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 | March 4, 2021 Civil society calls on MEPs to support corporate accountability in key plenary vote Next week, Members of European Parliament will vote on a report that paves the way for the EU to require companies to protect human rights and the environment in their global value chains by law 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. 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. 3, 2020 Global Witness statement on the European Democracy Action Plan Today’s EU Action Plan takes an important first step towards safeguarding European democracy, promising legislation to protect citizens from the very real harms created by the micro-targeting of political ads Press release | Dec. 2, 2020 New UN report calling for fossil fuel reduction must not be ignored by EU UN report calls for 6% reduction in fossil fuels per year Press release | Nov. 19, 2020 EU Ombudsman decision exposes Commission weakness on climate-wrecking fossil gas The European Ombudsman has today ruled that the European Commission failed to assess the climate risks when supporting fossil gas projects Press release | Oct. 30, 2020 EU must end support for gas in disputed Eastern Mediterranean New analysis reveals huge climate cost of controversial fossil gas projects Press release | Oct. 27, 2020 Commission sounds starting gun on the road to delivering ground breaking corporate accountability legislation EU Commission sounds starting gun on the road to delivering ground breaking corporate accountability legislation Press release | Oct. 22, 2020 Global Witness welcomes landmark report from European Parliament on tackling EU’s role in global deforestation This ground-breaking report is a clarion call for the EU to step up and tackle its role in global deforestation. Show Previous 10 Show Next 10
