Press Releases
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Use “break glass” measures and suspend ads to protect Kenyan election, rights groups and Frances Haugen demand Global Witness, Foxglove and the “Facebook Files” whistleblower Frances Haugen are calling on Facebook to deploy emergency measures in Kenya to protect the integrity of the country’s election.29 July 2022
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Seismic change needed at Glencore following a decade of corruption In response to Glencore’s decade of corruption, civil society groups call for urgent action from the company and its partners18 July 2022
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Banks and financiers back beef giant JBS to the tune of almost $1bn despite links to widespread deforestation, land grabbing and slave labour in the Amazon, with tainted beef and leather entering British and European markets New Global Witness investigation reveals JBS sourced cattle from 144 ranches in the Amazon state of Pará that contained over 10,000 football pitches of illegal Amazon clearance, contrary to its legal no deforestation obligations23 June 2022
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New investigation reveals rubber is the European import that poses biggest threat to West and Central Africa’s tropical forests, linked to 520km2 of deforestation since 2000 Analysis of satellite imagery and trade data shows for the first time that EU demand for rubber is the most important contributor to Europe’s deforestation footprint across west and Central Africa deforestation in tropical forests across Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Gabon, Ghana, Liberia, and Nigeria16 June 2022
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DRC: Apple, Tesla & Intel may source “conflict minerals” through failing responsible mineral scheme Companies including Apple, Tesla and Intel are relying on a supply chain due diligence scheme that is used to launder conflict minerals from DRC, new evidence suggests27 April 2022
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World’s biggest fossil fuel firms projected to spend almost a trillion dollars on new oil and gas fields by 2030 As IPCC warns against new fossil fuels, business as usual for big polluters12 April 2022
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Global Witness welcomes passage of the BURMA Act by the US House of Representatives and calls on the Senate to follow suit The bill’s provisions bring together the four primary threads of US policy towards Myanmar: targeting military revenues through sanctions, supporting the pro-democracy movement, authorizing humanitarian assistance, and pursuing accountability for the military’s atrocities06 April 2022
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European gas lobby groups representing Total, Shell and Eni reject call to back EU plans to quit Russian gas Gazprom subsidiaries remain in the lobby group Gas Infrastructure Europe01 April 2022
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Russian invasion of Ukraine will net the US oil and gas industry a windfall of $37 to $126 billion in 2022 As American families continue to be hammered by skyrocketing gasoline prices, US oil and gas companies are poised to reap tens of billions in windfall profits thanks to high wartime prices29 March 2022
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Global Witness welcomes significant new EU sanctions, including on Myanmar state-owned oil and gas company MOGE The EU announced that it is adding Myanmar’s state-owned oil and gas company to its sanctions list, along with 22 individuals and three other companies22 February 2022
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Hydrogen project lauded by Shell to boost green credentials emits more carbon than a million cars Fossil hydrogen will not fix the climate – only a phase out of fossil fuels can truly deliver20 January 2022
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France/Germany: Small businesses want EU to get tough on Google and Facebook’s invasive advertising – new research YouGov poll reveals small business leaders are uncomfortable with Facebook and Google’s tracking-based advertising17 January 2022
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Myanmar jade mining disaster highlights coup’s deadly toll on Hpakant The landslide that struck Hpakant today highlights the devastating toll of the military coup on jade mining communities in northern Myanmar and the urgent need to prevent the junta using the country’s natural resources as a financial lifeline22 December 2021