As more and more countries adopt the life-saving measures of the Global Tobacco Treaty, Big Tobacco is using a global litigation strategy to intimidate countries to halt progress. This flyer lays out which countries have won, lost, or are facing…
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…
Worldwide, governments and local authorities, together with international institutions (like the World Bank), engage in the development of large infrastructures: mining projects, highways, high-speed railways, new airports, arenas, amusement parks, concert halls, etc. This projects share some common traits: they’re…
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…
by PhilLee On the 16th anniversary of the murder of Nigerian writer Ken Saro-Wiwa we have released a report to honour those involved in the struggle for justice for the communities who suffer the consequences of extractive industries. The report…
This hardhitting and very emotionally touching documentary about Shell’s oilcrimes in Nigeria was broadcasted by Dutch TV last week. It is a co-production between Milieudefensie (FoE NL) and VARA TV, a major Dutch progressive broadcasting corporation. We choose for a completely new…
The sugarcane industry and the global economic crisis Booklet PDF
Social and environmental impacts of sugarcane production in Brazil Booklets PDF
Map of the cases of conflict presented in the Permanent Peoples Tribunal – Madrid See TPP Madrid 2010 larger map