Over the past 50 years, corporations, trade associations and other entities representing corporate interests have invested increasing resources into influencing public policies to protect their bottom line, and have gained increasing legitimacy in policymaking spaces. But beneath a veneer of technical expertise, these trade associations represent the interests of their corporate members, even when they are at odds with the public interest: public health, human rights, and good governance itself.
Executive Director Patti Lynn speaks to Corporate Accountability’s commitment to infusing international treaty negotiations with our radical imagination.
When corporations take control of public water systems, they put profit over people. Watch The Story of Water: Who Controls ...
As federal investment in our water systems has declined precipitously, corporations like Veolia and Suez have marketed water privatization, including in the form of "public-private partnerships," as a solution to cities' water woes. But case after case shows that privatizing public water is risky business for mayors, city governments, and residents.
By Patrick Galey for Agence-France Presse (APF). Lobby groups representing some of the world’s biggest polluters have sent thousands of ...
