Filters By campaign All Anonymous companies Banks Climate breakdown Corporate accountability Corruption & money laundering Diamonds Digital threats Forests Forest transparency & IFM Forêts Fossil fuels Governments Greenwashing Land and environmental defenders Land Deals Oil, Gas & Mining Personas defensoras Pétrole, gaz et minerais Responsible Minerals Rubber in the Mekong Stop Russian oil Timber Trade Transition minerals 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 | Nov. 8, 2023 Oil firms bankroll Azerbaijan’s warring regime with billions in fossil fuel money BP and its project partners have transferred $35 billion-worth of oil and gas production to Azerbaijan’s government since 2020, the year that war broke out in the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh. The sum is more than four times Azerbaijan’s military spending during this period, as new analysis by Global Witness highlights the ‘dictatorship’s’ economic reliance on the British company’s fossil fuel operations. Press release | Nov. 7, 2023 King's Speech: UK refineries could reject up to half of North Sea Oil by 2035 New Global Witness analysis reveals that UK refineries will be unable to process up to half of the UK’s North Sea oil by 2035, as Rishi Sunak uses the King’s Speech today to pledge to double down on domestic drilling. Press release | Nov. 6, 2023 UK imports linked to deforestation twice the size of Paris since passage of Environment Act Former minister slams government as analysis by Trase for Global Witness reveals the legislation has failed to prevent deforestation Press release | Nov. 2, 2023 Shell Q3: Shell has paid shareholders £30 billion since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine ‘’Shell’s shareholders remain some of the biggest winners of Russia’s brutal war in Ukraine and ongoing global instability. The turmoil in fossil fuel markets allows Shell to rake in enormous profits – but instead of investing in clean energy, the company has doubled down on oil, gas, and shareholder pay-outs.’’ Press release | Oct. 31, 2023 BP Q3: BP has paid shareholders £20 billion during the UK’s energy crisis Our new analysis finds that since January 2022, when energy and costs of living crises were hitting the UK, BP has paid dividends of £6.5 billion ($7.9 billion) and repurchased shares worth £13.6 billion ($16.6 billion), giving shareholders a total of £20.1 billion ($24.5 billion) Press release | Oct. 27, 2023 ExxonMobil Q3: Huge $54 Billion Shareholder Payouts During Inflation Crisis As ExxonMobil today reports profits of $9.1 billion, Global Witness analysis finds that since January 2022, when the energy crisis inflated Exxon’s profits, the company has paid dividends of $26 billion and repurchased shares worth $28 billion, giving shareholders a total of $54 billion. Press release | Oct. 27, 2023 Q3 Chevron’s $20 billion 2023 shareholder payout eclipses renewables investment 20x Q3 Chevron’s $20 billion 2023 shareholder payout eclipses renewables investment 20x Statement | Oct. 26, 2023 #CeasefireNow: Open Call by 290 organisations from 50 countries for an Immediate Ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and Israel to Prevent a Humanitarian Catastrophe and Further Loss of Innocent Lives We put our voices together and call on all Heads of State, the UN Security Council, and actors on the ground, to prioritize the preservation of human life above all else Press release | Oct. 26, 2023 TotalEnergies Q3: Pays Shareholders a Massive €25 Billion since Russia’s Full-scale Invasion of Ukraine Our fresh analysis finds that since April 2022, a month after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, TotalEnergies has paid dividends of €13 billion ($13.7 billion) and repurchased shares worth €12 billion ($12.7 billion), giving shareholders a total of €25 billion ($26.4 billion). Press release | Oct. 19, 2023 BAFTA-winning oil executive outshone by Greta Thunberg at £1 trillion London oil conference A new sketch from the makers of the BAFTA-award-winning “The Revolution Will be Televised” and Global Witness launched today. It targets oil executives who have been schmoozing government officials at the Energy Intelligence Forum at the five-star Intercontinental Hotel on London’s Park Lane. Show Previous 10 Show Next 10