Press Releases

Press releases and resources for journalists from Global Witness. For general media enquiries please call + 44 (0) 7912 517 127 or email [email protected]

Press release | May 4, 2021
EastMed pipeline depends on company whose founders participated in banking scheme that allegedly helped crash Cypriot economy

New investigation looks into the founders of key company for EastMed pipeline
Statement | April 27, 2021
Sorry Shell, Sorry Eni - Global Witness is not going away

Global Witness position following OPL 245 verdict
Statement | April 23, 2021
World leaders must commit to holding climate-wrecking industries and their financial backers to account

The world can’t solve the climate crisis if leaders are unwilling to name the main culprits, let alone have the courage to take on these powerful industry interests.
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
Press release | Feb. 22, 2021
Hundreds of millions in taxpayer money wasted by EU on failed gas projects

Corporate influence at the heart of EU wasted energy funds
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
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.