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 Press release | April 19, 2021 EU sanctions against two major Myanmar military conglomerates are welcome, but more action is needed Response to the announcement today of EU sanctions against two military-controlled companies, along with ten members of the military ‘State Administration Council’ Press release | April 15, 2021 “Big blow” for advertising on social media - new polling in France and Germany finds majority oppose personal information being used to target them with advertising on digital platforms New polling of regular social media users in Germany and France reveals that 83% of people don’t want their personal data used to target them with political ads. Press release | March 25, 2021 Global Witness welcomes UK and US sanctions on Myanmar military businesses The United Kingdom and United States have today announced sanctions against Myanmar military conglomerate Myanma Economic Holdings Public Company Limited Press release | March 23, 2021 Global Witness and 148 other organisations call on Chevron to ensure oil and gas projects in Myanmar are not financing military Today Global Witness joined 148 other organizations in Myanmar and internationally in calling for US oil and gas giant Chevron to ensure that money from its projects in Myanmar does not help finance the murderous military regime that took power in a coup d’état on 1 February Statement | March 23, 2021 Open letter: Chevron's business operations in Myanmar We, the undersigned organizations and concerned individuals, call on Chevron and its partners to ensure that payments of royalties and other revenues are not made to Myanmar Oil and Gas Enterprise until the legitimate and democratically elected government is returned Press release | March 22, 2021 EU sanctions on individuals responsible for Myanmar’s military coup must go further and target the junta’s economic interests Today’s announcement of European Union sanctions on 11 members of Myanmar’s military junta are a disappointingly weak and belated response to the February 1 coup Press release | March 17, 2021 Acquittal of Shell and Eni in corruption trial “a stain on Italy” Joint statement on the Shell/ Eni verdict from Global Witness, Corner House, HEDA & Re:Common Statement | March 17, 2021 Shell and Eni verdict: Not the final word on this scandal NGOs and activists are today disappointed and outraged as Shell and Eni - two of the worlds biggest polluters - were found not guilty of corruption relating to the purchase of a Nigerian oilfield, in a Milan trial. Press release | March 16, 2021 Accountability groups file first of its kind FTC complaint against Chevron for misleading consumers on climate action The complaint claims that Chevron is consistently misrepresenting its image to appear climate-friendly and racial justice-oriented, while its business operations overwhelmingly rely on climate-polluting fossil fuels, which disproportionately harm communities of color. Press release | March 15, 2021 Energy firm on trial for vast corruption granted high level EU access to lobby for fossil gas Global Witness finds that Eni's CEO was granted access to EU Ministers whilst corruption trial ongoing Show Next 10
