Corporate Accountability wages strategic campaigns that compel transnational corporations and the governments that do their bidding to stop destroying our health, human rights, democracy, and planet.
Learn moreWe know systemic racism and corporate power and deeply intertwined. Learn more about our focus areas for supporting Black communities.
If we are going to put an end to corporate power, we must dismantle the racist systems that have allowed that power to function and grow. Both historically and today, corporations have continued to exploit the labor of Black people, poison the land and water in Black communities, and target predominantly Black communities to sell their toxic products. Together, we must expose these abuses, and support the leadership of Black organizations fighting for justice. When we do this work day after day — fighting back against white supremacy culture, learning from our mistakes, and chipping away at the building blocks of racial capitalism — we will advance racial justice and bring about transformative change.
Learn more about the Black CollectiveWells Fargo, multinational financial services company, built its wealth on the backs of the Black community – from acquiring a bank that used slaves as collateral andengaging in discriminatory lending practices, to investing in private prison corporations and supporting police foundations. In this statement, delivered at the corporation’s annual shareholders’ meeting, Ann-Michelle Roberts, the associate director of equity and major gifts and the Black Collective program director, demands that the corporation assess the alignment between its stated corporate values and its political contributions.
Wells Fargo has a long, storied history of exploiting Black people for profit. Now it's time they pay reparations.