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 | Oct. 23, 2017 Land China Myanmar Cambodia Chinese industry takes bold step to tackle land grabs with launch of new rubber guidelines Guidelines launched at an intergovernmental conference in Ho Chi Minh City are the most progressive yet in addressing the social and environmental risks for companies associated with large-scale rubber plantations around the world. Press release | Oct. 19, 2017 Corruption & Money Laundering Banks UK banks’ money laundering risks in South Africa show why senior bankers must be held to account Our response to claims that HSBC and Standard Chartered may “have been conduits for the corrupt proceeds of money" – and why they come as little surprise. Press release | Oct. 17, 2017 Corruption & Money Laundering Global Witness condemns killing of Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia's work shone a light on the murky world of offshore finance and her death is a blow to the anti-corruption community. Press release | Oct. 15, 2017 Oil, Gas & Mining Nigeria Shell executives charged in lead up to landmark trial over billion dollar Nigerian bribery scheme Senior Royal Dutch Shell executives have been charged in Italy for their role in a vast bribery scheme that deprived the Nigerian people of over a billion dollars, the Milan Public Prosecutor’s Office has confirmed. Press release | Oct. 11, 2017 Environmental Activists Antonia Melo recognised for her tireless work fighting Brazil deforestation The long-time activist is the recipient of the 2017 Alexander Soros Foundation Award for Environmental and Human Rights Activism. Press release | Oct. 6, 2017 Oil, Gas & Mining Responsible Minerals US Treasury Department recommends gutting key transparency measures The Trump administration’s attempt to gut Sections 1502 and 1504 of Dodd-Frank is nothing more than an ideological assault on critical regulations aimed at preventing corruption and the financing of conflict around the world. Press release | Oct. 6, 2017 Land Cambodia Global Witness response to attempts to dissolve Cambodia’s opposition party Attempts to dissolve Cambodia’s opposition are latest move by corrupt elite to maintain grip on power and wealth Press release | Sept. 29, 2017 Oil, Gas & Mining Joint statement: Civil Society Network withdraws from UK Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) The decision to give special status to one civil society organisation over its peers goes against the EITI’s founding principles. We withdraw from the process with immediate effect. Press release | Sept. 29, 2017 Oil, Gas & Mining UK government fails credibility test in anti-corruption fight as NGOs walk out of landmark scheme The UK’s hard-earned reputation as a leader in the global fight to end corruption was in tatters after NGOs today walked out of a landmark scheme to ensure transparency in the extractive sector, Press release | Sept. 26, 2017 Environmental Activists Dutch Development Bank takes step forward on human rights, but must do more to protect defenders The Dutch Development Bank (FMO) recently published its Position Statements on human rights, land governance and gender. While the statements represent a step forwards, the bank must develop concrete policies if it is to prevent human rights abuses associated with its projects, and prove that lessons have been learnt from its financing of the Agua Zarca hydro dam linked to the murder of environmental defender Berta Cáceres. Show Previous 10 Show Next 10