This report assesses the financing of the Malaysian palm oil company Sime Darby by European financial institutions in the past four years (since July 2009). The largest European shareholders of Sime Darby are the Norwegian Government Pension Fund –…
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The book, written by Biowatch founder trustees Rachel Wynberg and David Fig, tells the inside story of how a reasonable request for access to GMO permit applications catapulted an environmental watch-dog into almost a decade of litigation against the South…
In its code of conduct, Apple claims that it requires its suppliers to uphold its workers’ basic human rights as understood by the international community, and to treat them with dignity and respect. In contrast, our investigations demonstrate that Apple supplier factories are…
By Cecilia Olivet and Pia Eberhardt Corporations have been granted the exclusive right to sue states (states cannot sue corporations) at secretive international tribunals for action deemed to unfairly affect investors’ profits. While worldwide attention was centred recently on the World Economic Forum…
There are some stories which need to be repeated. This is not only because they are exemplary narratives or contain vibrant lessons for us but because their end is yet to be written. As one moves along, new characters, conversations…
Susan George provides an introduction to TNI’s State of Power 2013 report, exposing how the unprecedented concentration of corporate and elite power is at the root of our economic and ecological crisis. Towards the end of 2011, three young, very smart and tenacious…
Working conditions in the Hungarian electronics sector Low-cost electronics production facilities have been established in Central and Eastern Europe (Hungary, Czech Republic, Poland, Romania and Estonia) to supply the European market. Although working conditions within electronics manufacturing companies in South-East…
Investment arbitration cases are brought by foreign investors against governments following alleged breaches of international investment agreements. Emblematic cases include tobacco giant Philip Morris suing Uruguay and Australia over health warnings on cigarette packets; and Swedish energy multinational Vattenfall seeking…
Massmart now has 384 operational stores in 12 African countries. As a subsidiary of the retail giant Walmart it is part of a network of 10 524 operations around the world. The Massmart / Walmart head office is in Johannesburg…
As the presidential candidates were prepping for their fiery debate last week, Huffington Post broke a story linking Mitt Romney’s pre-Bain Capital consulting company, Bain & Co., to Big Tobacco’s expansion in Russia. The tobacco epidemic currently devastating Russia, which Prime Minister…
Transnational corporations (TNCs) continue to reinforce their hold on the natural resources of the planet, dictating their agendas to the weakest countries and exploiting their peoples. Directly or indirectly, they bear an enormous responsibility for the deterioration of the environment…