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If you’re inspired by her actions, on March 24, there will be":1,"#, she trained and coordinated a network of student labor organizations across the country to wage several successful campaigns in solidarity with unions to demand that global corporations respect workers’ rights.":1,"#United Students Against Sweatshops":1,"#Teresa Cheng (born 1987) first became involved in labor rights activism as a college student at the University of Southern California, where she led an anti-sweatshop campaign that culminated in the occupation of the university president’s office. As a national organizer for":1,"#Asian Peoples Movement on Debt and Development and co-founder of the Fight Inequality Alliance":1,"#(born 1960). At age 20, Nacpil boldly campaigned against the Marcos dictatorship in the Philippines in the face of severe violence and repression. Since then she has proven an unstoppable campaigner for environmental justice and economic and gender equity in the Philippines and internationally. She reminds us, “There is no gender justice without climate justice. And the reverse — there is no climate justice without gender justice.” Nacpil is coordinator for the":1,"#Coming of Age in Mississippi.":1,"#Anne Moody (1940-2015). As a teenager and college student, Moody marched and endured white violence alongside such luminaries as Martin Luther King, Jr. and Medgar Evers. She organized protests, coordinated direct actions to desegregate public facilities and businesses, and registered Black people whose right to vote had been obliterated by systemic violence and targeted terror. This month represents the 50th anniversary of the publication of her groundbreaking and much-loved memoir of the civil rights movement, “":1,"#” is about Flynn.":1,"#Elizabeth Gurley Flynn (1890-1964). 16-year-old Flynn stepped up on a soapbox in Harlem to deliver her first public speech and within a year was an active labor organizer. In 1912, emboldened by the leadership of the 22-year-old “Rebel Girl,” strikers at Lawrence textile mills in Massachusetts doubled their numbers from 10,000 to 20,000, braved beatings by hired armed militias, and succeeded in securing better pay and working conditions. In the process, they launched a new consciousness for women as workers. Singer-Songwriter and Activist Joe Hill’s popular 1915 release “":1,"#, an 18-year-old survivor of the mass shooting at her high school in Parkland, Florida. After decades of government inaction thanks to the National Rifle Association and gun corporations’ interference, González promised that she and her fellow students would produce the change we need to see. “We call b.s.,” she exclaimed in response to the see-through reasoning often offered by politicians who she says, “have become more easily swayed by money than by the people who voted them into office.”":1,"#Emma González":1,"#“We are going to be the kids you read about in textbooks,” said":1,"#Story of Water - Corporate Accountability":1,"#Story of Water":1,"#This could Be the moment world governments chart a path toward tackling climate change":1,"#2018 could be the year that world governments chart a path toward tackling climate change, enhanced ambition and implementation of the Paris Agreement.":1,"#Opinion - Truthout: This could be the moment world governments chart a path toward tackling climate change - Corporate Accountability":1,"#These upcoming meetings will chart the immediate future of climate action. Real, just solutions must receive the priority they deserve. We call on governments to listen to the people without delay at COP24, reject false solutions stemming from GCAS and to take urgent steps to protect our lives. Instead of permitting the very actors that fuelled the climate crisis to advance their own agenda, it is time governments embody true climate championship by embracing the meaningful solutions communities on the front lines of climate change already have. They are feasible and affordable, and they work. They include a managed decline of fossil fuel production; pacts to keep fossil fuels in the ground in the Global North immediately, with a phaseout for the Global South; finance and technology transfer; a total and just transition to community-led renewable energy; and a singular focus on keeping big polluters out of climate policymaking.":1,"#In addition to the examples above, these schemes have failed in the very countries whose governments are pushing them, including the UK, the EU, Canada, Australia, and California in the US. Despite the documented global failures of carbon market schemes, big polluters are seeking to make these schemes the centerpiece of climate policy at upcoming milestones in Bangkok, San Francisco and Katowice. At GCAS, polluters are promoting an expansion of carbon pricing <a ljsid-1=\"\">mechanisms</a> that guarantee more fossil fuel extraction, despite needing to keep the vast majority of fossil fuel reserves in the <a ljsid-3=\"\">ground</a> to curb temperature rise. At COP24, the guidelines for Paris Agreement implementation are being used to link up international carbon markets. This creates an official space for polluters to continue polluting unregulated.":1,"#Such schemes are criticized for being rooted in the colonialism and environmental racism that is at the core of fossil fuel extraction. Indigenous peoples, small-scale farmers, forest peoples, youth, communities of color and women are most impacted by these schemes. For example: Kenya Forest Service guards have violently evicted the Sengwer Indigenous people in the Embobut Forest due to pressures from voluntary international offset schemes that provide financial incentives for forest preservation. In Colombia, Indigenous Wayuu fight for the ancestral rights to land and water due to impacts from the largest open-pit coal mine in Latin America, Cerrejon. Cerrejon has used the Clean Development Mechanism — which lets countries in the Global North purchase credits from Global South countries to continue polluting — to sell offset credits from a few wind power generators placed next to the looming mines.":1,"#Carbon markets have not proven to be an effective way to reduce emissions. Instead of the Global North making emission reductions domestically, corporations located in the Global South can sell offset credits to corporations in the north to meet their emissions reduction limits. Human rights and environmental injustices are well-documented by communities who live near these so-called clean development projects in the Global South. Instead of holding northern economies accountable to change their production systems and consumption patterns, carbon markets allow for business as usual in the north, leaving the Global South to offset the Global North’s emissions and endure the impacts.":1,"#Carbon pricing — putting a price on carbon and regulating it through markets including cap and trade and offsets (i.e., commodifying the air we breathe) — have been pushed by corporations and Global North countries as our fail-safe for the planet.":1,"#This is the path we are on. We are here because of decades of mass deception and political manipulation by big polluters that has allowed them to undermine international, national and subnational climate policy to guard their profits. This political interference is directly correlated with the emergence of carbon market schemes as a “solution” to today’s crisis, <a ljsid-1=\"\">despite their consistent failure</a>.":1,"#Despite consensus that climate change is jeopardizing life on Earth, there is a massive chasm between the action needed and what the fossil fuel industry — with governments in the Global North in its pocket — is pushing. If polluting countries and corporations are successful, ineffectual interventions — like carbon markets and geo-engineering — become central to the global response to climate change. The result: soaring emissions, lives lost, hundreds of millions of people displaced and species extinction.":1,"#Killer floods and heat waves have made 2018 another record-setting year as the climate crisis intensifies. The <a ljsid-1=\"\">UN climate negotiations in Bangkok</a> (September 4-8), followed by the <a ljsid-3=\"\">Global Climate Action Summit</a> (GCAS) in San Francisco (September 12-14) and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change 24th Conference of the Parties (COP24) in Katowice, Poland, (December) could make 2018 the year that world governments chart a path toward tackling climate change, enhanced ambition and implementation of the Paris Agreement. It could also be the time that global leaders fall dangerously short in reckoning with the climate crisis, condemning millions more to losing their lives and livelihoods.":1,"#By Asad Rehman, Meena Raman, Tom Goldtooth and Nnimmo Bassey for Buzzflash at <a ljsid-1=\"\">Truthout</a>.":1,"#Opinion — Truthout: This could be the moment world governments chart a path toward tackling climate change":1,"#September 5, 2018":1,"#Philip Morris International utiliza el patrocinio de festivales de música para atraer a nuevos clientes, sobre todo a la población joven.":1,"#Corporate Accountability, y su Campaña para el Control de Tabaco (Programa América Latina) realizó un monitoreo de las estrategias de PPP de los cigarrillos Marlboro implementadas por PMI durante las versiones 2022-2024 del FEP.":1,"#Así las cosas, una de las tácticas que la gigante tabacalera PMI utiliza en países del Sur Global, como Colombia, es el patrocinio de festivales de música, como el FEP, uno de los eventos musicales más importantes de América Latina, que se celebra cada año en Colombia, a pesar de que la legislación colombiana prohíbe toda forma de PPP.":1,"#Philip Morris International (PMI) no cesa en sus intentos para atraer a nuevos clientes (sobre todo a la población joven) a pesar que se conoce que el consumo de sus productos cobra la vida de muchos de sus consumidores. Para ello, ha eludido abiertamente la normativa contra la publicidad, promoción y patrocinio (PPP) de productos de tabaco y derivados, y ha intentado renombrar su imagen con productos de tabaco y nicotina que señala son “menos nocivos”.":1,"#Caso de Estudio: Cigarrillos Marlboro en el Festival Estéreo Picnic (FEP) versiones 2022-2024":1,"#Informe: Estrategias de publicidad, promoción y patrocinio de productos de tabaco implementadas por Philip Morris International en Colombia":1,"#BREAKING: Veolia settles Flint lawsuits for $53 million - Corporate Accountability":1,"#For years, together with our members and supporters like you, we’ve partnered with <a ljsid-1=\"\">levantamiento de pedernal</a>, a grassroots group that formed to push for justice in the face of the water crisis and provide direct support to their community. Together we’ve kept a spotlight on what’s happening in Flint, spread the word about the role corporate abuse has played in this crisis, and supported people on the ground in Flint organizing for justice.":1,"#in this moment as we continue to come together in defense of the human right to water. Thank you for all that you do!":1,"#support Flint Rising":1,"#We invite you to":1,"#, a grassroots group that formed to push for justice in the face of the water crisis and provide direct support to their community. Together we’ve kept a spotlight on what’s happening in Flint, spread the word about the role corporate abuse has played in this crisis, and supported people on the ground in Flint organizing for justice.":1,"#For years, together with our members and supporters like you, we’ve partnered with":1,"#. After all, giant corporations don’t just settle lawsuits for millions of dollars on a whim. However, $53 million doesn’t begin to cover the harm done to tens of thousands of Flint residents, nor does it hold Veolia legally accountable for putting its profits over people’s lives.":1,"#power of people demanding justice":1,"#The news of Veolia’s settlement demonstrates the":1,"#— all while chasing a contract to privatize the city’s water system.":1,"#told residents their water was safe despite privately acknowledging the potential for lead contamination":1,"#Where does Veolia fit into the crisis? The corporation was hired to study Flint’s water system and":1,"#and the state of Michigan in lawsuits related to its role in the ongoing Flint water crisis.":1,"#a $53 million settlement with Flint residents":1,"#Earlier this week, Veolia, the world’s largest private water corporation, announced":1,"#We invite you to <a ljsid-1=\"\">support Flint Rising</a> in this moment as we continue to come together in defense of the human right to water. Thank you for all that you do!":1,"#“Veolia is a massive corporation with virtually endless resources to keep fighting lawsuits. Flint residents are folks who are working, raising their families, and dealing with the long-term impacts of the water crisis. 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. We know Veolia will try to keep sweeping its abuses under the rug. But Flint has a history of standing up to giant corporations and winning despite great odds, and we’re determined to do it again.”":1,"#While together we’ve played an important role in ensuring this crisis has not been forgotten, it is the voices of people in Flint that should be centered in this discussion. So here’s what Nayyirah Shariff, the executive director of Flint Rising had to say about the settlement:":1,"#And in the wake of the settlement, we’re continuing to partner with Flint Rising to make sure that people across the country don’t forget about the ongoing crisis in Flint, know about Veolia’s abysmal track record, and understand the danger of private water corporations coming to town.":1,"#For years, together with our members and supporters like you, we’ve partnered with <a ljsid-1=\"\">Flint Rising</a>, a grassroots group that formed to push for justice in the face of the water crisis and provide direct support to their community. Together we’ve kept a spotlight on what’s happening in Flint, spread the word about the role corporate abuse has played in this crisis, and supported people on the ground in Flint organizing for justice.":1,"#The news of Veolia’s settlement demonstrates the <a ljsid-1=\"\">power of people demanding justice</a>. After all, giant corporations don’t just settle lawsuits for millions of dollars on a whim. However, $53 million doesn’t begin to cover the harm done to tens of thousands of Flint residents, nor does it hold Veolia legally accountable for putting its profits over people’s lives.":1,"#Where does Veolia fit into the crisis? The corporation was hired to study Flint’s water system and <a ljsid-1=\"\">told residents their water was safe despite privately acknowledging the potential for lead contamination</a> — all while chasing a contract to privatize the city’s water system.":1,"#For more than ten years, the people of Flint, Michigan have been dealing with the impacts of the city’s water crisis. And for ten years, the residents of Flint have been demanding justice in the face of a disaster they did nothing to cause.":1,"#Earlier this week, Veolia, the world’s largest private water corporation, announced <a ljsid-1=\"\">a $53 million settlement with Flint residents</a> and the state of Michigan in lawsuits related to its role in the ongoing Flint water crisis.":1,"#GoFundMe":1,"#Texas,":1,"#Zora Neale Hurston was an anthropologist, an author, and a key figure of the Harlem Renaissance. Hurston dedicated her life to studying Black culture, incorporating her research into her literature.":1,"#Sammy Younge Jr. was a veteran of the Vietnam War and civil rights activist. His murder in 1966 pushed the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee to publicly denounce the Vietnam War.":1,"#“We want freedom now, but we’re not going to get it saying ‘We Shall Overcome.’ We’ve got to fight to overcome.” Malcolm X was a civil rights movement leader and a prominent advocate of Black Nationalism.":1,"#W.E.B. Du Bois was a sociologist, historian, author, editor, and activist. He was also one of the founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).":1,"#Valerie Thomas was a scientist and inventor who worked with NASA. In 1980, she received a patent for her illusion transmitter, which is still used by NASA today in some of its satellite applications.":1,"#Thurgood Marshall was a civil rights lawyer and the first Black American to serve as a U.S. Supreme Court Justice — a role he held for nearly 25 years.":1,"#Sojourner Truth was an abolitionist, as well as a civil rights and women’s rights activist.":1,"#Newspaper editor and publisher who founded the “Chicago Defender,” the most influential Black American newspaper during the early and mid-20th century, selling more than 250,000 copies weekly.":1,"#A civil rights leader and a foremost thinker on modern black nationalism. Her pamphlet, “Why Reparations?”, makes the case for reparations, economic and social justice for Black Americans.":1,"#Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray was a civil rights activist, lawyer, and gender equality advocate. Murray is also the first Black person perceived as a woman in the U.S. to become an Episcopal priest.":1,"#Octavia Butler was an author who who received a MacArthur “Genius” Grant and PEN West Lifetime Achievement Award for her work.":1,"#Nichelle Nichols was an actress best known as Uhura in the Star Trek series. The first Black woman to go to space, Mae Jemison, credited Nichols as a spark in her childhood interest in space.":1,"#Garrett Morgan was an inventor who is credited with creating the gas mask — a device that has saved the lives of countless people.":1,"#Audre Lorde was a poet and author who wrote about race, gender, class, and sexuality. She was an internationally acclaimed artist and activist, and was poet laureate of New York from 1991-1992.":1,"#Katherine Johnson was a mathematician who worked for NASA who calculated and analyzed the flight paths for the U.S. space program.":1,"#One of the first African American graduates from Harvard Medical School, Dr. Wright’s cancer research laid the foundations for today’s chemotherapy treatments.":1,"#A journalist and activist who investigated and documented lynchings in the United States. She faced retaliation from white mobs for her reporting on lynchings and was forced to flee Memphis as a result.":1,"#Fannie Lou Hamer was one of the most important figures of the civil and voting rights movement, leading voter registration drives among Black Americans all across the segregated South.":1,"#Legendary artist and the first African American staff photographer at Life. Parks extensively documented American life and culture, “covering subjects from racism and poverty to fashion and entertainment.”":1,"#A prominent 19th century author, abolitionist, and suffragist, Harper’s poetry was featured in anti-slavery papers such as The Liberator and Frederick Douglass’ Paper.":1,"#Ella Baker was a key figure of the civil rights movement. She played an influential role in some of the most influential organizations, and mentored many prominent activists and organizers of the time.":1,"#Dr. Daniel Hale Williams was the first Black American to successfully perform open-heart surgery, and to be accepted by the American College of Surgeons.":1,"#Surgeon and medical researcher who “organized America’s first large-scale blood bank and trained a generation of black physicians at Howard University.”":1,"#Civil rights organizer, activist, and close advisor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during the Civil Rights Movement era who served as the coordinator of the 1963 March on Washington.":1,"#). Proporcionamos fondos para el segundo evento anual de solidaridad entre Flint y Pittsburgh y materiales educativos en el último esfuerzo de la campaña. Estas reuniones demuestran que, cuando desafiamos juntos el poder corporativo, podemos ganar.":1,"#We need your permission before this content can load.":1,"#Viendo actualmente <span ljsid-1=\"\">todo <strong ljsid-1-1=\"\">Democracia</strong> Publicaciones de blog</span>":1,"#all <strong ljsid-1=\"\">Democracy</strong> Blog Posts":1,"#Currently viewing <span ljsid-1=\"\">all <strong ljsid-1-1=\"\">Democracy</strong> Blog Posts</span>":1,"#Torquoise timeline indicator":1,"#July 1, 2024 – June 30, 2025":1,"#Paranaque City, Philippines":1,"#Ari Belathar<span ljsid-1=\"\">Asistente secretaria</span>":1,"#Brooklyn, NY":1,"#Michel Legendre<span ljsid-1=\"\">Vicepresidente</span>":1,"#paige kirstein<span ljsid-1=\"\">Presidente de la Junta</span>":1,"#Photo credit: Plataforma Latinoamericana y del Caribe por la Justicia Climática.":1,"#Annual Report<br ljsid-1=\"\">FY 2025":1,"#Youtube privacy policy":1,"#You can change your choice at any time.":1,"#This sets your consent for Content Personalisation on this website, not only for this content.":1,"#It will receive your IP address and may set cookies.":1,"#This content from Youtube is blocked":1,"#Give to help unlock $10,000 in matching funds!":1,"#Join us in taking on Big Tech<br ljsid-1=\"\">during our September Support Drive!":1,"#Fundraising":1,"#Mandaluyong City, Philippines":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,"#We commemorate the emancipation of enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, and share some things you can do in recognition of Juneteenth.":1,"#Happy Juneteenth! - Corporate Accountability":1,"#to support families affected by the shooting at the Taiwanese community church in California.":1,"#Here is a":1,"#to support families of the victims in Uvalde.":1,"#a list of GoFundMe fundraisers":1,"#Here is":1,"#, a mobility justice organization, is collecting non-perishable food items in pop-up sites around Buffalo to distribute to families affected by the shootings. They also point to other monetary donation sites":1,"#Colored Girls Bike Too":1,"#for families in East Buffalo affected by the shooting.":1,"#collecting donations":1,"#, a Black-led organization providing food pantries in Buffalo, is":1,"#Feed Buffalo":1,"#to provide financial support and food to the families of the victims.":1,"#list of donation pages":1,"#shared a":1,"#Step Out Buffalo":1,"#by these tragedies:":1,"#We encourage you to check out the resources below, which share donation options to support the needs of families affected":1,"#, and much more. America has not learned from its history and white supremacist violence, often spurred by right-wing conspiracy theories, continues to threaten Black communities today.":1,"#Mother Emmanuel AME church in Charleston":1,"#at":1,"#massacre":1,"#in the South, the 2015":1,"#lynching terror campaign against Black Americans":1,"#murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till":1,"#the Tulsa Massacre of 1921":1,"#Red Summer of 1919":1,"#Meanwhile, Black communities are still reeling from the racist violence in Buffalo that ended the lives of 10 people, including grandmothers and the elderly, at a community grocery store. This horrific, targeted, racist violence is woven into the fabric of American history, reminiscent of":1,"#50 worshippers were killed in church":1,"#, and most recently, in Owo, Nigeria, where":1,"#a Taiwanese community church in California":1,"#elementary school in Uvalde, Texas":1,"#But, as we commemorate Juneteenth, we also want to acknowledge the recent waves of violence across the country and the globe, particularly towards people of color. We are heartbroken and outraged by the gun violence that is rampant across our communities, including the mass shootings at an":1,"#with Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA), and national reparations movement leaders. We invite you to watch the event to learn more about H.R. 40, the congressional bill to study and develop a plan to address reparations for Black Americans. We also encourage you to consider ways you can support Black community members in your own neighborhoods.":1,"#“Why We Can’t Wait: HR-40 On the Move” rally":1,"#In recognition of Juneteenth, our partners at The Institute of the Black World 21st Century recently held this":1,"#after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued. For Black Americans, Juneteenth is a celebration of liberation and Black culture as well as a reminder of the persisting struggle towards freedom.":1,"#two and a half years":1,"#on June 19, 1865–":1,"#the last Confederate slave holdout":1,"#Happy Juneteenth! Today, we commemorate the emancipation of enslaved people in":1,"#Accept":1,"#We begin our month-long celebration with Althea Gibson, the first Black American athlete to “cross the color barrier in tennis when she competed in the 1950s at what is now known as the U.S. Open.”":1,"#Personal":1,"#Portrait of Sanyu Awori":1,"#Portrait of Jamie Cerretti, Corporate Accountability board treasurer. Jamie is a white woman and she is wearing glasses and a striped shirt.":1,"#Head shot of Ari Belathar. They have dark brown, short hair, and they are wearing glasses and a gray sweater over a blue collared shirt.":1,"#lea la historia completa":1,"#assesses the most recent performance of the largest offset projects that comprise the voluntary carbon market (VCM) to help determine if it is setting the world up for galvanized climate action or exacerbating climate action failure. To do this, it analyses 47 of the largest carbon offset projects in 2024 and explores whether recent attempts to fix repeated failures of the VCM are leading to global emissions reductions.":1,"#Against this backdrop, this":1,"#More than 47.7 million problematic offsets credits were retired through 43 of the world’s largest projects in 2024.":1,"#Veolia's settlement in Flint demonstrates the power of organizing for justice. But it doesn't cover the harm done to residents.":1,"#Read more.":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,"#the":1,"#Take solidarity action with the people of Makoko":1,"#Irene Patricia N. Reyes<span ljsid-1=\"\">Board Secretary</span>":1,"#The new report “Built to Fail? World’s largest carbon offset projects unlikely to deliver promised emissions reductions despite ongoing reforms,” reveals that in 2024, the VCM 2.0 appeared to be saturated with a vast volume of projects and offsets that could not be reliably counted on to deliver the promised emissions reductions. We refer to these types of projects and offsets as “problematic.” Specifically, the research finds that:":1,"#research":1,"#Corporate Accountability's new Executive Director Ari Belathar reflects on what we need to meet this moment.":1,"#Challenging Corporate power together: A note from Executive Director Ari Belathar":1,"#March 31, 2025":1,"#But, no amount of corporate social responsibility (CSR) will make people forget the stream of human rights and environmental abuses on Nestlé’s record: from undermining the human right to water to profiting off of deadly marketing of its infant formula. Bad news for Nestlé: shady CSR like this won’t clean up its filthy image.”":1,"#“Plastic water bottles are one of the largest sources of trash in our national parks, and Nestlé has been one of the primary obstacles to policies that could eliminate that very waste. Now, Nestlé is trying to present itself as the solution to the exact problem that it drives.":1,"#Please see below for Corporate Accountability’s water campaign director Lauren DeRusha Florez’s statement.":1,"#KAB’s <a ljsid-1=\"\">corporate partners</a> and <a ljsid-3=\"\">board</a> are comprised of corporations with hefty track records of environmental and human rights abuses, including PepsiCo, Coca-Cola, Altria/Philip Morris USA, American Chemistry Council, McDonald’s, and Dow among others.":1,"#Nestlé is trying to present itself as the solution to the exact problem that it drives.":1,"#The bottled water industry has been blocking national parks from going bottled water free for <a ljsid-1=\"\">nearly a decade</a>. In fact, a Nestlé-backed lobby group, the International Bottled Water Association (IBWA), spent years lobbying Congress and the Department of Interior to rescind the National Park Service’s bottled-water free policy. And, in 2017, the Trump administration <a ljsid-3=\"\">rescinded that policy</a> — just weeks after Trump’s Deputy Secretary of Interior David Bernhardt, who has <a ljsid-5=\"\">ties to Nestlé</a>, was confirmed.":1,"#STATEMENT: Nestlé's shady CSR won't clean up its filthy image":1,"#Now, Nestlé is trying to present itself as the solution to the exact problem that it drives.":1,"#STATEMENT: Nestlé's shady CSR won't clean up its filthy image - Corporate Accountability":1,"#Yesterday, <a ljsid-1=\"\">Nestlé Waters North America announced</a> that it is partnering with Keeping America Beautiful (KAB) to do clean-ups at national parks as the government shutdown leaves parks overflowing with trash. Parks have reported that plastic bottles–which Nestlé sells its water in for a <a ljsid-3=\"\">huge profit</a>–are up to a fifth of their entire waste stream.":1,"#STATEMENT: Nestlé’s shady CSR won’t clean up its filthy image":1,"#January 15, 2019":1,"#How corporations attempt to shape global politics outside public view":1,"#Report cover with illustration of a black box on a gray table, with corporate executives surrounding the box. Headline reads: Big Food's Big Black Box: How corporations attempt to shape global politics outside of public view, SDG edition":1,"#Big Food’s Big Black Box - Corporate Accountability":1,"#This fact file, “Big Food’s Big Black Box: How corporations attempt to shape global politics outside of public view, SDG edition,” examines how some global food and beverage corporations use the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to position themselves as a solution to the intersectional crises they are often accused of exacerbating.":1,"#The data and findings in the report cover SDG initiatives related to water, plastic pollution, and agriculture. The research shows that even though Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, and McDonald’s trumpet their work around the SDGs, they make it very difficult for the public to access information on spending and program impact.":1,"#Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, and McDonald’s may trumpet their work around the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals, but actual data on program impact is hard to come by.":1,"#A person with long dark hair smiles at the camera":1,"#Tell your elected officials: No Dirty Palantir Money!":1,"#We know systemic racism and corporate power are deeply intertwined. Learn more about our focus areas for supporting Black communities.":1,"#Read more about Pierce Delahunt":1,"#Pierce Delahunt photo of face":1,"#For nearly a decade, we've partnered with Pittsburgh organizers to expose Veolia's role in the city's water crisis, and keep the city's water system in public hands. Photo credit: Pennsylvania United":1,"#<span ljsid-0=\"\">You're part of a movement</span> that's challenging the corporations and billionaires undermining our democracy, polluting our planet, and threatening our communities. Together, we're in it for the long haul, building toward a world where everyone can thrive — no exceptions.":1,"#Thanks to you, we're ready to meet the challenges ahead.":1,"#As corporations infiltrate our government, steal our essential resources, and seize more and more power, we're not backing down. We're taking our hard-hitting campaigns even further by:":1,"#Our global team is made of people committed to building a world that's centered on the needs of people and the health of our planet — no exceptions. Learn more about our bold, talented staff and board that drive our corporate campaigning forward day in and day out. And get to know our board members, who all bring unique perspectives and experiences in mobilizing people for social change.":1,"#Most of all, it's the responsibility he feels toward people and the planet, and his commitment to live out his values, that keeps him going. \"The important question for me is: When bad stuff happens, will it be because I rolled over and let it? Or will I have done everything I could to stop it?\"":1,"#Pierce's teaching and research keeps him engaged with his community and energized in this difficult political moment. In teaching nonviolent communication to inmates at San Quentin prison and political economy online, he finds that his students are more open than ever to learn about the different ways of relating, as well as the inner workings of power and the economy.":1,"#\"Corporations are the emblem of exploitation, capitalism, and colonialism,\" he says. He's most drawn to Corporate Accountability's campaigning that challenges the privatization of essential resources and utilities, like water. \"Holding our resources as a commons instead of selling them for profit goes a long way in countering oppression and environmental catastrophe,\" he says.":1,"#That led him to accompany Corporate Accountability's team to a McDonald's shareholders' meeting. Pierce described the scene on his blog: executives patting each other on the back for reaping profits from an underpaid workforce, unhealthy food, and harm to animals and land. The event helped solidify his understanding of the modern corporation as an imperialist force that will seek profit at the expense of everything: people's health, lives, and the planet.":1,"#As Pierce got older, his systemic analysis deepened. During the first Trump regime, he met an organizer from Corporate Accountability. He joined the Giving Circle, a group of young adults that met regularly to learn about corporate power, build campaigning skills, and mobilize resources for the organization and the movement.":1,"#In high school, Pierce hated history class. He remembers his eyes glazing over as his teachers recounted one event after another. He realized later that he was getting a curated timeline, not the full story. \"This was on purpose,\" he says, exasperated. \"There is a reason why people in power don't want you to see the origins of the unjust world that you're living in now.\"":1,"#Member, teacher, researcher":1,"#Campaign Director – Dogwood Alliance<br ljsid-1=\"\">Social movement leader & organizer":1,"#LETTER FROM THE<br ljsid-1=\"\">Executive Director":1,"#Vocal Type":1,"#Bayard font by":1,"#<strong ljsid-1=\"\">Spotlight:</strong> Black Collective":1,"#Gabby Gray":1,"#Valerie Johnstone":1,"#Photo of Julian Kunnie, wearing glasses and long dread locks.":1,"#Julian Kunnie on the importance of staying rooted and connected to the Earth in a system that's driven by colonization and control.":1,"#Member spotlight: Julian Kunnie":1,"#Fight back against the silencing of those who don’t agree with the billionaire agenda.":1,"#Take action! The “nonprofit killer” measure is back":1,"#Show less -":1,"#, the":1,"#Por <a ljsid-1=\"\">Ari Rubenstein</a>":1,"#Timeline arrow":1,"#Second orange timeline indicator":1,"#Green timeline indicator":1,"#Purple timeline indicator":1,"#Orange timeline indicator":1,"#Dick Daynard photo":1,"#Fact one":1,"#Fact four icon":1,"#Activists with the Kick Big Polluters Out coalition and other allies exposed Big Polluters as poisonous snakes infiltrating this year's U.N. climate talks. Photo credits: Bianka Csenki; David Tong, Oil Change International. Protest visuals by The Artivist Network.":1,"#Fact three icon":1,"#Fact two icon":1,"#Fact one icon":1,"#Global Tobacco Treaty section banner":1,"#Thank you for helping to make this possible!":1,"#If fully implemented, THE TREATY could save 200 million lives by 2050.":1,"#<span ljsid-0=\"\">Harness</span> the treaty's precedents to rein in more abusive industries, from fossil fuel to plastics corporations":1},"version":8199}]