Filters By campaign All Anonymous companies Banks Climate breakdown Corporate accountability Corruption & money laundering Diamonds Digital threats Forests Forest transparency & IFM Forêts Fossil gas Governments Land and environmental defenders Land Deals Natural resource governance Oil, Gas & Mining Personas defensoras Pétrole, gaz et minerais Responsible Minerals Rubber in the Mekong Timber Trade By country All Afghanistan Angola Azerbaijan Brazil Cambodia Central African Republic China Congo-Brazzaville D.R. Congo Equatorial Guinea European Union Guinea Guyana Honduras Indonesia Japan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Laos Liberia Libya Madagascar Malaysia Myanmar Nicaragua Nigeria Papua New Guinea Peru Russia South Sudan Sudan The Philippines Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Zimbabwe Statement | Jan. 12, 2021 New report on finance sector’s response to deforestation shows failure of voluntary banking initiatives to tackle deforestation and need for government regulation Voluntary banking initiatives like the Soft Commodities Compact have clearly failed to rein in banks’ financing of global deforestation, which is helping drive the climate crisis, biodiversity loss and human rights abuses around the world. Statement | Jan. 11, 2021 Statement on the withdrawal of Global Witness’s report on Guyana’s oil sector Statement on the withdrawal of Global Witness’s report on Guyana’s oil sector, Signed Away Press release | Jan. 11, 2021 Majority of global CCS plants being used to extract more fossil fuels New research says Carbon capture won't help to reach Paris climate goals Statement | Dec. 15, 2020 Global Witness statement on the draft Digital Services Act We are disappointed the European Commission’s newly proposed Digital Services Act fails to establish any limits on the controversial practice of micro-targeting Press release | Dec. 15, 2020 Revised EU Energy regulation fails to deliver on urgent climate needs Key EU energy policy fails to curb the excessive role of the fossil fuel industry in decision-making, and leave the back door wide open to public funds supporting fossil gas. Press release | Dec. 11, 2020 Congress passes historic anti-corruption provision, culminating decade-long fight to end anonymous companies in the US This beneficial ownership provision, known as the Corporate Transparency Act, is the major step in closing the loopholes allowing financial crime to thrive in the US. Statement | Dec. 11, 2020 Joint Statement: in solidarity with Timnit Gebru Along with the Google Walkout organisers, our organisations call on Google to strengthen its commitment to integrity, anti-racism, and adherence to the company’s own AI Principles in its research Press release | Dec. 10, 2020 Commodity traders ADM and Bunge linked to conflict-tainted palm oil in Indonesia Global Witness investigation exposes how two US agribusiness giants – ADM and Bunge – source from Indonesian palm oil mills linked publicly to human rights abuses and land grabs. Press release | Dec. 7, 2020 New EU sanctions regime is an important achievement but leaves the door open to dirty money Global Witness and 14 other organisations welcome adoption of a new sanctions regime by the European Union to target human rights abusers worldwide. However, we urge the EU to adopt a complementary sanctions regime targeting corrupt actors. Press release | Dec. 7, 2020 Nouveau régime de sanction européen : une avancée importante qui laisse toutefois la porte ouverte à l’argent sale Global Witness et quatorze autres organisations saluent l'adoption par l’Union européenne d'un régime de sanctions visant les auteurs de violations des droits de l’homme à travers le monde. Nous exhortons néanmoins l’UE à adopter un régime de sanctions complémentaire ciblant les ressortissants de pays tiers liés à des actes de corruption, et à s'aligner aux autres régimes existants aux États-Unis ou au Canada, et en cours d'élaboration au Royaume-Uni. Show Next 10
