Archives: Tobacco
As British American Tobacco celebrates another year of deadly profits, groups around globe call for government action on bribery, espionage ...
Articles include: You stand up to big polluters: global problems require global solutions; You pressure Department of Justice to investigate ...
In the United States, thanks to the powerful organizing of Corporate Accountability International and its allies, the deadly deception and corruption of Big Tobacco can sometimes seem like a painful memory of the past. And, to some extent, it’s true. Our organizing helped create the public climate necessary for strong U.S. public health policy and the global treaty that followed, which have reined in Big Tobacco and protected people around the globe. But despite these protections, recent revelations show the tobacco industry is still up to its same old tricks.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following multiple reports of widespread and systematic bribery of politicians and policymakers across Central and East Africa ...
Photo by Jomar Thomas Following multiple reports of widespread and systematic bribery of politicians and policymakers across Central and East ...
The world’s second-biggest tobacco transnational was bribing officials across Africa, so Kenya passed a law that would bar corporations found guilty of corruption from doing business in its borders.
Articles include: Members of Congress challenge water privatization; Worst global corporation of the year? Clear mission + smart planning + ...
Articles include: Stalling World-Bank-backed water privatization; Meet Akinbode Oluwafemi, director of allied organization Environmental Rights Action; McDonald’s CEO steps down ...
In quick succession, Ireland and the United Kingdom joined Australia as the first countries in the world to pass plain packaging laws.
A guide for implementing the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control’s Article 5.3.
