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Corporate capture is the influence of companies on public institutions, for example by lobbying. This campaign aims to expose the corporate strategies to manipulate governments and public institutions and highlight how this works against the public interest.
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Life in the forest in Bangladesh: Dirty energy struggles and community energy solutions
Between nuclear power plants, coal mines, and coal based-power plants, communities and ecosystems in Bangladesh are faci...
15 December, 2021Exposing corporate capture of the UN Food Systems Summit through multistakeholderism
This report exposes the rising threat of Multistakeholder Institutions (MSIs) and increasing corporate influence over th...
25 November, 2021Ahead of UN climate summit Friends of the Earth International spotlights how ‘Nature Based Solutions’ is being used to disguise climate-trashing business-as-usual
27 October 2021. Amsterdam, Netherlands and Glasgow, UK.
27 October, 2021Characteristics of false solutions to the biodiversity and related systemic crises
Although proposed solutions to the climate and biodiversity and other interrelated crises abound, sadly few are viable. ...
08 September, 2021Thousands mobilise to call for food systems that empower people, not companies
3 August 2021. Rome, Italy. Between 25-28 July 2021, some 9,000 people gathered for a mostly virtual counter-mobilisa...
03 August, 2021New report details Big Polluters’ next Big Con
Amsterdam, 9 June 2021 – In the midst of virtual discussions of the UN climate treaty, a new report shines a light on ...
09 June, 2021The Big Con: How Big Polluters are advancing a “net zero” climate agenda to delay, deceive, and deny.
Our report with Corporate Accountability, Corporate Europe Observatory and Global Forest Coalition uncovers the dubious ...
09 June, 2021“How we took on one of the world’s biggest polluters and won”
In a monumental victory for our planet and climate justice, a Dutch court has held a corporation liable for causing da...
02 June, 2021Historic victory: judge forces Shell to drastically reduce CO2 emissions.
The Hague, 26 May 2021 - For the first time in history, a judge has held a corporation liable for causing dangerous clim...
26 May, 2021Time for a People’s Vaccine to tackle Covid-19 with justice and equity
This week, the World Trade Organisation (WTO) held special meetings to discuss a temporary waiver of intellectual proper...
07 May, 2021Transnational corporations and peoples’ rights in Latin America and the Caribbean: Violations of peoples’ sovereignty
We cannot understand the configuration of the capitalist system in recent years without considering the role of Transnat...
21 April, 2021Business interests have hijacked the UN food systems summit
The United Nations agencies are warning that 270 million more people – over four times the UK population – are on th...
24 March, 2021Fruits of Resistance in Brazil
Just past Porto Alegre’s Redenção park, two blocks towards the river, sits the CaSanAT building. A colorful single...
19 March, 2021Covid-19: The peoples’ path from crisis to recovery
What impact has the Covid-19 pandemic had on the peoples, communities and allies that Friends of the Earth works with? H...
05 March, 2021Chasing Carbon Unicorns: The deception of carbon markets and “net zero”
Powerful actors are using “net zero” pledges to hide their climate inaction. Stopping the climate crisis requires us...
22 February, 202113 years is too long for victims of Shell’s oil spills to wait for justice.
On Friday 29th January 2021, justice prevailed for the people of the oil-soaked Niger Delta. After a thirteen-year strug...
11 February, 2021Shell awaits judgement as historic climate case hearings conclude in the Hague.
AMSTERDAM, 17 December 2020 - The business model of one of the world's biggest oil companies, Shell, hangs in the balanc...
17 December, 2020Defending territories and indigenous peoples’ rights in Malaysia
Among the tropical forests and mangroves of biodiversity-rich Borneo, the indigenous communities of Sarawak have lived i...
11 December, 2020Taking Shell to court: groundbreaking Dutch climate litigation case begins.
AMSTERDAM, 30 November 2020 - The groundbreaking Dutch climate case against Shell reaches the courtroom this December, w...
30 November, 2020COVID-19 and the crisis of capital: the sustainability of life and peoples’ sovereignty are the solution.
"Feminist Economics and Environmentalism for a Just Recovery: Outlooks from the South" is a publication by Friends of t...
12 November, 2020Condemnation of the assassination of Mama Fikile Ntshangase in South Africa
Friends of the Earth International condemns the killing of Mama Fikile Ntshangase, shot in her home in Mtubatuba, KwaZul...
06 November, 2020Despite COVID19 limitations, civil society drives momentum for historic UN binding treaty.
The sixth round of negotiations of the United Nations (UN) Open Ended Inter-governmental Working Group (OEIGWG) mandated...
04 November, 2020Oil company Total back in Court for human rights violations in Uganda
On Wednesday 28 October, 10:30 am, the appeal hearing against oil giant Total will start in Versailles Court of Appeal, ...
27 October, 2020What is the Belt and Road Initiative?
“The world’s biggest infrastructure and connectivity project”, “building a community of common destiny”, “en...
22 October, 2020Stop corporations profiting from the pandemic. Stop ISDS.
The COVID-19 pandemic is the biggest health and economic crisis in a generation. Some governments are taking extraordina...
19 October, 2020Junk Agroecology
Agroecology has gained ground in recent years as the need to transform our agrifood system becomes increasingly clear. T...
12 October, 2020Burning Amazonia: A Global Corporate Crime
Transnational corporations have sought to expand their territorial control of the Amazon for decades. Year after year, t...
30 September, 2020Global coalition releases liability roadmap for governments to Make Big Polluters Pay
WORLDWIDE – Today, a global coalition released a “liability roadmap”: a first-of-its-kind tool outlining how local...
15 September, 2020Second revised draft of UN binding treaty has “lost its soul”
The member organisations of the Global Campaign to Reclaim People's Sovereignty, Dismantle Corporate Power and Stop Impu...
02 September, 2020Principles for a Just Recovery from the COVID-19 crisis
The COVID-19 crisis is the result of an economic system that prioritises profits over peoples’ rights and the enviro...
25 August, 2020Food Sovereignty in practice in Uruguay
The National Network of Native and Local Seeds of Uruguay is made up of more than 350 small family holdings, involving o...
11 August, 2020The military model destroying the Brazilian Amazon
“Scorched land is basically vacant land, it has nothing on it. This allows speculation to come in to play. Forested ...
06 July, 2020Gas in Mozambique: A windfall for the industry, a curse for the country
This new report by Friends of the Earth France, Mozambique and International denounces French interests in the gas mega-...
15 June, 2020Gas Rush, Human Rights Abuses, Climate Devastation, Insurgent Attacks, Covid Hotspot
Cabo Delgado needs our support and solidarity. The gas industry is ravaging the northernmost region of Mozambique, as tr...
04 June, 2020Stop all trade and investment treaty negotiations during COVID-19 crisis and focus on access to medical supplies and saving lives
Dear World Trade Organization Members, A new coronavirus has caused a COVID-19 pandemic that has spread across nearly a...
21 April, 2020COVID-19 measures must ensure Human Rights and build the resilient, sustainable food system we desperately need
Statement to the Extraordinary Meeting of G20 Agriculture Ministers, 21 April 2020: As the COVID-19 health emergency un...
21 April, 2020COVID-19 crisis is a wake up call for system change
Friends of the Earth expresses its deep concern and solidarity as the world faces the COVID-19 crisis, which is already ...
15 April, 2020Dutch court opens Shell climate case to public showdown
AMSTERDAM, 8 April 2020 — The spotlight will now be firmly on the Shell climate case, instigated by Friends of the E...
08 April, 2020Tricks of the trade: corporations leading the deregulation of environmental protection
The environment is under threat. A global scientific assessment this year highlighted the urgent crisis in biodiversity ...
05 March, 2020Nature for Sale
Corporations, industries and international institutions have spent the last two decades pursuing market-based ‘solutio...
05 March, 2020How to achieve a successful Global Biodiversity Framework
2020 is a critical year for nature. From forests to oceans, fields to skies, science has shown that the interconnected e...
23 February, 2020Total abuses in Uganda: French High Court of Justice declares itself incompetent in favour of the Commercial Court
January 30, 2020 - The Nanterre High Court has handed down its decision on the summary proceedings brought by Friends of...
30 January, 2020Time to tackle biodiversity loss: Draft post-2020 UN Framework not ambitious enough
2020 is hailed as the “super year” for biodiversity: an opportunity to address the dire state of the natural world, ...
17 January, 2020COP25 closing comments: A small victory, with an even bigger fight ahead
Sunday 15 December, Madrid, Spain: COP25 negotiations are finally over in Madrid, after going into extra time.
16 December, 2019Total in court for human rights violations in Uganda: Historic hearing in France under the duty of vigilance law.
The organizations are suing the oil giant on account of its activities in Uganda. Over two years of investigations have ...
16 December, 2019Climate talks ‘out of touch with reality’ as rich countries seek to gut Paris Agreement
Madrid, Spain, 13 December 2019: Prospects for vulnerable communities in the global South look dire, as wealthy countrie...
13 December, 2019COP 25: Resurgence of carbon markets threatens people, politics and planet
2 December 2019, Madrid, Spain As the international climate talks open today in Madrid, Spain, the world faces the re-e...
29 November, 2019Carbon Markets at COP25, Madrid: A Threat to People, Politics, and Planet
In December 2019, the international community gathers for the 25th UN climate conference (COP25) in Madrid, Spain. Carbo...
26 November, 2019Regulated Destruction
In the context of intensifying climate and biodiversity crises, international institutions and states have the power to ...
21 November, 2019Agroecology recognized as the transformative solution for a food system in crisis by experts at UN
Civil society representatives from around the world successfully put agroecology on the agenda of the United Nations Com...
07 November, 2019Oil company Total faces historic legal action in France for human rights and environmental violations in Uganda.
Paris, 23 October 2019 Today Friends of the Earth France, Survie, AFIEGO, CRED, NAPE/Friends of the Earth Uganda and ...
23 October, 2019Robust week of UN negotiations ends with threats to civil society’s participation
18 October 2019, Geneva UN negotiations drew to a close for another year after a week of discussions on the text detail...
18 October, 2019System change, resistance, mobilization and an end to corporate impunity.
We are all experiencing deep interconnected systemic crises that threaten life on earth. These climate and biodiversity ...
16 October, 2019Death by impunity: Berta Cáceres and Agua Zarca
“I cannot freely walk on my territory or swim in the sacred river and I am separated from my children because of the...
08 October, 2019Mobilize, resist, transform: Friends of the Earth groups among millions mobilizing for climate justice across the world
The world’s streets came alive with the footsteps and voices of climate protestors, from 20-27 September 2019, as mill...
03 October, 2019We have a decision to make: Change the system or face climate catastrophe
Finally, it seems that the urgency of the climate crisis has become impossible for decision-makers — especially in the...
20 September, 2019Revised binding treaty draft shamefully disappointing
Friends of the Earth International presents this initial analysis of the recently released Revised Draft of the UN Bindi...
25 July, 2019Corporations ‘hijack justice’ through RCEP trade deal
Countries from across Asia convened in Melbourne this week to negotiate the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partners...
04 July, 2019Red Carpet Courts
Imagine an environmentally or socially destructive corporate project – say, a toxic mine, which could poison your loca...
24 June, 2019A journey through the oil spills of Ogoniland
Over two decades after Shell was first called out for it’s destruction of the Niger Delta, oil still contaminates the ...
17 May, 2019Plastic waste trade in crisis
In 2018 China shook the global plastic recycling system by banning imports of plastic waste. Since then our plastic prod...
29 April, 2019Friends of the Earth Netherlands submits legal summons in historic climate case against Shell
The Hague, April 5, 2019 - Today Friends of the Earth Netherlands will deliver a court summons to Shell to legally compe...
05 April, 2019Transforming our Economy
We need a new economics for the 21st century that puts people and planet first, through sustainable public services, sca...
07 February, 2019COP14: Corporate power and declining biodiversity
Corporate pressure has been strong during the past two weeks of negotiations at the Convention on Biological Diversity i...
03 December, 2018RSPO: 14 years of failure to eliminate violence and destruction from the industrial palm oil sector
More than 100 organizations from five continents signed on to this open statement from Friends of the Earth Internationa...
12 November, 2018First negotiations since release of zero draft of instrument on transnational corporations and human rights sees record attendance
20 October 2018, Geneva: Talks concluded yesterday evening following the discussion of substantive proposals. States ack...
20 October, 2018People before profit: Time to progress Zero Draft of a UN Binding Treaty on transnational corporations and human rights
Friends of the Earth International, as a member of a Global Campaign and within an international Alliance, is fighting f...
11 October, 2018Defending democracy in Brazil means demanding Lula da Silva’s freedom
The unlawful imprisonment of Brazil’s ex-President Luiz Inácio “Lula” da Silva and the speed with which his false...
31 May, 2018Public services alternative
Since 2014, the Our Water Our Rights Campaign has mobilized communities and people’s groups to resist water privatizat...
17 April, 2018Shell faces historic legal action in the Netherlands for its failure to act on climate change
Amsterdam, 4 April 2018: Friends of the Earth Netherlands announces that it will take Shell to court if it does not act ...
04 April, 2018The People vs. Shell
We took Shell, one of the biggest climate polluters in the world to court for causing climate change and we WON! This is...
04 April, 2018Five ways to transform our economies
We live in a world that’s facing many destructive and entwined crises including growing inequality, climate change, p...
12 February, 2018Davos: “Zombie” TPP trade deal threatens our fractured world
Amsterdam, 24 January 2018: Friends of the Earth International has warned that the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade...
25 January, 2018An Endless Crime: BHP Billiton and Vale’s Sludge Still Harming Brazil
Half past four. The kettle on the stove screams with hot water for my coffee. It´s too late: it´s now boiling; at some...
04 January, 2018Corporate Impunity: Strategies of struggle in Africa
2016 was an important year in the African continent’s struggle against corporate impunity, with the first session of t...
04 January, 2018WTO talks legitimacy “undermined” as Argentina blocks civil society attendance
Amsterdam and globally, 1 December 2017: Friends of the Earth International condemn the unprecedented and undemocratic d...
01 December, 2017Zombie TPP trade deal threatens climate
Australia/ Kuala Lumpur, 14 November 2017: This weekend trade ministers from the 11 remaining Trans-Pacific Partnership ...
15 November, 2017Feeding our peoples and building the movement to change the world
Declarations from La Via Campesina, VII International Conference
16 October, 2017No to nuclear impunity: Remembering the Kyshtym disaster in Russia
On the 60th anniversary of the third worst nuclear disaster in history, people are still suffering and critics are being...
29 September, 2017Coal Financing in Asia Pacific must end!
Summary The Stop Coal Financing Report calls on the Asian Development Bank to cease all support for new coal projects, ...
03 May, 2017Making history: El Salvador becomes first country to ban metal mining
El Salvador made history last week by becoming the first country ever to ban metal mining. The success of this decades l...
11 April, 2017UN Treaty on transnational corporations and human rights progressing
Last week in Geneva at the UN Human Rights Council, a treaty for transnational corporations and human rights was once mo...
13 March, 2017Revealed: Massive hidden costs of secret RCEP trade deal
Jakarta, December 8th The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is being negotiated in Jakarta, Indonesia t...
07 December, 2016The hidden costs of RCEP and corporate trade deals in Asia
The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is currently being negotiated between 16 countries in the Asian r...
07 December, 2016Life is not a business!
Joint statement made by the indigenous peoples of Mexico on the inauguration day of the COP 13, 4 December 2016, Cancun,...
04 December, 2016Secret TiSA trade deal equally as dangerous as TPP and TTIP finds new Friends of the Earth International report
While the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) appears to be dead and negotiations on a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Pa...
01 December, 2016The seed of a new Treaty on transnational corporations and human rights is planted
Friends of the Earth International commends the rapidly increasing support, interest and mobilisation evident in Geneva ...
28 October, 2016Binding Treaty to stop corporate abuse
Why do we need a legally binding treaty on transnational corporations and human rights? Quite simply to stop corporate c...
26 October, 2016Getting the Green Climate Fund we fought for
June - 2016 Karen Ornstein, deputy director of economic policy of Friends of the Earth US attended the meeting of the bo...
10 August, 2016New coal technologies spell disaster for climate
"Fuelling the Fire": The chequered history of Underground Coal Gasification and Coal Chemicals around the world" is a ne...
23 July, 2016Violations of human and environment rights continue
16 June 2016 - June 16th marks the 5th anniversary of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. Yet, viola...
16 June, 2016Friends of the Earth International positions on key trade and investment issues
Friends of Earth International’s vision is for a peaceful and sustainable world based on societies living in harmony w...
25 May, 2016Ecuador earthquake disaster relief undermined by multi-million dollar investment tribunal decision
29 April 2016 – Today, the Ecuadorian government is required to pay $180 million to multinational oil corporation Occi...
29 April, 2016New EU investment proposal won’t prevent corporate attacks
Dangerous attacks against regulations protecting the public interest and the environment would not be prevented by the E...
20 April, 2016Development financiers suspend Honduras operations after latest murder
Amsterdam, 17th march 2016. Two major development finance companies involved in the construction of the controversial Ag...
17 March, 2016Support defenders of human rights and nature in Honduras
In the space of two weeks, four activists working with local communities opposing development projects have been shot. T...
16 March, 2016Friends of the Earth International calls for the end of impunity of transnational corporations and financiers for their Human Rights violations
GENEVA (SWITZERLAND) March 11th 2016 – Activists from Friends of the Earth International, along with human rights and ...
11 March, 2016Corporate vision of the future of food promoted at the UN
At the opening of a three-day International symposium on agricultural biotechnologies convened by the Food and Agricultu...
16 February, 2016Trans Pacific Partnership ceremony a farce – tough national battles await bad trade deal
AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND 4th February 2016, Today trade ministers from 12 countries party to the giant 'Trans Pacific P...
04 February, 2016