State of Corporate Power 2012
Resources
The High Cost of Walmart’s 50th Birthday
Uncertain Futures – The impacts of Sime Darby on communities in Liberia
Local Liberian communities suffer from the expansion of Sime Darby’s palm oil plantation in Liberia, which swallows up their farms and farmlands. Most of the men and women in the affected villages are now out of work, with very few…
Video from a Week of Action in Brussels for an Alternative Investment Regime
International investment treaties grant transnational investors too many privileges and thus compromise the rights of citizens and states, critics say. The video No more corporate privileges gives an impression of the concerns of experts and activists.
Enel Today and Tomorrow
Hidden Costs of the Path of Coal and Carbon versus Possibilities for a Cleaner and Brighter Future The electricity provided by power companies and the employment that electricity provision creates are economic goods that benefit society and drive economic and…
Restricted Rights: Migrant women workers in Thailand, Cambodia and Malaysia
The story of thousands of migrant women workers is revealed in the new report launched by War on Want and the Asian Migrant Centre. The report presents the appalling conditions faced by women who have to migrate because of poverty and…
Freedom of association in the electronics industry
Briefing paper In this briefing paper, SOMO investigates the role of electronics brands in ensuring that freedom of association and collective bargaining is respected all along their supply chain. Download whole publication: Freedom of association in the electronics industry.pdf (Size 276.5…
Young women exploited in Indian garment industry
Despite industry’s promises, young Dalit women continue to suffer exploitative conditions European and US garment brands and retailers have failed in their attempts to structurally improve labour conditions at their suppliers in Tamil Nadu, South India. Despite corporate promises and…
Vale 2012 Unsustainability Report
Vale participates in the Global Reporting Initiative and publishes its “Sustainability Report” on an annual basis, aiming to demonstrate its compliance with the international principles of social and environmental responsibilities of which it is a signatory, namely the UN Global…
Combatting Monsanto: Grassroots resistance to the corporate power of agribusiness in the era of the ‘green economy’ and a changing climate
This report provides snapshots of frontline struggles against Monsanto and other biotech corporations pushing genetically modified (GM) crops. It shows that small-holder and organic farmers, local communities and social movements around the world are resisting and rejecting Monsanto, and the…
TAKE-OFF IN THE WRONG DIRECTION
Trends and consequences of the rapid development of aviation biofuels, as shown by the impacts of jatropha cultivation on local people in Central Java The aviation sector’s response to its growing greenhouse gas emissions As climate change becomes more and…
Farming money: How European banks and private finance profit from food speculation and land grabs
This report analyses the activities of 29 European banks, pension funds and insurance companies, including Deutsche Bank, Barclays, RBS, Allianz, BNP Paribas, AXA, HSBC, Generali, Allianz, Unicredit and Credit Agricole. It reveals the significant involvement of these financial institutions in…