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That’s why, today, we and our allies organized a press conference to show government delegates and the media alike that the issue of Big Polluters’ and their proxies’ conflicting interests cuts across many other priority issues for the climate justice movement… and must swiftly be addressed.":1,"#As you can imagine, there are a number of items on the agenda besides the issue of whether and how Big Polluters should have a seat at the table. So yesterday, in the first meeting of AIM, the topic didn’t come up.":1,"#The issue of industry conflicts of interest is addressed as part of the agenda of a track called Arrangements for Intergovernmental Meetings (AIM). This is where governments discuss the nitty-gritty of how meetings are run: things like rules and processes for meetings, timing and host countries for major convenings, budgets… and “engagement of non-Party stakeholders”: i.e., who besides governments gets to participate and how.":1,"#But first, to understand where things are at, follow us into the weeds for just a brief moment of treaty context: Under the UNFCCC (global climate treaty), there are multiple types of discussion that may be happening at the same time—like trains running on parallel tracks.":1,"#At the global climate talks in Bonn, Big Polluters’ conflicting interests have yet to come up in the sessions where it’s on the agenda. But people from across civil society groups and constituencies are making sure the topic stays front and center.":1,"#This blog post is part of “Polluters out, people in!“–our series of dispatches from the global climate talks in Germany. Read more here. At the global climate talks in Bonn, Big Polluters’ conflicting interests have yet to come up in the sessions where it’s on the agenda. But people from across civil society groups and ...":1,"#Governments have yet to discuss Big Polluters’ role in climate talks-but civil society wastes no time - Corporate Accountability":1,"#to demand Global North governments stop doing polluters’ bidding—and start supporting a conflict-of-interest policy, so that just solutions to the climate crisis can take hold.":1,"#Take action now":1,"#We need you to help amplify the demands of these and the many other people and organizations calling to kick Big Polluters out of the climate talks.":1,"#We need you to help amplify the demands of these and the many other people and organizations calling to kick Big Polluters out of the climate talks. <a ljsid-1=\"\">Take action now</a> to demand Global North governments stop doing polluters’ bidding—and start supporting a conflict-of-interest policy, so that just solutions to the climate crisis can take hold.":1,"#This blog post is part of “<a ljsid-1=\"\">Polluters out, people in!</a>“–our series of dispatches from the global climate talks in Germany. <a ljsid-3=\"\">Read more here</a>.":1,"#After today, governments that seek to delay progress on this issue are on notice: Civil society is united, and we expect delegates to address polluters’ and their proxies’ conflicting interests at these negotiations.":1,"#— Pascoe Sabido (@pascoesabido)":1,"#pic.twitter.com/8p5GBeq2KG":1,"#policy. EU are you listening?":1,"##ConflictsOfInterest":1,"#Just chaired a v.inspiring press conference – speakers representing youth, indigenous peoples, women and gender and climate justice groups described the devastating impact of corporations on their work, and all called for a":1,"#Read more here":1,"#“–our series of dispatches from the global climate talks in Germany.":1,"#Polluters out, people in!":1,"#This blog post is part of “":1,"#Left to right: Pascoe Sabido, Corporate Europe Observatory, moderates a press conference on Big Polluters and conflicts of interests featuring Ndivile Mokoena representing the Women & Gender constituency; Lorine Azoulai, Youth constituency; Souparna Lahiri, Demand Climate Justice; and Michael Charles, Indigenous Peoples’ Caucus and member of the Navajo Nation.":1,"#Souparna Lahiri of Global Forest Coalition at climate talks in Bonn, June 2019.":1,"#— Pascoe Sabido (@pascoesabido) <a ljsid-1=\"\">June 20, 2019</a>":1,"#Just chaired a v.inspiring press conference – speakers representing youth, indigenous peoples, women and gender and climate justice groups described the devastating impact of corporations on their work, and all called for a <a ljsid-1=\"\">#ConflictsOfInterest</a> policy. EU are you listening? <a ljsid-3=\"\">pic.twitter.com/8p5GBeq2KG</a>":1,"#In taking up space at the table to advance their own profit-driven agenda, polluters and their proxies crowd out the voices of communities most impacted by the climate crisis—and the true, just solutions these communities have been bringing forward for years.":1,"#Michael’s words lay bare the real, devastating consequences that Big Polluters’ interference in the talks has — not just on arcane international policy, but for people’s lives all over the globe.":1,"#“Industry representatives were welcomed from the beginning at the UNFCCC while indigenous peoples have always had to fight for our voices to be heard within these halls of negotiation. Therefore, not only are we in support of a conflict-of-interest policy, but also call for the enhanced participation of Indigenous Peoples in climate policy. We reiterate that Indigenous Peoples are self-determining Nations that must be recognized by the UNFCCC as such. Our participation at the table should be prioritized and our indigenous rights should not be lost at the stake of the influence of industry representatives.”":1,"#Michael Charles, a youth leader with SustainUS, is a member of the Navajo Nation. He spoke out forcefully on behalf of the Indigenous Peoples’ Organization, representing the voices of different indigenous communities all over the world.":1,"#One by one, our allies took the floor: First the Climate Justice Network, then the Indigenous Peoples’ Organization, then the Youth constituency, and finally the Women & Gender constituency. And one by one, they made clear to the governments of the world gathered in the room that—regardless of whatever else is discussed in AIM sessions—kicking Big Polluters out is a big priority.":1,"#They carried that message into the second session of AIM this afternoon. And although again the topic of industry conflicts of interest didn’t come up for governments, they allocated a portion of the meeting to hearing from civil society groups.":1,"#Each of the panelists represented a different constituency with a different focus area within the talks… but all had a common, clear message: It’s time to kick Big Polluters out of the climate talks.":1,"#Governments have yet to discuss Big Polluters’ role in climate talks–but civil society wastes no time":1,"#June 20, 2019":1,"#A una semana del inicio de la <strong ljsid-1=\"\">COP30 en Belém</strong>, surgen nuevas propuestas impulsadas por el país anfitrión, <strong ljsid-3=\"\">brasil</strong>, como la <a ljsid-5=\"\">Coalición Abierta para la Integración de los Mercados de Carbono</a>, que “busca armonizar estándares y conectar diferentes sistemas de comercio de créditos de carbono ya existentes”. Asimismo, se ha presentado la iniciativa del <a ljsid-7=\"\">Fondo Bosques Tropicales para Siempre (TFFF)</a>, orientada a financiar la conservación de los bosques tropicales. Sin embargo, estas iniciativas continúan profundizando la crisis climática al priorizar mecanismos de mercado sobre las reducciones reales y estructurales de emisiones.":1,"#Vandria Borari is an Indigenous activist in Brazil and serves on the Corporate Accountability Board of Directors.":1,"#Vandria Borari - Corporate Accountability":1,"#Vandria Borari is an Indigenous leader, activist, and ceramist from the Lower-Tapajos region in Central Brazil. She is the coordinator of an Indigenous Show of the Tapajos Basin, an art exhibition that brings together different people across the region, and a member of “As Karuana,” a musical group of Indigenous women who use music to fight for the protection of the rivers and forests. With a background in law, Vandria provides legal advice to people in the Amazon, and has lectured on Amazonian Indigenous peoples, global agribusiness, and the authoritarian governments across Europe.":1,"#Thank you for urging the U.N. Secretary General to continue to condemn the stranglehold Big Polluters have on climate action and to take concrete action now to address fossil fuel industry influence throughout the U.N. We need as many folks to speak out to make the biggest impact. Will you invite 5 people to join ...":1,"#It's time to Kick Big Polluters Out. Help spread the word! - Corporate Accountability":1,"#Use the buttons below to help spread the word!":1,"#We need as many folks to speak out to make the biggest impact. Will you invite 5 people to join you and sign the petition? They can be your family, your friends, your neighbors, or anyone else you know who shares your belief in justice!":1,"#Not juan? <a ljsid-1=\"\">Click here</a>.":1,"#Welcome back, juan!":1,"#Thank you for urging the U.N. Secretary General to continue to condemn the stranglehold Big Polluters have on climate action and to take concrete action now to address fossil fuel industry influence throughout the U.N.":1,"#It’s time to Kick Big Polluters Out. Help spread the word!":1,"#Text Messages.":1,"#If you have agreed to receive text messages you will get periodic updates about our campaigns. You have a right at any time to stop us from contacting you. If at any point you decide you don’t want to get text updates, you can easily unsubscribe by replying to a text and asking to opt out, emailing us at <a ljsid-1=\"\">info@corporateaccountabilit.org</a>, or calling us at <a ljsid-3=\"\">1-800-688-8797</a>. Text messaging originator opt-in data and consent will not be shared with any third parties unless required by law.":1,"#info@corporateaccountabilit.org":1,"#. Text messaging originator opt-in data and consent will not be shared with any third parties unless required by law.":1,"#, or calling us at":1,"#If you have agreed to receive text messages you will get periodic updates about our campaigns. You have a right at any time to stop us from contacting you. If at any point you decide you don’t want to get text updates, you can easily unsubscribe by replying to a text and asking to opt out, emailing us at":1,"#We keep our privacy policy under regular review and we will place any updates on this web page. This privacy policy was last updated on September 22, 2025.":1,"#If you have agreed to receive text messages you will get periodic updates about our campaigns. You have a right at any time to stop us from contacting you. If at any point you decide you don’t want to get text updates, you can easily unsubscribe by replying to a text and asking to opt out, emailing us at <a ljsid-1=\"\"><span ljsid-1-0=\"\">[email protected]</span></a>, or calling us at <a ljsid-3=\"\">1-800-688-8797</a>. Text messaging originator opt-in data and consent will not be shared with any third parties unless required by law.":1,"#Text messages":1,"#¿por qué se sigue confiando en un mecanismo tan problemático y principalmente defectuoso como el MVC 2.0 para que contribuya de manera significativa, urgente y permanente a la reducción de las emisiones globales de gases de efecto invernadero?":1,"#Algunos de los proyectos con mayor número de fallas fundamentales incluyen el <strong ljsid-1=\"\">proyecto Pacajai REDD+</strong>, ubicado en las afueras de <strong ljsid-3=\"\">Belém</strong>, <strong ljsid-5=\"\">brasil</strong>. Este proyecto fue el séptimo más grande en 2024 por número de créditos retirados.":1,"#A una semana del inicio de la <strong ljsid-1=\"\">COP30 en Belém</strong>, surgen nuevas propuestas impulsadas por el país anfitrión, <strong ljsid-3=\"\">brasil</strong>, como la <a ljsid-5=\"\">Coalición Abierta para la Integración de los Mercados de Carbono</a>, que “busca armonizar estándares y conectar diferentes sistemas de comercio de créditos de carbono ya existentes”. Asimismo, se ha presentado la iniciativa del <a ljsid-7=\"\">Fondo Bosques Tropicales para Siempre (Tropical Forests Forever Fund, TFFF)</a>, orientada a financiar la conservación de los bosques tropicales. Sin embargo, estas iniciativas continúan profundizando la crisis climática al priorizar mecanismos de mercado sobre las reducciones reales y estructurales de emisiones.":1,"#Más de <strong ljsid-1=\"\">47,7 millones de créditos de compensación problemáticos</strong> fueron retirados a través de 43 de los mayores proyectos del mundo en 2024.":1,"#<strong ljsid-0=\"\">18 proyectos REDD/REDD+</strong> (conservación de bosques y prevención de la deforestación) en países como <strong ljsid-2=\"\">Brasil, Perú, Colombia, Guatemala, Camboya, Kenia</strong> y otros continúan siendo utilizados, a pesar de las preocupaciones ampliamente documentadas sobre este tipo de proyectos, sin mencionar las denuncias de daños por parte de comunidades locales y pueblos indígenas.":1,"#Para entrevistas o información adicional, contactar a:<br ljsid-1=\"\"> Adriana Ergueta<br ljsid-3=\"\"> Responsable de Comunicaciones<br ljsid-5=\"\"> América Latina y el Caribe<br ljsid-7=\"\"> Responsabilidad Corporativa<br ljsid-9=\"\"> aergueta@stopcorporateabuse.org":1,"#aergueta@stopcorporateabuse.org":1,"#América Latina y el Caribe":1,"#Responsable de Comunicaciones":1,"#<strong ljsid-0=\"\">Casi todos (93%) de los proyectos que retiraron créditos problemáticos están ubicados en el Sur Global</strong>, es decir, en países que históricamente han contribuido menos al cambio climático y que ya están experimentando los mayores impactos. Esto incluye cinco proyectos ubicados en Brasil.":1,"#Adriana Ergueta":1,"#Para entrevistas o información adicional, contactar a:":1,"#¿por qué se sigue confiando en un mecanismo tan problemático y fundamentalmente defectuoso como el MVC 2.0 para que contribuya de manera significativa, urgente y permanente a la reducción de las emisiones globales de gases de efecto invernadero?":1,"#, aumentando la probabilidad de un fracaso global de la acción climática. Si bien puede haber avances derivados de las reformas al MVC, hasta ahora parecen ser limitados en alcance y potencial. Esto plantea una pregunta crítica:":1,"#MVC 2.0 continúa fracasando en gran medida":1,"#Esta investigación sugiere que, a pesar de las reformas en curso, el":1,"#. Estos créditos fueron emitidos por 43 proyectos problemáticos, que por sí solos representan casi una cuarta parte de todos los créditos retirados en el MVC en 2024.":1,"#80 % de los créditos retirados fueron problemáticos":1,"#De los 47 proyectos incluidos en este análisis (todos entre los 100 proyectos más grandes a nivel global en 2024), el":1,"#fueron retirados a través de 43 de los mayores proyectos del mundo en 2024.":1,"#La investigación revela que:":1,"#47,7 millones de créditos de compensación problemáticos":1,"#y otros continúan siendo utilizados, a pesar de las preocupaciones ampliamente documentadas sobre este tipo de proyectos, sin mencionar las denuncias de daños por parte de comunidades locales y pueblos indígenas.":1,"#Brasil, Perú, Colombia, Guatemala, Camboya, Kenia":1,"#(conservación de bosques y prevención de la deforestación) en países como":1,"#18 proyectos REDD/REDD+":1,"#. Este proyecto fue el séptimo más grande en 2024 por número de créditos retirados.":1,"#, ubicado en las afueras de":1,"#proyecto Pacajai REDD+":1,"#Algunos de los proyectos con mayor número de fallas fundamentales incluyen el":1,"#, es decir, en países que históricamente han contribuido menos al cambio climático y que ya están experimentando los mayores impactos. Esto incluye cinco proyectos ubicados en Brasil.":1,"#Casi todos (93%) de los proyectos que retiraron créditos problemáticos están ubicados en el Sur Global":1,"#, revela que en 2024 el Mercado Voluntario de Carbono (MVC) parecía estar saturado con un gran volumen de proyectos y compensaciones que no podían considerarse fiables para cumplir con las reducciones de emisiones prometidas. A este tipo de proyectos y compensaciones nos referimos como “problemáticos”.":1,"#“¿Diseñado para fallar? Los mayores proyectos de compensación de carbono del mundo probablemente no entreguen las reducciones de emisiones prometidas a pesar de las reformas en curso”":1,"#En contraste a este escenario, el nuevo informe":1,"#, orientada a financiar la conservación de los bosques tropicales. Sin embargo, estas iniciativas continúan profundizando la crisis climática al priorizar mecanismos de mercado sobre las reducciones reales y estructurales de emisiones.":1,"#Fondo Bosques Tropicales para Siempre (Tropical Forests Forever Fund, TFFF)":1,"#, que “busca armonizar estándares y conectar diferentes sistemas de comercio de créditos de carbono ya existentes”. Asimismo, se ha presentado la iniciativa del":1,"#Coalición Abierta para la Integración de los Mercados de Carbono":1,"#A una semana del inicio de la <strong ljsid-1=\"\">COP30 en Belém</strong>, surgen nuevas propuestas impulsadas por el país anfitrión, <strong ljsid-3=\"\">Brasil</strong>, como la <a ljsid-5=\"\">Coalición Abierta para la Integración de los Mercados de Carbono</a>, que “busca armonizar estándares y conectar diferentes sistemas de comercio de créditos de carbono ya existentes”. Asimismo, se ha presentado la iniciativa del <a ljsid-7=\"\">Fondo Bosques Tropicales para Siempre (Tropical Forests Forever Fund, TFFF)</a>, orientada a financiar la conservación de los bosques tropicales. Sin embargo, estas iniciativas continúan profundizando la crisis climática al priorizar mecanismos de mercado sobre las reducciones reales y estructurales de emisiones.":1,"#, surgen nuevas propuestas impulsadas por el país anfitrión,":1,"#COP30 en Belém":1,"#A una semana del inicio de la":1,"#– La acción climática no debe fracasar. Debe existir una certeza absoluta de que las soluciones propuestas para resolver la crisis global más urgente funcionarán a la escala y en el plazo necesarios. Si fracasamos, las consecuencias serán millones y millones de vidas perdidas y decenas de billones de dólares en pérdidas cada año.":1,"#América Latina y el Caribe, noviembre de 2025.":1,"#Para entrevistas o información adicional, contactar a:<br ljsid-1=\"\"> Adriana Ergueta<br ljsid-3=\"\"> Responsable de Comunicaciones<br ljsid-5=\"\"> América Latina y el Caribe<br ljsid-7=\"\"> Corporate Accountability<br ljsid-9=\"\"> <a ljsid-11=\"\">[email protected]</a>":1,"#El 93 % de los proyectos de compensación problemáticos se encuentran en el Sur Global.":1,"#La investigación de Corporate Accountability sugiere que, a pesar de las reformas en curso, los Mercados Voluntarios de Carbono siguen fracasando en gran medida.":1,"#In the same realm, Wells Fargo has a history of being among the <a ljsid-1=\"\">top sponsors, funders and board members for police foundations of multiple major cities</a>, including sponsoring police foundations in <a ljsid-3=\"\">Charlotte</a>, <a ljsid-5=\"\">Sacramento</a>, and <a ljsid-7=\"\">Seattle</a>, <a ljsid-9=\"\">Atlanta</a> y <a ljsid-11=\"\">Charlotte</a>. Police foundations are private organizations dedicated to raising money for police departments as well as supplying them with <a ljsid-13=\"\">weaponry and surveillance technology</a>. Their private status enables these foundations to add millions of dollars to police budgets with very little public oversight or approval. Police foundations have been known to supply <a ljsid-15=\"\">departments with K-9s and police horses, both used as a means to harm black people and protestors</a>. The surveillance technology these foundations provide to police departments are highly controversial and disproportionately “tested and targeted in Black, Brown and Indigneous communities”. In response to the calls to defund the police that arose in the general public during Summer 2020, the police foundations for NYC, Washington D.C, Seattle and Philadelphia<a ljsid-17=\"\"> removed information on their websites</a> regarding partner organizations and board members. A shameful act intended to limit the public’s knowledge and to protect donating corporations, like Wells Fargo, from public outrage. In this year of 2022, a senior leader from Wells Fargo is listed on the <a ljsid-19=\"\">Atlanta Police Foundations’ Board of Trustees</a>, giving ample reason to believe that their efforts to fund state-sanctioned violence against Black Americans isn’t stopping anytime soon.":1,"#While Wells Fargo was <a ljsid-1=\"\">founded in 1852, it acquired Wachovia in 2008</a>, thus intertwining itself with a very dark history. Wachovia <a ljsid-3=\"\">was founded in 1879</a>, descended from the <a ljsid-5=\"\">Georgia Railroad and Banking Company, the Bank of Charleston</a> y <a ljsid-7=\"\">Atlanta’s Fourth National Bank</a>. All of these companies had deep ties to the mistreatment of black people. <a ljsid-9=\"\">As part of their banking practices, the Georgia Railroad and Banking Company accepted slaves as collateral on mortaged properties or loans</a>. They owned at least 162 slaves during their time. The Bank of Charleston had similar practices, accepting minimum 529 slaves as collateral for loans and mortagaged properties. When slaveowners defaulted on their payments, the Bank would seize ownership of some slaves.":1,"#Explore the Black Collective’s framework!":1,"#Pacific Business News":1,"#Lahaina News":1,"#Hawaii Reporter.com":1,"#Hawaii Herald":1,"#North Shore News":1,"#MidWeek":1,"#Voice of Kapolei":1,"#Honolulu Civil Beat":1,"#Honolulu Star Advertiser":1,"#HawaiiStar.com":1,"#Publications that will receive your letter":1,"#Searching for closest publications...":1,"#1326b Alexa Drive, Winter Park, Florida 32789, United States":1,"#1326 Alewa Drive, Honolulu, Hawaii 96817, United States":1,"#The street address field is required. The city field is required. The postal code field is required.":1,"#Your message has not been edited.":1,"#4 of 25 actions taken":1,"#Expose Big Polluters’ political meddling and false solutions. Submit a Letter to the Editor.":1,"#Launch your own campaign now.":1,"#Powered by New/Mode":1,"#From U.S. to U.N., we can stop Big Polluters from hijacking the planet - Corporate Accountability":1,"#Subject":1,"#To":1,"#Target lookup":1,"#Message preview":1,"#Submit your letter":1,"#Corporate Accountability hosts this campaign and will keep you informed about it and others. Corporate Accountability will protect your privacy.":1,"#Here is the message we will send":1,"#Zipcode":1,"#Street address":1,"#Be the first to take action!":1,"#At the same time, they’re pushing false solutions, like carbon markets. Our recent report revealed that millions of carbon credits used in 2024 likely didn’t lead to real emissions, and caused harm in the process. That means, when your airline or cute clothing corporation asks you to pay extra to “go green,” they’re actually asking you to throw money to their greenwashing while they continue hurting people and communities.<br ljsid-1=\"\"><br ljsid-2=\"\">That’s why our team is on the ground at COP30 in Belém, Brazil right now, challenging these polluters and the governments in their pockets who push profit-driven, planet-burning agendas.<br ljsid-4=\"\"><br ljsid-5=\"\">Now, we’re kicking into high gear: submit your Letter to the Editor to expose how Big Polluters undermine climate policy and push false climate solutions from the U.S. to the U.N., all so they can keep extracting, polluting, and profiting — while blocking real solutions.<br ljsid-7=\"\"><br ljsid-8=\"\"><strong ljsid-9=\"\">Submit a Letter to the Editor and expose these schemes in your local media.</strong>":1,"#The Kick Big Polluters Out coalition's recently-released research covered in The Guardian makes it crystal clear: fossil fuel corporations — many of the same ones benefitting from the Trump regime’s actions — have overrun the UN climate action process, and we know this is all to delay real action for decades.":1,"#From Big Tech to Big Polluters, corporations are fueling, propping up, and profiting from the fascist power grab in the U.S. But it’s not just happening here.":1,"#Test Mode":1,"#From U.S. to U.N., we can stop Big Polluters from hijacking the planet":1,"#Insert/edit link":1,"#Italic":1,"#Bold":1,"#Redo":1,"#Undo":1,"#276 words":1,"#Press the Up and Down arrow keys to resize the editor.":1,"#todas las donaciones realizadas desde ahora hasta la medianoche del 30 de noviembre se TRIPLICARÁN, hasta un máximo de 100.000 dólares.":1,"#I met Deputy Campaigns Director <a ljsid-1=\"\">John Stewart</a> in 2015 at a <a ljsid-3=\"\">Generación de Recursos</a> conference. [Resource Generation organizes young people with financial wealth to leverage resources and privilege for social change.] At the conference, there was a lot of analysis around racial justice, gender justice, environmental justice, but there wasn’t as much discussion about corporate power — which is funny, right, because the families of so many people there had become wealthy thanks to the rise of corporate power. Mine certainly had.":1,"#Not Betsy? <a ljsid-1=\"\">Click here</a>.":1,"#Welcome back, Betsy!":1,"#Para":1,"#Zikora Ibeh, board member, wears a blue and orange top with intricate flower prints and gold hoop earrings.":1,"#Zikora Ibeh":1,"#The Monk & Robot series by Becky Chambers brings me joy. This new cli-fi (climate fiction) series is a tender, delightful, hope-filled exploration of a future founded on kindness, abundance, and community.<br ljsid-1=\"\"><strong ljsid-2=\"\">Latifah Azlan</strong>":1,"#Board and staff members Tetet Lauron (left) and Shayda Naficy (right) in Paris, organizing for water justice, 2012.":1,"#Staff member Akili organizing with Cesar Chavez in 1977.":1,"#Board member Irene Reyes (left) and team member Hellen Neima (right) organizing at the global tobacco treaty negotiations in Geneva, Switzerland, 2018.":1,"#Below are photos of team members organizing around the world. And scroll down to read about some of our most memorable organizing moments, what inspires us, and what brings us joy.":1,"#Who are the people that carry out the work of challenging corporate power? Meet some of the Corporate Accountability team.":1,"#Team - Annual Report 2022":1,"#Corporate Accountability’s staff, team, and <a ljsid-1=\"\">board members</a> bring our passion for justice and our dedication to corporate campaigning to our work each day. We are an intergenerational, global team with a wide range of experiences and perspectives. Our years of organizing range from three to 50, and we’re located in 18 cities and eight countries around the world. We each lead from where we are to hold corporations accountable for the harms they cause and build a more just world together.":1,"#One of my most memorable organizing experiences is organizing with Cosecha and with the ACLU of Massachusetts on issues affecting immigrant communities in the U.S. This experience was very important to me because for many of the years I lived in the U.S., I felt sad to not be part of a community that understood my feelings and experiences as an immigrant Latina. But when I found out about Cosecha and started organizing with them, I again felt in my skin. It was fulfilling. I felt part of a multitude of people fighting for what was right and just—in our own languages and cultures—for what mattered to us every day and minute that we were in the U.S. That experience opened the door of my heart to painful social realities that to today have not changed, but also to powerful and meaningful organizing that is worthy to do so with all our energy and commitment. Through that experience I learned to organize with joy, with dance, with art, with color, with food! And even today I can feel and smell that time.":1,"#Latifah Azlan":1,"#The Monk & Robot series by Becky Chambers brings me joy. This new cli-fi (climate fiction) series is a tender, delightful, hope-filled exploration of a future founded on kindness, abundance, and community.":1,"#One of my most memorable organizing experiences was an action we and our allies held outside of the Gramercy Hotel where representatives from the fossil fuel industry held a private event with politicians and environmental groups. Not only did they hear us, but we also made sure they saw us too, with a large projection on the building demanding to make Big Polluters pay.":1,"#Daniel Dorado Torres":1,"#One of my most memorable organizing experiences was the most recent meetings of the global tobacco treaty. It was the first virtual Conference of the Parties due to the COVID-19 pandemic. And we, in partnership with our longtime allies, creatively and furiously organized to encourage government representatives to deliver their “conflict of interest declarations,” in keeping with the “maximizing transparency decision”—a unique milestone adopted in 2018 to keep the tobacco industry’s tentacles out of the negotiations.":1,"#Charlotte Bartter":1,"#Challenging corporate abuse in the day to day":1,"#Teamwork inspires me.":1,"#Gardening brings me joy.":1,"#Faiz Rahman-Sabean":1,"#Mobilizing people power and financial power to challenge some of the most powerful corporations in the world inspires me.":1,"#Fatimah Shaikh":1,"#My favorite part of organizing is being in community with folks from all walks of life. My most memorable organizing moment was joining Palestinian and Colombian communities and activists in the summer of 2021 to challenge state violence. Solidarity and showing up for each other across borders is how we win!":1,"#One of my most memorable organizing experiences is the day our water researcher discovered Veolia was abandoning its flagship water privatization model in the U.S.":1,"#Team":1,"#One of my most memorable organizing experiences is… marching with Nigerian water and labor rights activists through the streets of Lagos with boomboxes mounted on cars alongside, learning to join in on the exuberant chants for our water, our rights in multiple languages!":1,"#bring our passion for justice and our dedication to corporate campaigning to our work each day. We are an intergenerational, global team with a wide range of experiences and perspectives. Our years of organizing range from three to 50, and we’re located in 18 cities and eight countries around the world. We each lead from where we are to hold corporations accountable for the harms they cause and build a more just world together.":1,"#board members":1,"#Corporate Accountability’s staff, team, and":1,"#FY 2022":1,"#One of my most memorable organizing experiences is organizing with Cosecha and with the ACLU of Massachusetts on issues affecting immigrant communities in the U.S. This experience was very important to me because for many of the years I lived in the U.S., I felt sad to not be part of a community that understood my feelings and experiences as an immigrant Latina. But when I found out about Cosecha and started organizing with them, I again felt in my skin. It was fulfilling. I felt part of a multitude of people fighting for what was right and just—in our own languages and cultures—for what mattered to us every day and minute that we were in the U.S. That experience opened the door of my heart to painful social realities that to today have not changed, but also to powerful and meaningful organizing that is worthy to do so with all our energy and commitment. Through that experience I learned to organize with joy, with dance, with art, with color, with food! And even today I can feel and smell that time.<br ljsid-1=\"\"><strong ljsid-2=\"\">Nathalie Rengifo Alvarez</strong>":1,"#One of my most memorable organizing experiences was an action we and our allies held outside of the Gramercy Hotel where representatives from the fossil fuel industry held a private event with politicians and environmental groups. Not only did they hear us, but we also made sure they saw us too, with a large projection on the building demanding to make Big Polluters pay.<br ljsid-1=\"\"><strong ljsid-2=\"\">Eric Johnson</strong>":1,"#One of my most memorable organizing experiences was the most recent meetings of the global tobacco treaty. It was the first virtual Conference of the Parties due to the COVID-19 pandemic. And we, in partnership with our longtime allies, creatively and furiously organized to encourage government representatives to deliver their “conflict of interest declarations,” in keeping with the “maximizing transparency decision”—a unique milestone adopted in 2018 to keep the tobacco industry’s tentacles out of the negotiations. <br ljsid-1=\"\"><strong ljsid-2=\"\">Daniel Dorado Torres</strong>":1,"#Teamwork inspires me.<br ljsid-1=\"\"><strong ljsid-2=\"\">Charlotte Bartter</strong>":1,"#Gardening brings me joy. <br ljsid-1=\"\"><strong ljsid-2=\"\">Corinne Jager</strong>":1,"#Mobilizing people power and financial power to challenge some of the most powerful corporations in the world inspires me. <br ljsid-1=\"\"><strong ljsid-2=\"\">Faiz Rahman-Sabean</strong>":1,"#My favorite part of organizing is being in community with folks from all walks of life. My most memorable organizing moment was joining Palestinian and Colombian communities and activists in the summer of 2021 to challenge state violence. Solidarity and showing up for each other across borders is how we win! <br ljsid-1=\"\"><strong ljsid-2=\"\">Fatimah Shaikh</strong>":1,"#One of my most memorable organizing experiences is the day our water researcher discovered Veolia was abandoning its flagship water privatization model in the U.S. <br ljsid-1=\"\"><strong ljsid-2=\"\">Ari Rubenstein</strong>":1,"#One of my most memorable organizing experiences is… marching with Nigerian water and labor rights activists through the streets of Lagos with boomboxes mounted on cars alongside, learning to join in on the exuberant chants for our water, our rights in multiple languages! <br ljsid-1=\"\"><strong ljsid-2=\"\">Shayda Naficy</strong>":1,"#Staff member Marcia Whitehead challenging McDonald’s in San Francisco, 2010.":1,"#Staff member Lizzie McQuillan challenging Philip Morris International in New York, 2018.":1,"#Staff, board, and former staff members organizing at the global tobacco meetings, in Moscow, 2014. From left to right: Ari Rubenstein, Bobby Ramakant, Jesse Bragg, Cloe Franko, Shuo Peskoe-Yang, and Hannah Freedberg.":1,"#Staff member Martha Denton (front left) organizing for fossil fuel divestment at Harvard University in 2021.":1,"#Staff, volunteer, and former staff members organizing in New York, 2019. From left to right: Neil Gupta, Stacia Brezinski, Michél Legendre, Taylor Billings, and Keltie Vance.":1,"#By <a ljsid-1=\"\">daniel dorado</a>":1,"#Tetet Nera-Lauron<span ljsid-1=\"\">Secretario de la Junta</span>":1,"#Misión":1,"#Letra":1,"#bígaro":1,"#amarillo":1,"#Para Pablo, la fuerza y la energía para enfrentar el abuso corporativo provienen de la tierra, las generaciones de miembros de la comunidad que han cuidado la tierra y la sabiduría cultivada por los movimientos de base. Con UDAPT, participante fundador de la Semana Anti-Chevron, tiene la misión de hacer de la Amazonia un lugar donde los pueblos indígenas tengan el derecho humano a vivir una vida digna.":1,"#Perfil":1,"#Reflejos":1,"#Akinbode Oluwafemi<span ljsid-1=\"\">Presidente de la Junta</span>":1,"#TRIPLE YOUR GIFT!":1,"#Fuel the fight to challenge corporate power! <br ljsid-1=\"\"> All donations tripled matched until 11/30!":1,"#Check out the Spanish translation":1,"#Three friends at mobilization challenging rise of fascism in the U.S. holding signs that read \"no kings!\" and \"people over profit\"":1,"#Challenging the corporate “pillar of support” behind the Trump regime is a critical in this moment. Learn how Corporate Accountability is approaching this work.":1,"#Field notes for transformation: Fall 2025":1,"#September 25, 2025":1,"#By Simon Roger,":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},"version":6999}]