life, lessons, and successes of Malcolm X, El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz — his profound impact in shifting how we view systems of racism and oppression, and his advocacy for justice that amends not just inequality but also inequity.":1,"#On his birthday, we reflect on Malcolm X -- his legacy on how we view systems of oppression and his advocacy for justice.":1,"#Happy Birthday, Kuzaliwa, to El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, also known as Malcolm X.":1,"#May 19, 2021":1,"#Malcolm X was made a martyr for holding a strong belief that capitalism, the governments that advance its worst abuses and highest levels of exploitation, and the entities that benefit from and proliferate its strength continue to work in tandem with white supremacy, imperialism, and globalization to take and oppress as much as they can. The result of this multi-pronged system of oppression is the continued injustice against the people of the global majority — Black, Indigenous, and people of color.":1,"#Remembering Malcolm X and his legacy - Corporate Accountability":1,"#Remembering Malcolm X and his legacy":1,"#Photo credit: pingnews.com on Flickr (<a ljsid-1=\"\">link</a>).":1,"#Born on May 19, 1925, Malcolm X remains a powerful figure in the history of the U.S. and the global struggle for Black liberation. Of his many insightful critiques of the systems of white supremacy and racism, he continues to be recognized for his anti-capitalist and anti-imperialist views in service of his advocacy for justice globally. While Malcolm X was viewed as ‘radical’ for all of his teachings then, it’s important to remember and reflect on what continues to make him relevant to so many people today.":1,"#A black and white photo of Malcolm X resting his head against his hand.":1,"#Despite his productive, complex, and nuanced life, Malcolm X’s reputation has been increasingly white-washed, simplified, and sanitized.":1,"#Early on, he opposed the war in Vietnam, became a leading figure for Black nationalism, and continuously shone a light on the roots of the problems. Many of Malcolm’s best moments are the ones where he refused to answer the questions that were being asked, instead choosing to tell the story of the Black peoples’ victimization, oppression, and what should be done to lift the foot off the neck of Black people.":1,"#Malcolm’s analysis and understanding of class and race came from his life experiences. His leadership in and relationship with the Nation of Islam shaped him as well. Malcolm X was a moral and authentic leader who spoke to the needs, interests, and concerns of Black people in strong and forceful terms. As Ossie Davis said at Malcolm X’s funeral, “a Prince — our own Black shining Prince! –,” Malcolm’s message was powerful for Black people.":1,"#Making Malcolm mainstream cuts away his rough edges and poignant critiques of the very system that aims to swallow the entire human and civil rights movement whole. But Malcolm’s thinking is as sharp and relevant today as it was in the Sixties.":1,"#Because of his positions and work, Malcolm X was well-known and exposed how systemic racism works in America. He understood that capitalism, white supremacy, and imperialism were integral to the ‘divide and conquer’ strategy that prevented people of the global majority from organizing across identities. Following his 1964 pilgrimage to Mecca, Malcolm embraced direct action and other methods of engagement to uplift and advance the demands of Black people, for human rights.":1,"#This piece was co-authored by <a ljsid-1=\"\">Akili</a>, project coordinator, and Michél Legendre, former director of tobacco campaign.":1,"#Tambores de Siloe":1,"#ACT NOW!":1,"#Demand elected officials condemn the occupation of Venezuela & our cities":1,"#Fondo Bosques Tropicales para Siempre (Tropical Forests Forever Fund, TFFF)":1,"#Michél Legendre Consulting<br ljsid-1=\"\">Social Movement Leader & Organizer":1,"#Fergus Marshall<span ljsid-1=\"\">|</span>Monthly Donor & Climate Activist":1,"#After our research term learned about a water privatization threat in the city of Houston, which would have impacted 1 million people for up to 20 years, we organized with grassroots groups on the ground to build opposition against the contract. A year later, the <a ljsid-1=\"\">Houston’s city officials to canceled it’s plans to privatize</a>.":1,"#<span ljsid-1=\"\">FY 2024</span><br ljsid-2=\"\">Program expenses by campaign":1,"#Tagalog or Filipino":1,"#Thanks for your support.":1,"#Report: Partnership for an unhealthy planet - Corporate Accountability":1,"#Political interference by food and beverage transnationals like Coca-Cola, McDonald’s, Nestlé, and PepsiCo is pervasive. This report dives into how these corporations have leveraged the International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI) to cripple progress on nutrition policy across the globe.":1,"#This report dives into how these corporations have leverage the International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI) -- to crippled progress on nutrition policy across the globe.":1,"#Explore the Black Collective’s framework!":1,"#The latest: Flint residents’ case against Veolia ends in settlement":1,"#The story of Veolia in Flint":1,"#The story of Veolia in Flint: From alleged corporate abuse to a $53 million settlement - Corporate Accountability":1,"#In the years since, Veolia has poured money into dubious <a ljsid-1=\"\">PR</a> <a ljsid-3=\"\">efforts</a> to distort and distract from the accusations related to its role in the crisis.":1,"#Veolia was brought in early during the crisis to assess Flint’s water system and failed to sound the alarm. After internally <a ljsid-1=\"\">discussing</a> the potential for lead contamination over email (which Corporate Accountability helped bring to light by digging through troves of court documents), Veolia <a ljsid-3=\"\">told Flint residents their water was safe</a> to drink. All the while, Veolia <a ljsid-5=\"\">chased other lucrative contracts</a> with the city.":1,"#To this day, Flint lacks <a ljsid-1=\"\">reliable access to clean, drinking water</a> – and a <a ljsid-3=\"\">majority of residents</a> still haven’t seen a penny of compensation from the legal settlements. Flint residents are still dealing with the long-term health impacts of the water contamination. Studies show that children who were exposed to lead during the crisis are more likely to <a ljsid-5=\"\">experience learning delays</a>. In general, lead exposure is also linked to the potential for <a ljsid-7=\"\">early on-set dementia</a> and <a ljsid-9=\"\">higher risk of death from cardiovascular disease</a>.":1,"#On April 25, 2014, Flint’s state-appointed emergency manager <a ljsid-1=\"\">allowed</a> the switch of Flint’s water supply, which occurred <a ljsid-3=\"\">without treating the water to protect it from pipe corrosion</a>. What followed was a series of government failures and corporate abuse that exacerbated this public health and human rights disaster.":1,"#Flint’s water crisis: What happened and what role did Veolia play?":1,"#As our Water Campaign Director, Neil Gupta, <a ljsid-1=\"\">shared with reporters</a> after Veolia’s settlement announcement, “With billionaire CEOs at the highest levels of government, it’s more important than ever that we safeguard our most precious resource, and keep our communities’ water under community control.”":1,"#Together, we can stop corporate abuse, keep our water systems under community control, and ensure that public dollars go directly towards fixing the issues that plague our water systems – addressing leaky pipes, keeping lead out of our water, and making rates affordable.":1,"#And it really is possible. Last year, we and our allies in Houston <a ljsid-1=\"\">stopped a major water privatization threat</a> by mobilizing a group of residents, environmental activists, and labor leaders, who called attention to the dangerous track record of the private water industry and voiced opposition to these plans at City Council. And by building powerful coalitions, public water advocates have won similar victories in cities across the U.S. like <a ljsid-3=\"\">Providence</a>, <a ljsid-5=\"\">St. Louis</a>, and <a ljsid-7=\"\">Baltimore</a>, and around the world like <a ljsid-9=\"\">Lagos</a>.":1,"#Yesterday, Veolia, the world’s largest private water corporation, held its annual shareholders’ meeting in Paris, celebrating its profit-making schemes that generated billions of euros in 2024. But of all the stories they shared in this meeting, there’s one that Veolia failed to include: that today marks the eleventh year since the start of the Flint water crisis. And while Veolia recently announced a settlement with residents, it still refused any legal admission of wrongdoing in Flint.":1,"#Third, we cannot allow Veolia to sweep its abuses under the rug. People and public officials need to know about the dangers of doing business with Veolia and other private water corporations. By taking action together, we can take on corporate giants and win.":1,"#Provide comprehensive healthcare and educational services for all those from the community.":1,"#Replace all damaged water service lines using Flint workers; and":1,"#Refund all bills residents paid since April 2014 till the water is deemed safe;":1,"#Second, we must listen to and mobilize to meet the needs of Flint residents. While Michigan has failed to meaningfully hold any of the <a ljsid-1=\"\">government actors</a>, such as Former Governor Rick Snyder, or <a ljsid-3=\"\">corporations</a> legally accountable for their role in the crisis, the state can take steps to rectify its mistakes by addressing community needs, including Flint Rising’s <a ljsid-5=\"\">three demands</a> to the state of Michigan:":1,"#First, Flint residents must receive their settlement funds swiftly so they can get the resources they need to deal with the impacts of the crisis. A vast <a ljsid-1=\"\">majority</a> still haven’t received a penny of settlement funds so far, including from the state of Michigan’s landmark $626 million settlement with residents. Recent reporting <a ljsid-3=\"\">suggests</a> that most residents will receive settlement checks this summer – over eleven years since the start of the crisis – with the highest payments going to child claimants who were aged 6 or under during the crisis and susceptible to developmental delays due to lead exposure.":1,"#Despite the limited progress, Flint residents march forward on their struggle for justice. And together, we must ensure the following:":1,"#Moving forward: Holding the private water industry accountable and preventing future harm":1,"#Across the globe, Veolia’s dangerous schemes have risked public access to clean and affordable water, one of our most essential resources. This story rings familiar for far too many. It is no coincidence that private water corporations often <a ljsid-1=\"\">target cash-strapped cities</a> to privatize water systems. And while private water corporations line their coffers with public dollars, all too often, communities pay the price through <a ljsid-3=\"\">unaffordable water bills, job losses, and poorer quality service</a>.":1,"#<strong ljsid-0=\"\">Plymouth, MA:</strong> Under Veolia’s operation of the city’s wastewater treatment system, over <a ljsid-2=\"\">10 million gallons of raw untreated sewage</a> discharged in areas around Plymouth between December 2015 and January 2016.":1,"#Every person should have reliable access to safe, clean drinking water. But this is far from reality for too many across the globe due in large part to aging infrastructure, lack of public investment, and unchecked corporate greed.":1,"#<strong ljsid-0=\"\">Gabon:</strong> A typhoid outbreak occurred <a ljsid-2=\"\">in 2004</a>, during the time <a ljsid-4=\"\">a Veolia subsidiary</a> managed the water utility. Government officials also <a ljsid-6=\"\">alleged</a> “widespread supply cuts, bill irregularities, environmental hazards, and unkept commitments” under Veolia’s management, and ultimately the State decided to discontinue its contract with the Veolia-controlled utility.":1,"#<strong ljsid-0=\"\">Pittsburgh, PA:</strong> Under Veolia’s management, the city’s water authority <a ljsid-2=\"\">switched a corrosion control chemical</a> to a cheaper alternative, without the required state approval, and miscalculation related to chemicals used potentially led to a crisis that soon followed.":1,"#In recent years, Veolia has faced lawsuits in <a ljsid-1=\"\">Buffalo</a>, where residents sued the corporation and the city for violating constitutional rights by depriving customers of fluoridated drinking water, and in <a ljsid-3=\"\">Southwest San Diego County</a>, where residents sued Veolia for alleged improper wastewater treatment. But some of the worst cases include:":1,"#The particular dynamics of Flint’s story are unique to the city, but its experience of the private water industry is not unusual. In fact, other communities in the U.S. and around the world have similarly faced the dangerous consequences of private water schemes.":1,"#Veolia’s track record: Private water schemes impact communities from Pittsburgh to Gabon":1,"#And Nayyirah’s right: the financial compensation does not make up for Veolia’s failure to sound the alarm about Flint’s water. Though the settlement amount may seem significant, Veolia is actually paying a meager amount – only about 0.1% of the <a ljsid-1=\"\">nearly $50 billion</a> in revenue that it raked from its business across the globe last year. Without accounting for attorneys’ fees, this settlement would amount to about $2,000 per claimant from the corporation. Veolia also refused any legal admission of wrongdoing, noting in a press release that “[t]his final settlement is in no way an admission of responsibility…” This means there’s hardly anything barring it from doing the same to other communities.":1,"#Reflecting on the outcome of the lawsuits, Nayyirah Shariff, Executive Director of Flint Rising, <a ljsid-1=\"\">put it succinctly</a>: “The fact that our community members could force Veolia to settle is a testament to their determination and the strength of their case. However, this settlement cannot undo Veolia’s abuses in Flint.”":1,"#For years, Flint residents have sued the <a ljsid-1=\"\">government</a> and <a ljsid-3=\"\">corporate</a> actors that played a role in this crisis. And Flint Rising, a local grassroots group, has called for <a ljsid-5=\"\">federal action</a> to advocate for infrastructure funding and updated environmental regulations, organized in solidarity with other <a ljsid-7=\"\">communities</a> facing water injustices, and connected the dots between Veolia’s actions in Flint to <a ljsid-9=\"\">Pittsburgh</a>, <a ljsid-11=\"\">Nigeria</a>, and beyond.":1,"#But what does this mean for Flint residents and other communities impacted by Veolia?":1,"#Eleven years on, the legal battles have started to come to a close. In February 2025, Veolia announced a <a ljsid-1=\"\">settlement</a> with about 26,000 Flint residents for $53 million. In exchange, the state agreed to drop its separate case against Veolia.":1,"#Shanda Quintal":1,"#Evelyn Fox Keller":1,"#Gio Notarbartolo":1,"#Fergus Marshall":1,"#Leonce Sessou":1,"#Jax Bongon":1,"#Not in <span ljsid-1=\"\">FR</span>?":1,"#By email:":1,"#We always welcome questions and feedback from our members and the public. To best answer your inquiries and requests we provide a variety of ways to contact us.":1,"#Contact us - Corporate Accountability":1,"#Toll Free: +1 800-688-8797":1,"#By Telephone:":1,"#Office: +1 617-695-2525":1,"#By Fax:":1,"#By Mail:":1,"#Your Data Access Level":1,"#Bing (Universal Event Tracking)":1,"#DoubleClick by Google":1,"#Cookie Compliance":1,"#November 4, 2025":1,"#Suecia":1,"#\"I practice social justice wherever I go–when I'm in the grocery store, performing, or when I'm teaching children's acting classes,\" says Shanda Quintal. She believes everything in the world is connected and rejects the dominant corporate paradigm of individualism, consumerism, and separation from one another. \"When you make that mental paradigm shift, you will see that this idea of separation got us into the mess that we're in.\" And this separation, she believes, is what enables corporations to profit from natural resources and sell products that endanger our lives and the planet.":1,"#Facilitator and actor":1,"#\"She admired the way that Corporate Accountability upholds the least powerful sectors of society against the most powerful interests\", Sarah says. \"The mission of challenging and exposing corporations is one she was so proud to support.\"":1,"#Evelyn's support and legacy continues to shape Corporate Accountability and fuel our campaigns to expose and challenge corporate abuse.":1,"#\"She had a passion for intellectual change and questioning. And her way of questioning can help us to see through the so-called truths that our government and systems are run on today, and the myths that corporations feed us to set us against each other,\" her daughter Sarah shared.":1,"#As one of the few women to earn a Ph.D. in physics from Harvard University in 1963, she experienced harassment and exclusion. Instead of leaving the field altogether, she expanded her research and teaching into gender studies. She harnessed her perspective and experiences to challenge the binary objective mentality so prevalent in science and to build new structures for scientific discovery.":1,"#Evelyn, who passed away last year at age 87, had a long and storied career in physics and mathematical biology. She taught in universities around the U.S. and most recently served as Professor Emerita at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.":1,"#In partnership with her son, Jeff Keller, Evelyn helped to advance Corporate Accountability's work—from exposing the fossil fuel industry's influence at the U.N. climate treaty meetings to working alongside communities to protect public water.":1,"#Evelyn got her first taste of activism in high school and college, organizing in support of progressive political candidates in New York City. Over time, her passion for political transformation evolved and expanded into a passion for addressing the climate crisis.":1,"#Annual Report 2024":1,"#This year, we honor the memory of Evelyn Fox Keller: scholar, activist, and committed member of the Corporate Accountability community.":1,"#Member | In Memorium (1936-2023)":1,"#Corporate Accountability's campaigns are fueled by you: people who reject out-of-control corporate power, resist corporations' attempts to profit from basic human needs, and act on the belief that together, we can build a better world. Below we highlight a few of the people in our community who have given their time, resources, and energy to make our collective impact possible.":1,"#Building power one conversation at a time":1,"#People power is Corporate Accountability's greatest strength. By coming together and taking action as a collective, we're able to accomplish far more than we could alone. Read on to celebrate all of the people around the world who play a part in the movement to stop corporate abuse.":1,"#The people powering our campaigns for the long-haul":1,"#Gio Notarbartolo<span ljsid-1=\"\">|</span>Head of Impact and Philanthropy, PFC Family Office":1,"#For over 40 years, Corporate Accountability has been tirelessly working to compel some of the most powerful multinational corporations to stop their abusive practices, bringing about transformative change for people and the planet. We are proud to partner with them to create a more just and equitable world.":1,"#Thank you to everyone who has moved resources toward this fund this year!":1,"#The Movement Solidarity Fund grants resources to our longtime movement partners, who are some of the most effective and courageous campaigners around the globe that are achieving powerful victories on water, climate, and racial justice issues. We also provide one-time grants that enable organizations to complete specific projects, such as community events, public actions, and media briefings. With your support, movement builders from all over the world, with diverse skills and knowledge, come together to stop corporations from destroying the planet and our lives.":1,"#That's one of the reasons we created the Movement Solidarity Fund—to raise resources for our partners challenging the worst kinds of corporate abuse, extraction, and exploitation in their communities. We're prioritizing abundance and the collective good over the scarcity mentality.":1,"#For nearly 50 years, we've made an impact organizing to win alongside organizations across the globe—from stopping water privatization and curbing the influence of Big Tobacco and Big Polluters in global policy, to advancing reparations. And these decades of experience demonstrate that the movement is strongest when we are united.":1,"#Supporting movement leaders around the world":1,"#For a decade, Flint residents have demanded justice for a water crisis they did nothing to cause. And for years, we've partnered with grassroots organization Flint Rising to expose private water giant Veolia's role, having failed to sound the alarm and telling the city its water was safe. This year, in solidarity with Flint, we and our allies organized events in Boston, New Orleans, and Pittsburgh to mark the 10th anniversary of the crisis and connect the dots between systemic racism, corporate abuse, and water injustice. We also mobilized people to flood Veolia's phone lines, demanding it take full accountability and pay what it owes.":1,"#Mobilizing across the U.S. for safe water and justice in Flint":1,"#Corporate Accountability's water campaign director Neil Gupta led staff and members in a chant outside of Veolia's North America headquarters in Boston. Photo Credit: Binita Mandalia.":1},"version":7885}]