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 | Dec. 15, 2021 EU gas market reform set to boost the fossil gas industry and fail the climate, health and the energy-poor The European Commission’s plans would lock in dependence on the fossil fuel and hand more decision-making powers to the fossil gas industry. Press release | Dec. 15, 2021 EU agrees to subsidise two major fossil gas pipelines, fails to kick fossil fuel industry out of decision-making The final deal between negotiators from the European Commission, Council and Parliament agrees to subsidise and fast-track the Melita and EastMed pipelines Press release | Dec. 15, 2021 International ruby sales funding Myanmar military, armed groups and human rights abuses – buyers include top jewellery brands Rubies fuelling brutal conflict and human rights abuses in Myanmar are highly likely to be sold across the world by some of the best-known luxury brands, including Graff, Bulgari, Van Cleef & Arpels and Sotheby’s Press release | Dec. 13, 2021 As global interest in DR Congo’s lithium deposits soars, the industry could be “seriously undermined” by governance, environmental and social risks – investigation Communities and the DRC could lose out unless companies and investors disclose key information on the deals and people behind them, and address environmental risks Statement | Dec. 10, 2021 Statement on newly announced sanctions against the Myanmar junta The United States, United Kingdom, and Canada today announced additional sanctions on the military junta that overthrew Myanmar’s legitimate government on 1 February 2021 in response to ongoing human rights abuses being committed by the military against the people of Myanmar Statement | Dec. 10, 2021 Global Witness’s Executive Director and co-Founder, Charmian Gooch, steps down Charmian, who led the NGO’s early work on blood diamonds and was awarded the TED prize in 2014 for her campaigning to end anonymously owned companies, will continue working with the organisation until 8 April as an Executive Director and as a Board Member until December 2022. Press release | Dec. 8, 2021 Major dam project in one of Africa’s oldest national parks could breach Congolese law and threatens forests and biodiversity in DRC, with Chinese dam-builder backed by international investors New analysis shows how the Sombwe Dam project in DRC threatens tropical forests, rare species and conservation efforts in Upemba National Park Statement | Dec. 6, 2021 Press statement on new lawsuit against Facebook Reaction to the news that McCue Jury & Partners filed new lawsuits against Facebook in relation to Myanmar Press release | Nov. 29, 2021 Gazprom makes $7.8 billion as energy crisis hits Big global gas companies rake in $65 billion profits whilst citizens struggle to pay bills Press release | Nov. 23, 2021 New investigation reveals global commodity giants fuelling land conflict and human rights abuses through trade of Brazilian soy Global commodity giants fuelling land conflict through trade of Brazilian soy Show Previous 10 Show Next 10