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Today we ask that you vote IN FAVOR of this Item 11 to produce an annual congruency analysis assessing the alignment between Wells Fargo’s stated values and political contributions around race, gender, and beyond. This is the very first step toward walking this walk.":1,"#Wells Fargo continues to <a ljsid-1=\"\">invest</a> in the expansion and increased militarization of police departments, through supporting organizations called police foundations. Today, a staff member of Wells Fargo serves on the <a ljsid-3=\"\">board of trustees</a> of the Atlanta Police Foundation, which has been claimed to be <a ljsid-5=\"\">funding</a> the controversial police training facility dubbed “Cop City,” which would increase the policing of Black and Brown communities while disrupting an urban forest in Atlanta, and which the community and nation have loudly voiced their opposition to. We see Wells Fargo’s presence on the board of trustees as its potential support for Cop City. Is it so? If so, then it seems contradictory to the <a ljsid-7=\"\">stated values</a> of the corporation!":1,"#In a leaked transparency report about Wells Fargo’s PAC, it <a ljsid-1=\"\">stated</a> it aims to support candidates who “are willing to work in a bipartisan manner… and support diversity, equity, and inclusion.” Immediately after January 6, 2021, Brian Smith, the head of Government Relations and Public Policy for Wells Fargo, stated the PAC would take into consideration the actions of elected officials who objected to the Electoral College vote during this critical period in our democracy.” <a ljsid-3=\"\">Wells Fargo’s own report of its PAC spending</a> for 2023 shows that it <strong ljsid-5=\"\">continues</strong> to <a ljsid-7=\"\">donate to members of Congress who voted <strong ljsid-7-1=\"\">against</strong> certifying the Electoral College</a>.":1,"#And with regard to its political spending, we see notable discrepancy between what Wells Fargo “says” to what it actually “does.”":1,"#These actions speak louder than any stated values–and it seems like Wells Fargo has only continued to profit from Black communities. Their history leaves little room for trust.":1,"#As I speak, the corporation is seeking more time to respond to another <a ljsid-1=\"\">national lawsuit</a> alleging racial discrimination in the bank’s mortgage lending practices against Black, Hispanic, and Asian American homebuyers —a lawsuit that could potentially involve up to 750,000 class members. The Consumer Federal Protection Bureau found “<a ljsid-3=\"\">statistically significant disparities</a>” in the rates in which Black and female borrowers got fewer pricing exceptions compared with other customers.":1,"#More recently, the bank has been accused of perpetrating race and gender inequity in its business and <a ljsid-1=\"\">political</a> spending. In 2011, Wells Fargo became the <a ljsid-3=\"\">second largest investor in GEO Group, a leading private prison corporation, with 4.3 million shares</a>, profiting off of the disproportionate number of Black people incarcerated in the U.S. That same year, <a ljsid-5=\"\">Wells Fargo agreed</a> to pay $175 million to settle allegations that it discriminated against more than 30,000 Black and Hispanic borrowers.":1,"#From past to present, Wells Fargo’s history leaves little room for investors to trust on faith in its political values alignment on race, especially focused on communities of color, and specifically, Black communities. Wells Fargo, through its acquisition of Wachovia, built wealth through institutions using <a ljsid-1=\"\">slaves as collateral</a> and business using <a ljsid-3=\"\">convict labor</a>.":1,"#Good morning. Thank you for this opportunity to introduce Item 11 on behalf of Harrington Investments, regarding the congruency of Wells Fargo’s stated policies and its political spending. My name is Ann-Michelle Roberts and I am with Corporate Accountability.":1,"#The following statement was delivered by Ann-Michelle Roberts, associate director of equity and major gifts and the Black Collective program director, at the Wells Fargo annual shareholders meeting. <a ljsid-1=\"\">See page 143 for the resolution</a> we are asking shareholders to support:":1,"#4a04e03a-62f8-4f9f-9146-1a4c9823ca66":1,"#Not in <span ljsid-1=\"\">OM</span>?":1,"#de la OMS.":1,"#Set de herramientas de responsabilidad jurídica del artículo 19 del":1,"#“.":1,"#Boletín FCA, COP8: “":1,"#Boletín FCA, COP7: “":1,"#por":1,"#Control del tabaco: “La ITGA de la industria tabacalera lucha contra la aplicación del CMCT en las negociaciones con":1,"#Pueden elegir utilizarlo como modelo. (Descargue el documento y desplácese a la página 6).":1,"#. (Desplácese hasta los anexos 5, 6 o 7 para obtener el formulario de declaración de intereses para los observadores, los medios de comunicación y el público en general).":1,"#Texto completo decisiones “maximización de la transparencia”:":1,"#. Se insta a las Partes a seguir apoyando a la Secretaría en el cumplimiento de su mandato de las anteriores COP con respecto a crear herramientas y recursos para el desarrollo del Artículo 19, y asegurarse de que se encuentre en la agenda de la COP10.":1,"#Las Partes, la Secretaría, y los expertos han creado una herramienta práctica en línea o “toolkit” que proporciona orientación a las Partes para implementar el Artículo 19":1,"#Durante mucho tiempo la industria tabacalera ha utilizado amenazas legales para intimidar a los gobiernos con el fin de que renuncien a la aplicación de las medidas más audaces del tratado.":1,"#utilizados durante las reuniones del CMCT de la OMS.":1,"#Por supuesto que estas estrategias de injerencia no son nuevas.":1,"#; así así como el":1,"#Durante la pandemia detonada por la COVID-19, la interferencia de la industria tabacalera en las políticas de salud pública alrededor del mundo ha persistido. Para obtener más información, consulte:":1,"#detallado en el que se exponen algunas de las tácticas de la industria tabacalera en la COP7. (Estas revelaciones han ayudado a que las Partes tomaran medidas decisivas a través de promover la “maximización de la transparencia” en las decisiones en la COP8 y MOP1). Todos los asistentes a las negociaciones –Partes, observadores, medios de comunicación y público en general—pueden conocer mejor las tácticas que utilizó esta industria al consultar el reportaje":1,"#Del mismo modo en 2017, Reuters publicó un":1,"#revela cómo British American Tobacco (BAT) se involucró en un esquema sistemático de pagos cuestionables en 10 países africanos, con el aparente objetivo de interferir en las delegaciones del CMCT de la OMS y estancar el progreso en la implementación del tratado.":1,"#De hecho,":1,"#La industria tabacalera tiene un gran y bien documentado historial de cómo ha sido su injerencia en las políticas de salud pública alrededor del mundo para conservar sus beneficios –":1,"#Pueden encontrar el texto completo de las decisiones de “maximización de la transparencia”, aquí:":1,"#También, debido al fuerte precedente que sientan estas decisiones, más de 120 organizaciones de salud pública alrededor del mundo se han reunido para instar a las Partes del CMCT de la OMS a implementar plenamente estas decisiones antes de las COP9/ MOP2.":1,"#descargue nuestra guía de una página":1,"#Para más información acerca de la importancia y la naturaleza innovadora de las decisiones de “maximización de la transparencia,":1,"#. Las Partes decidieron, además, pedir a las delegaciones gubernamentales cuando designen a sus representantes declaren que han observado el artículo 5.3 del CMCT de la OMS y sus Directrices de aplicación.":1,"#En la COP8 y la MOP1 las Partes decidieron aumentar la transparencia en las negociaciones y proteger el tratado de la injerencia de la industria tabacalera. Esto se realizó al exigir a las organizaciones observadoras, los medios de comunicación y el público en general que presentaran":1,"#The WATER Act is a bold bill that would advance water justice across the U.S., reinvigorate our public water systems, and promote democratic, community control.":1,"#Learn more about The WATER Act, a bold bill Congress is that would advance water justice across the U.S., reinvigorate our public water systems, and promote democratic, community control.":1,"#Support The WATER Act":1,"#The WATER Act is a bold bill Congress is that would advance water justice across the U.S., reinvigorate our public water systems, and promote democratic, community control.":1,"#The WATER Act: Invest in water, jobs, health, and our economy - Corporate Accountability":1,"#Lueman Carlson, Water Pipes, The WATER Act":1,"#Photo credit: Lueman Carlson on Unsplash":1,"#Now’s the time for the water affordability, transparency, equity, and reliability (WATER) Act. As federal funding for water infrastructure has declined precipitously over the past 40 years, our drinking water systems – and people—are paying the price. This document digs into The WATER Act, a solution to reinvest in our public water infrastructure, create good jobs, and access to our human right to water across the U.S.":1,"#<em ljsid-0=\"\">Did you mean</em> jackson_webb93@proton.de<em ljsid-2=\"\">?</em>":1,"#<em ljsid-0=\"\">Did you mean</em> brian_brown85@proton.de<em ljsid-2=\"\">?</em>":1,"#“Globally, data compiled by Corporate Accountability found that more than 47 million offsets that were retired in 2024 from 43 ...":1,"#1e5eacdd-017e-4b55-99ed-0e875bf9d7d5":1,"#ad64ea51-6eb5-446f-8c10-3be50bd5e59d":1,"#2253ad5e-06f0-4983-8450-99f43da1e412":1,"#Infographic: Make Big Tobacco pay - Corporate Accountability":1,"#Download the infographic above.":1,"#Every year, Big Tobacco’s externalized costs amount to hundreds of billions of dollars. Why do we continue to pick up the tab?":1,"#This is the English version of the executive summary of the full Spanish report, which dives into the impact of the advertising of tobacco products and its derivatives surrounding schools and other places of interest for children and adolescents. Developed in collaboration with Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids and Educar Consumidores. Read the full report in Spanish.":1,"#May 30, 2022":1,"#A silent revolution is underway at the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Corporations are being given increasing influence at the expense of states, small scale food producers, Indigenous Peoples and civil society. This process threatens the democratic governance of our food systems. In a new report, Corporate Capture of FAO: Industry’s Deepening Influence on Global Food Governance , FIAN International and Corporate Accountability outline the extent of corporate engagement in the FAO and its negative impacts on global decision-making at a time of worsening food crisis.":1,"#September 5, 2022":1,"#October 20, 2022":1,"#October 25, 2022":1,"#Un nouveau rapport analyse les liens étroits entre l'industrie polluante et les initiatives mondiales en faveur du « zéro émission nette ».":1,"#Conflits d’intérêts et crédibilité":1,"#November 15, 2022":1,"#Article 19: Catapulting progress on tobacco control - Corporate Accountability":1,"#en español":1,"#This fact sheet provides information on the Article 19’s potential and recommendations for Parties to advance implementation at COP10.":1,"#For too long, the tobacco industry has used legal threats to intimidate governments into abandoning implementation of the treaty’s boldest measures. Now it’s time to shift the burden of tobacco onto the industry, compel it to respect the rules of law, and make it pay for the harms caused by its products. Article 19 of the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) is a powerful provision that parties can use to hold the tobacco industry liable for its abuses.":1,"#Novas descobertas examinam a natureza problemática dos maiores projetos de compensação de carbono sediados no Brasil, país anfitrião da recente ...":1,"#INFORMATIVO: Mais de 70% dos créditos de carbono recentemente aposentados no Brasil são problemáticos":1,"#Not in <span ljsid-1=\"\">BG</span>?":1,"#El nuevo informe \"¿Construidos para fracasar? Es improbable que los proyectos de compensación de carbono más grandes del mundo logren las reducciones de emisiones prometidas a pesar de las reformas en curso\" revela que, en 2024, el VCM 2.0 parecía estar saturado con un gran volumen de proyectos y compensaciones que no se podía confiar en que lograran las reducciones de emisiones prometidas. Nos referimos a este tipo de proyectos y compensaciones como \"problemáticos\". En concreto, la investigación concluye que:<br ljsid-1=\"\"> More than 47.7 million problematic offsets credits were retired through 43 of the world’s largest projects in 2024.":1,"#Nuevos hallazgos examinan la naturaleza problemática de los mayores proyectos de compensación de carbono basados en Brasil, país anfitrión de ...":1,"#March 6, 2026":1,"#”.":1,"#It’s about <em ljsid-1=\"\">todo</em> of it.":1,"#Similar stories played out <a ljsid-1=\"\">elsewhere in the future U.S.</a> y <a ljsid-3=\"\">around the world</a>. Many colonial projects were in fact groups of investors with monopolistic charters that prioritized, above all, returning profits to shareholders back home. The Virginia Company was <a ljsid-5=\"\">dissolved</a> in 1624 and the colony’s administration turned over to the British Crown, and, later, an elected assembly. But it’s no exaggeration to say that what we know as the United States today began as a corporate profit-seeking project.":1,"#, que se llevará a cabo del 15 al 18 de noviembre de 2021.":1,"#Segunda Reunión de las Partes (MOP2) del Protocolo para la eliminación del Comercio Ilícito de Productos de Tabaco (El Protocolo)":1,"#, que tendrá lugar del 8 al 13 de noviembre de 2021; y la":1,"#Novena Conferencia de las Partes (COP9) del Convenio Marco para el Control del Tabaco de la Organización Mundial de la Salud (CMCT de la OMS)":1,"#Art19Liability@CorporateAccountability.org":1,"#Aquí encontrarán una gran variedad de recursos sobre temas relacionados con la":1,"#COP9@CorporateAccountability.org":1,"#Para más información o apoyo, por favor, escriba a":1,"#CMCT":1,"#Responsabilidad jurídica de la industria tabacalera en la época de la COVID-19":1,"#, incluyendo el mandato de la Secretaría.":1,"#la decisión del Artículo 19":1,"#Texto completo de":1,"#Lobos con piel de oveja: la necesidad de transparencia en las delegaciones":1,"#La industria tabacalera y los grupos fachada aumentan su propaganda para la COP7":1,"#miembros del público o de los medios de comunicación":1,"#Más sobre los intentos de la industria para infiltrarse en las reuniones del CMCT de la OMS haciéndose pasar":1,"#en apoyo a la implementación de las decisiones de “maximización la transparencia”.":1,"#Carta de organizaciones de la sociedad civil":1,"#Muestra de un modelo de declaración de intereses de las Partes.":1,"#y muchos más pueden hacerlo. Si está interesado en promover la responsabilidad jurídica en su país y necesita apoyo, póngase en contacto con":1,"#los gobiernos alrededor del mundo han emprendido litigios, con éxito, contra la industria tabacalera,":1,"#Mientras tanto, los gobiernos, a todos los niveles, pueden utilizar la herramienta práctica en línea o “toolkit” y otros recursos para empezar a implementar el Artículo 19 y hacer que la industria tabacalera asuma su responsabilidad jurídica a nivel global. De hecho,":1,"#Es momento de trasladar los impactos negativos y letales del consumo de los productos de tabaco a la industria, obligarla a respetar el Estado de derecho y hacerla pagar por los daños que han ocasionado sus productos.":1,"#así como a la Secretaría del CMCT de la OMS.":1,"#Corporate Accountability y nuestros aliados estarán monitoreando los intentos que realice la industria tabacalera por intervenir durante las negociaciones que se realicen en la COP9 y la MOP2. Y estarán atentos en caso de advertir que existe alguna posibilidad de injerencia antes o durante estas reuniones. Si conoce o presencia algún intento de la industria tabacalera por intervenir antes o durante estas reuniones, por favor, escriba a":1,"#Lea más sobre el uso de los grupos de fachada por parte de las grandes tabacaleras":1,"#Índice Regional de Interferencia de la Industria Tabacalera en América Latina 2020":1,"#el índice Global de Interferencia de la Industria Tabacalera 2020":1,"#reportaje":1,"#una investigación publicada recientemente":1,"#incluida la infiltración en las reuniones del CMCT de la OMS interfiriendo con las delegaciones":1,"#Para más información o apoyo, por favor, escriba a <a ljsid-1=\"\"><span ljsid-1-0=\"\">[email protected]</span></a>.":1,"#final (anexos 5, 6 y 7) incluye los formularios para los observadores, los medios de comunicación y el público.":1,"#el texto de la decisión":1,"#, en caso de que decidan utilizar este formato. (Descargue el documento y desplácese hasta la página 6). Por favor, considere que":1,"#Las Partes pueden encontrar un ejemplo de formulario de declaración de intereses":1,"#Descargue, tanto la carta a las Partes, como la lista de firmantes, aquí.":1,"#formularios de declaración de intereses":1,"#Mientras tanto, los gobiernos, a todos los niveles, pueden utilizar la herramienta práctica en línea o “toolkit” y otros recursos para empezar a implementar el Artículo 19 y hacer que la industria tabacalera asuma su responsabilidad jurídica a nivel global. De hecho, <a ljsid-1=\"\">los gobiernos alrededor del mundo han emprendido litigios, con éxito, contra la industria tabacalera,</a> y muchos más pueden hacerlo. Si está interesado en promover la responsabilidad jurídica en su país y necesita apoyo, póngase en contacto con <a ljsid-3=\"\">[email protected]</a>":1,"#Corporate Accountability y nuestros aliados estarán monitoreando los intentos que realice la industria tabacalera por intervenir durante las negociaciones que se realicen en la COP9 y la MOP2. Y estarán atentos en caso de advertir que existe alguna posibilidad de injerencia antes o durante estas reuniones. Si conoce o presencia algún intento de la industria tabacalera por intervenir antes o durante estas reuniones, por favor, escriba a <a ljsid-1=\"\"><span ljsid-1-0=\"\">[email protected]</span></a> así como a la Secretaría del CMCT de la OMS.":1,"#Learn more about the evasive claims these corporations are making around their plastic footprint by clicking the download link above. You can also get a full picture of how Cola-Cola, PepsiCo, and McDonald’s leverage SDGs to help position themselves as part of the solution to crises they are accused of exacerbating in the fact file “":1,"#The problematic promises on plastic - Corporate Accountability":1,"#Learn more about the evasive claims these corporations are making around their plastic footprint by clicking the download link above. You can also get a full picture of how Cola-Cola, PepsiCo, and McDonald’s leverage SDGs to help position themselves as part of the solution to crises they are accused of exacerbating in the fact file “<a ljsid-1=\"\">Big Food’s Big Black Box</a>.”":1,"#This section of Big Food’s Big Black Box takes a closer look at how Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, McDonald’s–some of the world’s biggest producers of plastics pollution–use the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to greenwash and sugarcoat progress on plastic pollution and related global crises.":1,"#Executive Director Patti Lynn is in conversation with Ashka Naik, research director at Corporate Accountability.":1,"#Field notes for transformation: Summer 2022":1,"#Learn more about the evasive claims these corporations are making around their plastic footprint by clicking the download link above. You can also get a full picture of how Cola-Cola, PepsiCo, and McDonald’s leverage SDGs to help position themselves as part of the solution to crises they are accused of exacerbating in the fact file “<a ljsid-1=\"\">La gran caja negra de las grandes empresas alimentarias</a>.”":1,"#Wells Fargo’s history and current political spending suggests a notable discrepancy between what it says and what it does.":1,"#Senior Latin America Policy Organizer Daniel Dorado speaking on Article 19.":1,"#FRANÇAIS: GLOSSAIRE DE LA JUSTICE CLIMATIQUE":1,"#Spotlight Newsletter: Issue 1, 2023":1,"#December 2, 2022":1,"#January 24, 2023":1,"#The latest updates for our campaigning to challenge corporate abuse.":1,"#“Our allies are the protagonists of the work.” Executive Director Patti Lynn and Latin America Climate Campaign Director Nathalie Rengifo Alvarez discuss mobilizing power and resources behind the vision of Global South organizers.":1,"#November 16, 2022":1,"#Field notes for transformation: Spring 2023":1,"#ACT NOW!":1,"#corporateaccountability.org":1,"#Or perhaps it’s <a ljsid-1=\"\">Citizens United v. FEC</a>, the notorious Supreme Court decision in which the justices ruled 5 – 4 that spending money is a form of speech and that corporations can’t be limited in “independent” political spending—meaning corporations can spend unlimited amounts of money to influence elections.":1,"#Perhaps it’s the moment in 2017 when Trump chose the CEO of ExxonMobil as his Secretary of State, all but saying the quiet part out loud: that the U.S. government <a ljsid-1=\"\">prioritizes Big Oil’s interests</a> over all others abroad.":1,"#Perhaps it’s the <a ljsid-1=\"\">Koch Brothers</a> and their shadowy network of well-funded, pro-corporate, anti-democracy think tanks and PACs.":1,"#The corporate takeover of the U.S. government is not the sudden, and It's not about any one politician or billionaire.":1,"#Robbers in the (White) House: A brief, outrageous, and true history of corporations & U.S. democracy - Corporate Accountability":1,"#When you think about the corporate takeover of democracy, what comes to mind first?":1,"#To win, it’s going to take all of us. If you’re ready to join in, you can sign up for the <a ljsid-1=\"\">People Over Profit Corps</a>.":1,"#Right now in the U.S., people are rising for freedom, uniting to oppose dangerous corporations and the government that they’ve bought and paid for. And at Corporate Accountability, we’ve got an almost fifty-year track record of challenging corporate power—and winning.":1,"#There’s no doubt we’ve reached a new high-water mark for corporate power in the U.S. But tides that come in go back out. We can make sure that future history books describe this as the moment when corporate power peaked—then collapsed.":1,"#Now, Musk’s time behind the president’s desk—whether literal or figurative—seems to be <a ljsid-1=\"\">coming to a close</a>. Make no mistake: feud or no feud, this is the result of organizing, and it’s a huge <a ljsid-3=\"\">people-powered victory</a>. There can be many more to come.":1,"#Now is the time for everyone who values liberty and justice to unite and fiercely defend all our freedoms, communities, and shared resources. Across time and around the world, people have come together to challenge authoritarians successfully. Ordinary people have changed the course of history by starting with small actions, then growing into mass movements.":1,"#This is why corporate campaigning is essential. To disentangle the corporate tentacles that are strangling society, yes, we must challenge them legislatively and politically. But we also must strategically target these corporations directly.":1,"#Authoritarian rulers are fundamentally weak, care only about their power, and must use force to rule. The greed of this regime and the greed of its billionaire and CEO backers is a core weakness. We can ensure that their greed is their downfall.":1,"#How did we get here?":1,"#Here’s the thing: Part of the story and the history of the United States has always been the push and pull between those who want to give unfettered power to corporations—vehicles for enriching the few at the expense of the many—and those agitating for a democracy that prioritizes all people.":1,"#The path forward for people power":1,"#This is the high-water mark of a deliberate, all-out corporate coup. The receipts are right there in <a ljsid-1=\"\">Project 2025</a>, the blueprint for an authoritarian takeover that <a ljsid-3=\"\">blends</a> the far right, pro-corporate-power, white Christian nationalist agenda. And despite his <a ljsid-5=\"\">disavowal</a>, this corporate-backed administration is <a ljsid-7=\"\">advancing this agenda at breakneck speed</a>.":1,"#It’s about <em ljsid-1=\"\">all</em> of it.":1,"#It’s not just about how the guy now in the White House <a ljsid-1=\"\">asked a fancy steak dinner full of fossil fuel executives</a> for a billion dollars last April to help him get there; it’s not just about the <a ljsid-3=\"\">$75 million</a> they came through with, or how he’s now <a ljsid-5=\"\">repaying the favor</a>.":1,"#It’s not even just about the <a ljsid-1=\"\">corporate Cabinet</a>, or the <a ljsid-3=\"\">army of tech bros</a> accessing millions of people’s data through the so-called Department of Government Efficiency.":1,"#But it’s not just about Musk, or any one corporate CEO or billionaire.":1,"#Today, the robbers are in the house. Figuratively, in that corporations have unprecedented power within the government. And literally, in that 21st century <a ljsid-1=\"\">robber barons</a> like Elon Musk (despite his recent high-profile departure and feud) and <a ljsid-3=\"\">many others are inside the White House</a> all the time—and <a ljsid-5=\"\">their logos are outside it</a>, too. They’re ensuring the corporate agenda is the government’s agenda.":1,"#The robbers are on the loose":1,"#And that’s exactly what we see <a ljsid-1=\"\">happening under the regime in the White House today</a>: cutting funding for public services, blaming the consequences of those cuts on the government itself, and opening the doors for privatizers to “fix” the manufactured crises.":1,"#Corporations are no longer simply interfering in, influencing, or lobbying the government; corporations have taken over the government.":1,"#Why does any of this matter? Because when corporations make our democracy work for them, real people suffer.":1,"#That’s why corporations, and the politicians in their pockets, work to undermine our faith in government to provide the services for which it exists. They convince the public those services aren’t worth investing in. Then, those services stop working well, and corporations seize the opportunity to profit—by privatizing them, or by “fixing” the crises they helped create. (The classic example? <a ljsid-1=\"\">The private water industry and our public water systems.</a>)":1,"#A network of think tanks and academics—funded by corporate dollars—<a ljsid-1=\"\">has pushed an ideology</a> that says that governments, accountable to people, are inherently inefficient and can’t be trusted, compared to the “efficiency” of corporations. But what does it mean to run the government like a huge corporation? Authoritarian hierarchy. Externalized costs that exploit people and the planet. The pursuit of profit above all. And accountability to the wealthy few, not everyday people.":1,"#And, of course, corporations have worked to undermine the foundations of government of, by, and above all for the people.":1,"#<strong ljsid-0=\"\">Forging unholy alliances to take away people’s rights</strong>: Corporate forces have <a ljsid-2=\"\">teamed up with and supported the white Christian nationalist movement</a> (which has its own power-driven agenda) to divide us and to try to suppress the rights and power of Black, Indigenous, and other people of color; immigrants; trans and nonbinary people; LGBTQIA+ people; women; and poor and working-class people.":1,"#<strong ljsid-0=\"\">Dumping the costs of their business onto the rest of us</strong>: <a ljsid-2=\"\">Corporations externalize their costs</a> onto people and the environment. For example, the healthcare costs from smoking, diet-related diseases, or polluted air are not paid by Philip Morris, McDonald’s, or ExxonMobil—they’re paid by individuals and the collective taxes we pay.":1,"#<strong ljsid-0=\"\">Funding pro-corporate policy development</strong>: Long before Musk sat in the Oval Office, corporations found ways to literally write public policy to rob us of our rights and protections. For example, The <a ljsid-2=\"\">American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)</a>, which represents corporations like Altria/Philip Morris U.S., drafts state-level legislation which attacks the voting rights of people of color and Black people particularly, dismantle worker protections, slash social programs, and ravage the environment with impunity.":1,"#It’s not just about lobbying or political donations. Consider just a few of the other ways corporations flex their power:":1,"#But behind whatever matters to you most, today, there are powerful transnational corporations interfering in our government and our democracy—all to protect their own profits.":1,"#Most people—no matter where we shop or how much money is in our wallets—want food that nourishes us and our families, and healthcare for when we get sick. Most people want their kids to attend safe, gun-free schools, whether those schools are in a busy city or rural countryside. And most people want clean air, green spaces to enjoy, and a climate that will sustain us for generations.":1,"#But it signifies much more than that: the image is a tidy encapsulation of how the corporate drive to reshape the U.S. government has reached a new high water mark, even as Musk himself <a ljsid-1=\"\">steps back</a>.":1,"#Corporate power today: the blatant and the subtle":1,"#The stage was set for the notorious Citizens United case in 2010, for ExxonMobil in the State Department in 2017, and for Elon Musk at the Resolute Desk in 2025.":1,"#And then came the “Powell memo.” In 1971, then-corporate lawyer and board member for Philip Morris and future Supreme Court Justice Lewis Powell laid out a <a ljsid-1=\"\">broad strategy</a> for corporate America to take an “aggressive attitude” on college campuses, in the media, in scholarly journals, in the courts, and more. It was, <a ljsid-3=\"\">as Greenpeace has called it</a>, a “corporate blueprint to dominate democracy.” Think: <a ljsid-5=\"\">a corporate Project 2025</a>, but developed 50 years ago and implemented ever since.":1,"#At the same time, corporations were growing, and growing, and growing. With little oversight or regulation, corporations like the Standard Oil Company grew bigger and bigger, gobbling up their competition and forming monopolies. Laws like the <a ljsid-1=\"\">Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890</a> made feeble attempts to stem the tide, but corporations continued to get bigger and more powerful throughout the 1900s.":1,"#the <a ljsid-1=\"\">right to be tried only once for the same crime</a>.":1,"#the <a ljsid-1=\"\">right to unreasonable searches and seizures</a> under the 4th amendment;":1,"#the <a ljsid-1=\"\">rights to equal protection and due process</a> under the 14th amendment;":1,"#But throughout the late 1800s and early 1900s, <a ljsid-1=\"\">the Supreme Court gradually ruled</a> that various rights that applied to people also applied to corporations:":1,"#Meanwhile, in 1844, the Supreme Court had ruled that a corporation was a <a ljsid-1=\"\">“person” and could be treated as a citizen of the state where it incorporated</a>. A few years later, the court <a ljsid-3=\"\">clarified</a> that corporations were “citizens” only for the purpose of determining which courts had jurisdiction to rule on cases related to them. They didn’t have the constitutional rights of actual people—that would be ridiculous, right?":1,"#But then corporations <a ljsid-1=\"\">started agitating</a> for the government to loosen the reins—and state legislatures obliged. In 1837, Connecticut began allowing corporations to engage in any “<a ljsid-3=\"\">lawful business</a>.” By 1896, New Jersey had <a ljsid-5=\"\">passed a new law</a> allowing corporations to set the terms of their charters themselves.":1,"#For TIME, the image was meant to illustrate a “<a ljsid-1=\"\">War on Washington</a>” waged by Musk—the wealthiest person in the world, at the helm of billion-dollar corporations like X and Tesla.":1,"#Up to the 1800s, corporations in the U.S. were formed through <a ljsid-1=\"\">legislature-approved charters</a>. Like the Virginia Company, these charters were established by the government to carry out specific purposes—from transportation to banking to insurance.":1,"#But where there’s profit to be made, corporations find a way.":1,"#Upon independence, the founders of the new republic laid out lofty ideals that initially only applied to a narrow slice of the population: wealthy, land-owning, white men—usually the men that controlled the corporations. Nevertheless, in contrast to the corporate charters that had launched the first boats from Europe to the shores of the Americas, they intended for the government of their fledgling nation to serve goals beyond corporate profits.":1,"#The slow creep of corporate rule":1,"#Similar stories played out <a ljsid-1=\"\">elsewhere in the future U.S.</a> and <a ljsid-3=\"\">around the world</a>. Many colonial projects were in fact groups of investors with monopolistic charters that prioritized, above all, returning profits to shareholders back home. The Virginia Company was <a ljsid-5=\"\">dissolved</a> in 1624 and the colony’s administration turned over to the British Crown, and, later, an elected assembly. But it’s no exaggeration to say that what we know as the United States today began as a corporate profit-seeking project.":1,"#And those coming from Europe in the decade after the Virginia Company landed? At least half were <a ljsid-1=\"\">indentured servants</a>, required to work for years, under harsh conditions and little pay. They were soon followed by the <a ljsid-3=\"\">first enslaved people from Africa</a> in North America, setting the stage for centuries of horror, abuse, and an economy based on chattel slavery. And in Jamestown, that labor happened largely in fields of tobacco—which became a profitable commodity crop, <a ljsid-5=\"\">planting roots that evolved</a> into one of the most abusive and deceptive industries today.":1,"#What’s less known: The colonists of Jamestown were acting on behalf of the <a ljsid-1=\"\">Virginia Company of London</a>, which had been granted a charter—essentially, an exclusive contract—by King James I to snatch up gold, silver, and other profitable natural resources of the so-called New World. In fact, Virginia’s first governor and captain-general for life, <a ljsid-3=\"\">Thomas West, Lord de la Warr</a> (from whom the name Delaware is derived), was the Virginia Company’s largest company officer investor.":1,"#Jamestown, Virginia was the first permanent English settlement in what is today the United States. It’s <a ljsid-1=\"\">most commonly known</a> for its fort, famine, and relations with the Indigenous Powhatan people, including the real-life Pocahontas.":1,"#The United States of Corporate Profits":1,"#There’s no question that all of these are manifestations of an increasingly brazen corporate coup. But the roots of corporate power over our democracy were planted much farther back—not years, not decades, but centuries ago.":1,"#The <a ljsid-1=\"\">image on the cover of TIME Magazine</a> was striking: Elon Musk sits behind the desk meant only for the president of the United States, staring into the camera lens, a half frown-smirk playing across his lips.":1,"#The WATER Act: Invest in water, jobs, health, and our economy":1,"#We succeeded so well in connecting Philip Morris' brand image to its deadly abuses that even, after spending hundreds of millions of dollars to improve its brand, it was forced to change its name in 2003.":1,"#Philip Morris forced to change name - Corporate Accountability":1,"#But it didn’t work. In 2003, unable to improve its image with customers, Philip Morris changed its name to Altria Group, Inc.":1,"#As a result, Philip Morris was forced to spend hundreds of millions of dollars in public relations and advertising campaigns to try and boost its public image.":1,"#Our tactics included a massive boycott against Kraft foods (owned at the time by Philip Morris), which exposed the lies behind Kraft’s family-friendly image. We also worked to end the corporation’s use of Marlboro Man imagery.":1,"#From the start of our campaign to Challenge Big Tobacco, we took on Philip Morris for its role in spreading the world’s leading preventable epidemic of death and disease.":1,"#Philip Morris forced to change name":1,"#January 27, 2003":1,"#La industria tabacalera y el impacto de la publicidad de los productos de tabaco y sus derivados en las zonas aledañas a los centros de formación educativa y otros lugares de interés para los niños, niñas y adolescentes: Caso de estudio en 5 departamentos del territorio Colombiano.":1,"#September 12, 2023":1,"#Safeguarding public health Big Tobacco at COP10 and MOP3":1,"#Public comment to FDA: Front-of-package nutrition labeling system":1,"#Fiscal Year 2023 Annual Report":1,"#2023 Sign-on Letter Requesting Corporations Disclose Global Corporate Political Activities":1,"#April 20, 2023":1,"#May 5, 2023":1,"#Spotlight Newsletter: Issue 2, 2023":1,"#The better funded and more connected our movements are, the more impact we will all have. Learn more about the Movement Solidarity Fund.":1,"#October 2, 2023":1,"#Together, we can help protect the negotiations from industry influence. Learn steps that parties can before and during COP10 and MOP3.":1,"#Learn more about how we organized together toward impact in our fiscal year 2023 Annual Report.":1,"#Open Letter to the WHO INB regarding the Pandemic Treaty: Urging Safeguards and Transparency":1,"#February 23, 2023":1,"#The movement for corporate accountability needs all of us. Powerful reflections from Recruitment Director Carolina Santamaria.":1,"#The Tobacco Industry Interference Index shows the many ways that Big Tobacco interferes in public health policymaking across the world–from gift-giving to closed-door meetings with government decision-makers. This section of the report focuses on 19 countries in the Latin America and Caribbean region. It serves as an important tool for governments to identify the points of industry influence within their countries. It also provides recommendations for how government leaders can take action to protect public health policy from corporate influence and abuse. Read the executive summary of the report in English and Spanish, and check out reports from all regions ...":1,"#Our comment includes evidence to further reinforce the demand for the implementation of a holistic labeling system for food sold in the U.S.":1,"#Investors representing more than $140 billion in assets demand that corporations fully disclose global political activities.":1,"#Together, we called out abusive corporations for PR schemes and rallied elected officials to kick Big Polluters out. Read more in our newsletter!":1,"#Spotlight Newsletter: Issue 3, 2023":1,"#December 15, 2023":1,"#Water privatization --a threat that Jackson, Mississippi now faces--has often led to cost-cutting measures that endanger public health.":1,"#Our movement work seeks to support, elevate, and connect campaigns around the world challenging corporate power. Learn about our approach.":1,"#Learn more about Article 19's lifesaving potential and recommendations for Parties to advance implementation at COP10.":1,"#Article 19: Catapulting progress on tobacco control":1,"#May 11, 2023":1,"#October 12, 2023":1,"#Jackson, Mississippi’s water crisis: water for people, not profits":1,"#The latest stories on how we've challenged the most powerful corporations in the world.":1,"#As the WHO Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB) gathers in Geneva from 5 to 7 December 2022 to assess the so called “Conceptual Zero Draft” (CZD) of a WHO convention, agreement or other international instrument on pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response (“pandemic treaty”), the undersigned representatives of civil society organizations (CSOs) share with the INB and all the Member States involved in the INB process a number of critical observations that relate to the process and the substance of this proto-draft of the treaty text.":1,"#Field notes for transformation: Winter 2023":1,"#October 23, 2023":1,"#Statement: 2023 Wells Fargo annual shareholders’ meeting":1,"#Belém, Brazil: On November 16, 2025, Rachel Rose Jackson, Director of Climate Research and Policy at Corporate Accountability at issued the ...":1,"#STATEMENT: Corporate Accountability’s Rachel Rose Jackson on this week’s final days of COP30":1,"#November 17, 2025":1,"#On Saturday, November 22, Corporate Accountability Director of Climate Research and Policy Rachel Rose Jackson issued the following statement. 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