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PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF ALL HUMAN RIGHTS,
High Schools Add Classes Scripted by Corporations
Agriculture
Lawsuit Challenges EPA on Four Deadly Pesticides
Fish Story
Landfilling food and paper is heating the planet.
Protect Menhaden in the Gulf of Mexico
Nurses take action on unnecessary Hormone RBGH in Dairy Products
Smarten up Safeway
Confined Animal Feeding Operations Cost Taxpayers Billions, New Report Finds
The True Cost of Shrimp
How to End Child Labor on West African Cocoa Farms
The World According to Monsanto - A documentary that Americans won't ever see.
Automotive
BP's Rebranding: Coloring Public Opinion?
VICTORY!
Liberian Supreme Court Decision Approves Union Election
The Quest for a Car, Sans Arbitration Clause
Carbon Offset Companies Using Enron Style Accounting
Staying Home How Ethanol will change U.S Corn Exports
Who Killed the Electric Car?
Banking and Finance
The World Bank - Dirty linen
Wall Street and Immigration: Financial Services Giants Have Profited from the Beginning
The Quest for a Car, Sans Arbitration Clause
In Debt We Have Trusted. For over 300 years. What is money: Where does money come from?
In Debt We Have Trusted. For over 300 years. What is money: Where does money come from?
Maxed Out: Hard Times, Easy Credit, and the Era of Predatory Lenders
Maxed Out
In Debt We Trust
Shaping the Future of Sustainable Finance: Moving from Paper Promises to Performance
Conspiracy of Fools
Beverages
A Town Torn Apart by Nestlé
Activists chide Yum over wrappers
Javatrekker: Dispatches from the World of Fair Trade Coffee
Alice Waters, 4 cities join anti-bottled water campaign to curb consumption
VICTORY!
Starbucks Agrees to Hold the Hormones For Good
Some faith groups say bottled water immoral
All Charges Against Coke Protesters Dropped
Children's Products
Canada Takes Steps to Ban Most Plastic Baby Bottles
Humane Society of the United States CEO Testifies on Slaughter Plant Investigation and USDA Loophole
VICTORY!
Strong Scholastic Paper Policy Commits to 25% Recycled Content
Chemical linked to reproductive harm is getting into babies from shampoo, lotion and powder, new study suggests
U.S. Consumer Protection Officials Delay Months to Notify Public of Dangerous, Defective Products, Public Citizen Study Finds
US House panel backs product safety agency revamp
550,000 More Chinese Toys Recalled for Lead
VICTORY!
CEH Forces Elimination of Lead from Baby Bibs at Toys R Us
BEN MEMBER PRESS RELEASE:
Consumer Protection Agency Covered Up Risks from Lead in Children’s Lunchboxes
During union talks, Disney not always the happiest place
Computer
The Naked Employee -
buy from UCS and support CEI/BEN
Google plans renewable energy push
Tell TV Manufacturers: Take Back My TV
Defense/Military
Top Iraq contractor skirts US taxes offshore
High Schools Add Classes Scripted by Corporations
From prostitutes to Super bowl tickets, a federal probe reveals how contractors in Iraq cheated the U.S.
Blood Money: Wasted Billions, Lost Lives, and Corporate Greed in Iraq
Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army
Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers
Education
High Schools Add Classes Scripted by Corporations
VICTORY!
Strong Scholastic Paper Policy Commits to 25% Recycled Content
Creating Sustainable Cities: The San Francisco Bay Area and New York City Are Leading the Way
STUDY: Wal-Mart systematically challenges property tax assessments, cutting support for public schools and other local services.
Invasion of the Classroom: How Corporations Buy Access to Children
Energy
No Tankers! Robert Bateman - Not a pretty picture
US: Pollution Is Called a Byproduct of a 'Clean' Fuel
The Cost of Power: Coal Mining and Human Rights in Colombia
What makes a refinery green? Is "green" just a word?
Peruvian Amazonian Leader Tells Bidders Indigenous Peoples Will Oppose Drilling on their Lands
Stopping Coal in Its Tracks
Bottled Water and Energy: Getting to 17 Million Barrels
Court Settlement Requires Bush Administration to Address Air Pollutants: EPA Agrees to Review Hazards and Regulation of Nitrogen Oxides and Sulfur Oxide Gases
Google plans renewable energy push
Pipeline Through Paradise: Big Oil's Plan to Tap the Arctic
Food
Lawsuit Challenges EPA on Four Deadly Pesticides
Fish Story
Landfilling food and paper is heating the planet.
Protect Menhaden in the Gulf of Mexico
Nurses take action on unnecessary Hormone RBGH in Dairy Products
Smarten up Safeway
US: Court Orders Tyson to Suspend Ads For Antibiotic-Free Chicken
A Town Torn Apart by Nestlé
Confined Animal Feeding Operations Cost Taxpayers Billions, New Report Finds
The True Cost of Shrimp
Fossil Fuels: Oil, Gas, Coal
Resources available from the 2007 IFG Teach-In
Time to draw a line in the oil sands
Shopping bag choices moving beyond just paper or plastic
Beyond Propaganda: Oil giant BP greenwashes Alberta tar sands
No Tankers! Robert Bateman - Not a pretty picture
VICTORY!
Court expert smacks Chevron with up to $16 billion
Sound Truth and Corporate Myth$
We are all Chinese
The Cost of Power: Coal Mining and Human Rights in Colombia
Natural Defenses
Garbage and Recycling
Landfilling food and paper is heating the planet.
Shopping bag choices moving beyond just paper or plastic
The Pro-Junk Mail Lobby: Fighting to Sustain the Unsustainable?
Forests Swallowed Up by International Paper and Fast Food Companies
Activists chide Yum over wrappers
The Story of Stuff
The Dark Side Of 'Green' Bulbs: Disposing of Fluorescents, Electronics Releases Toxins; Companies Tout Recycling
Bottled Water and Energy: Getting to 17 Million Barrels
Tell TV Manufacturers: Take Back My TV
Internet
The Naked Employee -
buy from UCS and support CEI/BEN
Ready, Set, Talk!: A Guide to Getting Your Message Heard by Millions on Talk Radio, Television, and Talk Internet
Google plans renewable energy push
Media
The Naked Employee -
buy from UCS and support CEI/BEN
The Pro-Junk Mail Lobby: Fighting to Sustain the Unsustainable?
Another sound investment from Wal-Mart
Ready, Set, Talk!: A Guide to Getting Your Message Heard by Millions on Talk Radio, Television, and Talk Internet
High Schools Add Classes Scripted by Corporations
The Case Against Media Consoildation
People's Movements, People's Press: The Journalism of Social Justice Movements
Sourcewatch
PR Watch
Multinational Monitor
Medical/Health Care
Nurses take action on unnecessary Hormone RBGH in Dairy Products
In Britain, Corporate Manslaughter Act: firms face huge fines for deaths.
Canada Takes Steps to Ban Most Plastic Baby Bottles
The World According to Monsanto - A documentary that Americans won't ever see.
Wal-Mart Sues Disabled Woman
Wal-Mart Insured Ranks Rise. Half of Employees Take Retailer Plans; Critics Unimpressed
Michael Moore's SiCKO hits the theaters nationwide
BEN MEMBER AUTHORS NEW REPORT:
WHAT PRICE BEAUTY? RISK POSED BY TOXICS IN COSMETICS COULD LEAVE UNWARY INVESTORS WITH A BLACK EYE
Wal-Mart, others to debut health idea
BEN MEMBER PRESS RELEASE:
Campaign for Safe Cosmetics
Mining
Beyond Propaganda: Oil giant BP greenwashes Alberta tar sands
VICTORY!
Court expert smacks Chevron with up to $16 billion
Ontario First Nations Hit with Jail Time for Mining Protests
We are all Chinese
The Cost of Power: Coal Mining and Human Rights in Colombia
VICTORY!
Jewelry retailers target 'dirty gold'
Peruvian Amazonian Leader Tells Bidders Indigenous Peoples Will Oppose Drilling on their Lands
Stopping Coal in Its Tracks
VICTORY!
House passes 1872 Mining Law reform
Jewelers of America Supports Congressional Action on Mining Law Reform
Nuclear Energy
Pharmaceuticals
US: Court Orders Tyson to Suspend Ads For Antibiotic-Free Chicken
Confined Animal Feeding Operations Cost Taxpayers Billions, New Report Finds
The World According to Monsanto - A documentary that Americans won't ever see.
Britain Investigates 3 Drug Makers
Money Talks
The Constant Gardener
Prisons
Renewable Energy
Resources available from the 2007 IFG Teach-In
Google plans renewable energy push
BEN MEMBER PRESS RELEASE:
Rainforest Action Network to Wall Street: No New Coal
Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency
Timber
Southeastern Swamplands and Paper Packaging
The Pro-Junk Mail Lobby: Fighting to Sustain the Unsustainable?
We are all Chinese
The Cost of Power: Coal Mining and Human Rights in Colombia
Forests Swallowed Up by International Paper and Fast Food Companies
Activists chide Yum over wrappers
VICTORY!
Boise Inc. to Suspend Purchasing From Grassy Narrows
Logging Giant AbitibiBowater involved in risky business - Greenpeace reacts to release of AbitibiBowater financial results
Peruvian Amazonian Leader Tells Bidders Indigenous Peoples Will Oppose Drilling on their Lands
VICTORY!
Strong Scholastic Paper Policy Commits to 25% Recycled Content
Tobacco
Japan's Obstructionist Position On Illicit Trade Protocol Earns Marlboro Man Award
Big Tobacco's Split a Mixed Bag for Global Health
Altria Ready to Consider Next Breakup: Tobacco
Global Tobacco Treaty Action Guide
Big Tobacco's Attempts to Derail the Global Tobacco Treaty: Cases from Battleground Countries
BAT (British American Tobacco) in its Own Words-Behind the Mask of Corporate Social Responsibility
Thank You for Smoking
Handbook for FCTC Ratification Campaigns
International Trade Agreements and Tobacco Control: Threats to Public Health and the Case for Excluding Tobacco from Trade Agreements
Insurrection: The Citizen Challenge to Corporate Power
Transportation
No Tankers! Robert Bateman - Not a pretty picture
Southwest Airlines, FAA accused of falsifying safety reports
Sharing the Harvest: A Citizen's Guide to Community Supported Agriculture, Revised and Expanded
VICTORY!
Liberian Supreme Court Decision Approves Union Election
House Reaches Historic Breakthrough on Fuel Economy
UAW Says National Strike Is About Job Security for Its Members
ON THE COMMONS: The Highwaymen
Water
Smarten up Safeway
VICTORY!
Oakland Research Matters in Historic South African Water Rights Decision
A Town Torn Apart by Nestlé
Turkey's Government Plans Sweeping Water Privatisation in Run-up to World Water Forum in Istanbul
The Pro-Junk Mail Lobby: Fighting to Sustain the Unsustainable?
No Tankers! Robert Bateman - Not a pretty picture
US: Pollution Is Called a Byproduct of a 'Clean' Fuel
We are all Chinese
The Cost of Power: Coal Mining and Human Rights in Colombia
VICTORY!
Jewelry retailers target 'dirty gold'
Special Interest
Indigenous Rights
Time to draw a line in the oil sands
VICTORY!
Court expert smacks Chevron with up to $16 billion
Ontario First Nations Hit with Jail Time for Mining Protests
The Cost of Power: Coal Mining and Human Rights in Colombia
Peruvian Amazonian Leader Tells Bidders Indigenous Peoples Will Oppose Drilling on their Lands
Javatrekker: Dispatches from the World of Fair Trade Coffee
Rainforest Action Network Denounces Weyerhaeuser’s Environmental and Human Rights Abuses at Builders Conference
Companies not doing enough to protect rights of indigenous peoples, says EIRIS
The New Rulers of the World
Oil on Ice
Animal Rights
Wal-Mart Move 'Tipping Point' for Driving Monsanto's Bovine Growth Hormone off the Market
Humane Society of the United States CEO Testifies on Slaughter Plant Investigation and USDA Loophole
The Truth About Cats, Dogs & Lawn Chemicals Videopodcast
'See the World\'s First Fish Empathy Quilt'
PETA Buys Shares of Costco - Calls on Costco to Make Slaughter System Less Cruel
The Meatrix
The Meatrix II: Revolting
The Meatrix II 1/2
Animal Patenting Fact Sheet
CEOs
Another sound investment from Wal-Mart
Congress and Excessive CEO Pay
The Company We Keep: Reinventing Small Business for People, Community, and Place
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Choosing White-collar Crime
The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron
Pigs at the Trough: How Corporate Greed and Political Corruption are Undermining America
Corporate Breakdown-Counting the Costs: the price of consolidation in the professional services industry
Strong Managers, Weak Owners: the Political Roots of American Corporate Finance
Other People’s Money
Child Labor
The True Cost of Shrimp
How to End Child Labor on West African Cocoa Farms
Disney's Children's Books Made with the Blood, Sweat, and Tears of Young Workers in China
Looking for Mickey Mouse's Conscience-A Survey of the Working Conditions of Disney Factories in China
Everyday Low Wages: The Hidden Price We All Pay for Wal-Mart
Climate Change
Resources available from the 2007 IFG Teach-In
Landfilling food and paper is heating the planet.
Peruvian Amazonian Leader Tells Bidders Indigenous Peoples Will Oppose Drilling on their Lands
Stopping Coal in Its Tracks
Climate change threatens unprecedented human development reversals
Court Settlement Requires Bush Administration to Address Air Pollutants: EPA Agrees to Review Hazards and Regulation of Nitrogen Oxides and Sulfur Oxide Gases
Pipeline Through Paradise: Big Oil's Plan to Tap the Arctic
11th Hour
Break Through: From the Death of Environmentalism to the Politics Of Possibility
Wal-Mart Challenged in Court: New Supercenter Fails to Evaluate Greenhouse Gas Pollution
Community
Landfilling food and paper is heating the planet.
Protect Menhaden in the Gulf of Mexico
VICTORY!
Oakland Research Matters in Historic South African Water Rights Decision
Massive union crowd celebrates at port
The World According to Monsanto - A documentary that Americans won't ever see.
Ready, Set, Talk!: A Guide to Getting Your Message Heard by Millions on Talk Radio, Television, and Talk Internet
Creating Sustainable Cities: The San Francisco Bay Area and New York City Are Leading the Way
Casualties of Katrina: Gulf Coast Reconstruction Two Years after the Hurricane
Companies not doing enough to protect rights of indigenous peoples, says EIRIS
Boycott to save the Casino de la Selva area in Cuernavaca Mexico.
Corporate Misbehavior
Fish Story
US: Court Orders Tyson to Suspend Ads For Antibiotic-Free Chicken
The True Cost of Shrimp
The World According to Monsanto - A documentary that Americans won't ever see.
The Pro-Junk Mail Lobby: Fighting to Sustain the Unsustainable?
Beyond Propaganda: Oil giant BP greenwashes Alberta tar sands
Another sound investment from Wal-Mart
In Justice Shift, Corporate Deals Replace Trials
VICTORY!
Court expert smacks Chevron with up to $16 billion
Everything I Want to Do Is Illegal: War Stories from the Local Food Front
Corporate Social Responsibility
Fish Story
Time to draw a line in the oil sands
Protect Menhaden in the Gulf of Mexico
Nurses take action on unnecessary Hormone RBGH in Dairy Products
Smarten up Safeway
US: Court Orders Tyson to Suspend Ads For Antibiotic-Free Chicken
In Britain, Corporate Manslaughter Act: firms face huge fines for deaths.
PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF ALL HUMAN RIGHTS,
A Town Torn Apart by Nestlé
Confined Animal Feeding Operations Cost Taxpayers Billions, New Report Finds
Democracy
Political Power & Corporate Control: The New Global Politics
The Myth of the Shareholder Franchise
Hostile Takeover: How Big Money and Corruption have Conquered Our Government--and How We Can Take It Back
Money and Politics
Are Elections For Sale?
How Tom Delay Stole Congress
Unbrand America
Are Chain Stores Ruining America?
When Is a Corporation Like a Freed Slave?
Big Box Swindle
Education Materials
Hundreds of EPA Scientists Report Political Interference Over Last Five Years: UCS calls for strengthened protections for federal scientists
Resources available from the 2007 IFG Teach-In
Nurses take action on unnecessary Hormone RBGH in Dairy Products
Global Unions Challenging Transnational Capital through Cross-Border Campaigns
Strikes, Picketing and Inside Campaigns: A Legal Guide
buy from UCS and support CEI/BEN,
Transforming the role of corporations - corporate campaigners, activists, you!
Herbal Essences: A Totally Chemical Experience
State of the Evidence 2008:The Connection Between Breast Cancer and the Environment
Global Politics and Institutions - A 'Utopistic' View
The Story of Stuff
Environment/Environmental Justice
Lawsuit Challenges EPA on Four Deadly Pesticides
Hundreds of EPA Scientists Report Political Interference Over Last Five Years: UCS calls for strengthened protections for federal scientists
Fish Story
Resources available from the 2007 IFG Teach-In
Time to draw a line in the oil sands
Landfilling food and paper is heating the planet.
Protect Menhaden in the Gulf of Mexico
Smarten up Safeway
VICTORY!
Oakland Research Matters in Historic South African Water Rights Decision
US: Court Orders Tyson to Suspend Ads For Antibiotic-Free Chicken
Fair Trade
Talking to the Wal(l)
Genetically Modified Crops (GM) increase pesticide use and fail to alleviate poverty, reveals new report
Javatrekker: Dispatches from the World of Fair Trade Coffee
Three Thousand Workers Strike in Jordan Sewing for Wal-Mart and Other Companies
Penny pinchers won’t let tomato pickers have it their way
The War on Bugs
DEVELOPMENT REPORT No 17: Fair to the Last Drop: The Corporate Challenges to Fair Trade Coffee
The No-Nonsense Guide to Fair Trade
Fairtrade Certified
2005 Fair Trade Coffee Facts and Figures
Faith
Christianity, Incorporated: How Big Business is Buying the Church
For Children
High Schools Add Classes Scripted by Corporations
VICTORY!
Strong Scholastic Paper Policy Commits to 25% Recycled Content
Chemical linked to reproductive harm is getting into babies from shampoo, lotion and powder, new study suggests
U.S. Consumer Protection Officials Delay Months to Notify Public of Dangerous, Defective Products, Public Citizen Study Finds
550,000 More Chinese Toys Recalled for Lead
Target Taken To Task for PVC
Nobody Particular: One Woman's Fight to Save the Bays
Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
Framing
Don't Think of An Elephant: Know Your Values and Frame the Debate
Globalization
Fish Story
Global Unions Challenging Transnational Capital through Cross-Border Campaigns
PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF ALL HUMAN RIGHTS,
Turkey's Government Plans Sweeping Water Privatisation in Run-up to World Water Forum in Istanbul
How to End Child Labor on West African Cocoa Farms
The Naked Employee -
buy from UCS and support CEI/BEN
The World According to Monsanto - A documentary that Americans won't ever see.
In Justice Shift, Corporate Deals Replace Trials
VICTORY!
Court expert smacks Chevron with up to $16 billion
Everything I Want to Do Is Illegal: War Stories from the Local Food Front
Human Rights
VICTORY!
Oakland Research Matters in Historic South African Water Rights Decision
Global Unions Challenging Transnational Capital through Cross-Border Campaigns
PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF ALL HUMAN RIGHTS,
Turkey's Government Plans Sweeping Water Privatisation in Run-up to World Water Forum in Istanbul
The True Cost of Shrimp
How to End Child Labor on West African Cocoa Farms
The Naked Employee -
buy from UCS and support CEI/BEN
Transforming the role of corporations - corporate campaigners, activists, you!
VICTORY!
Court expert smacks Chevron with up to $16 billion
Wal-Mart Sues Disabled Woman
Labor Rights/Econ. Justice
Lawsuit Challenges EPA on Four Deadly Pesticides
In Britain, Corporate Manslaughter Act: firms face huge fines for deaths.
Global Unions Challenging Transnational Capital through Cross-Border Campaigns
Massive union crowd celebrates at port
The True Cost of Shrimp
How to End Child Labor on West African Cocoa Farms
Strikes, Picketing and Inside Campaigns: A Legal Guide
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The Naked Employee -
buy from UCS and support CEI/BEN
Another sound investment from Wal-Mart
I Just Got Elected – Now What? A New Union Officer’s Handbook
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Legislation
VICTORY!
Oakland Research Matters in Historic South African Water Rights Decision
In Britain, Corporate Manslaughter Act: firms face huge fines for deaths.
Turkey's Government Plans Sweeping Water Privatisation in Run-up to World Water Forum in Istanbul
Canada Takes Steps to Ban Most Plastic Baby Bottles
Javatrekker: Dispatches from the World of Fair Trade Coffee
House Reaches Historic Breakthrough on Fuel Economy
Court Settlement Requires Bush Administration to Address Air Pollutants: EPA Agrees to Review Hazards and Regulation of Nitrogen Oxides and Sulfur Oxide Gases
US House panel backs product safety agency revamp
Jewelers of America Supports Congressional Action on Mining Law Reform
Corporations and the Public Interest: Guiding the Invisible Hand
Public Health
Lawsuit Challenges EPA on Four Deadly Pesticides
Fish Story
Nurses take action on unnecessary Hormone RBGH in Dairy Products
US: Court Orders Tyson to Suspend Ads For Antibiotic-Free Chicken
A Town Torn Apart by Nestlé
The World According to Monsanto - A documentary that Americans won't ever see.
Wal-Mart Move 'Tipping Point' for Driving Monsanto's Bovine Growth Hormone off the Market
Industry Creates New Bogus "OASIS" Organic Standard for Personal Care Products
Humane Society of the United States CEO Testifies on Slaughter Plant Investigation and USDA Loophole
Genetically Modified Crops (GM) increase pesticide use and fail to alleviate poverty, reveals new report
Sarbanes-Oxley
Rogue Corporations, Corporate Rogues & Ethics Compliance: The Sarbanes-Oxley Act, 2002
Socially Responsible Investing
Hundreds of EPA Scientists Report Political Interference Over Last Five Years: UCS calls for strengthened protections for federal scientists
Fish Story
A Town Torn Apart by Nestlé
The True Cost of Shrimp
How to End Child Labor on West African Cocoa Farms
The World According to Monsanto - A documentary that Americans won't ever see.
Patagonia Is First to Track Environmental and Social Impact of Its Products
Beyond Propaganda: Oil giant BP greenwashes Alberta tar sands
Another sound investment from Wal-Mart
In Justice Shift, Corporate Deals Replace Trials
Sweatshops
Rocky Shoes sweatshop abuses shed light on failed trade model amid primary contest
Three Thousand Workers Strike in Jordan Sewing for Wal-Mart and Other Companies
Chinese Christmas Ornaments Made in Sweatshop, Labor Group Says
Ethical Standards and Working Conditions in Wal-Mart’s Supply Chain
VICTORY!
LANDMARK SWEATFREE RESOLUTION PASSES
U.S. group says factory Wal-Mart uses abuses workers
WORKER RIGHTS CONSORTIUM ASSESSMENT re CHONG WON FASHION, INC. (THE PHILIPPINES)
Can We Put An End To Sweatshops?: A New Democracy Forum on Raising Global Labor Standards
BEN MEMBER ALERT: Wal-Mart Worker Tour Heads to the Pacific Northwest: Feb 19-28
New labor movement afoot in China: Activists employing shame in effort to bring about change.
Toxics
Lawsuit Challenges EPA on Four Deadly Pesticides
Canada Takes Steps to Ban Most Plastic Baby Bottles
The World According to Monsanto - A documentary that Americans won't ever see.
Herbal Essences: A Totally Chemical Experience
State of the Evidence 2008:The Connection Between Breast Cancer and the Environment
To Pull a Thorn From the Side of the Planet
U.S. Consumer Protection Officials Delay Months to Notify Public of Dangerous, Defective Products, Public Citizen Study Finds
CLOROX Green Works Gets Mixed Reviews
The War on Bugs
VICTORY!
Sears / Kmart become latest retail giants to phase out toxic PVC plastic, major source of lead, pthalates, and dioxin exposure!!
Trusts
Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on News
Corporate Breakdown-Standing up to the Competition? The Future of European Mergers
Corporate Crime
Wall Street
Political Power & Corporate Control: The New Global Politics
AFL-CIO Targets Wal-Mart in Executive-Pay Campaign
The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power
Blood on the Street: The Sensational Inside Story of How Wall Street Analysts Duped a Generation of Investors
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
Other People's Money
Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco
Merrill Lynch: The Cost Could Be Fatal: My War Against Wall Street's Giant
Corporate Breakdown-Counting the Costs: the price of consolidation in the professional services industry
White Collar Crime: The Uncut Version
Women
Herbal Essences: A Totally Chemical Experience
State of the Evidence 2008:The Connection Between Breast Cancer and the Environment
Creating Sustainable Cities: The San Francisco Bay Area and New York City Are Leading the Way
Not Just a Pretty Face: The Ugly Side of the Beauty Industry
ActionAid’s report ‘Who Pays?: how British supermarkets are keeping women workers in poverty’
Selling Women Short: The Landmark Battle for Worker's Rights at Wal-mart
Statistical Analysis of Gender Patterns in Wal-Mart Workforce
Trade is a Women's Issue
Marketing Madness
World Trade Organization
"Capitalism Cannot Satisfy Us" Daniel Fortin and Mathieu Magnaudeix interview Pascal Lamy
Not for Sale
WTO Complaint Against U.S. Corn Grows
Whose Trade Organization?: Corporate Globalization and the Erosion of Democracy
Destroy and Profit: Wars, Disasters and Corporations
The Derailer's Guide to the WTO
The Yes Men: The True Story of the End of the World Trade Organization
On the Rampage: Corporations Plundering the Global Village
Corporate Breakdown- The Retail Giants Global Expansion and Local Concerns
Making Links: A Peoples' Guide to the World Trade Organization and the Free Trade Area of the Americas
Press Room
Recent Articles
OP/ED BY CORPORATE ETHICS INTERNATIONAL, in the SEATTLE PI: Companies' support goes against the environment
OP/ED BY CORPORATE ETHICS INTERNATIONAL, in the OREGONIAN: Cities should review impact of Wal-Mart
Press Contact Information
Recent Press Releases
Wal-Mart Political Contributions to Anti-Environment Candidates - New Report Released by Corporate Ethics International and Friends of the Earth
Projects
Big Box Campaign
Another sound investment from Wal-Mart
Wal-Mart Sues Disabled Woman
Talking to the Wal(l)
Wal-Mart Insured Ranks Rise. Half of Employees Take Retailer Plans; Critics Unimpressed
China Suppliers to Move to Wal-Mart Town
Three Thousand Workers Strike in Jordan Sewing for Wal-Mart and Other Companies
Twin studies on Wal-Mart wages from the U.C. Berkeley Labor Center
No-One Makes You Shop at Wal-Mart: The Deception of Individual Choice
Wal-Mart: The Bully of Bentonville: How the High Cost of Everyday Low Prices Is Hurting America
How Wal-mart's Sourcing Practices Encourage Illegal Logging and Threaten Endangered Species
Articles and Opinion Pieces
Shopping bag choices moving beyond just paper or plastic
Another sound investment from Wal-Mart
Wal-Mart Move 'Tipping Point' for Driving Monsanto's Bovine Growth Hormone off the Market
Wal-Mart Insured Ranks Rise. Half of Employees Take Retailer Plans; Critics Unimpressed
China Suppliers to Move to Wal-Mart Town
Three Thousand Workers Strike in Jordan Sewing for Wal-Mart and Other Companies
Chinese Christmas Ornaments Made in Sweatshop, Labor Group Says
A $10 Minimum Wage At Wal-Mart? Better Wish For Two Front Teeth
Wal-Mart’s New Greenwashing Report
Boycott to save the Casino de la Selva area in Cuernavaca Mexico.
Flash Films
Sam Suds, and the Case of PVC, the Poison Plastic: A Film Aimed at the Target Corporation
Friends with Low Wages
Big Box Mart
Recommended Reading
Javatrekker: Dispatches from the World of Fair Trade Coffee
No-One Makes You Shop at Wal-Mart: The Deception of Individual Choice
Wal-Mart: The Bully of Bentonville: How the High Cost of Everyday Low Prices Is Hurting America
The Small-Mart Revolution: How Local Businesses Are Beating the Global Competition
Are Chain Stores Ruining America?
Big Box Swindle
Beyond the Wal-Mart Economy
The Bully of Bentonville: How the High Cost of Wal-Mart's Everyday Low Prices is Hurting America
"The Wal-Mart Effect" How the World's Most Powerful Company Really Works and How It's Transforming the American Economy
Wal-Mart: The Face of Twenty-First-Century Capitalism
Recommended Viewing
Wal-Mart Sues Disabled Woman
Talking to the Wal(l)
Store Wars: When Wal-Mart Come to Town
Wal-Mart: the High Cost of Low Prices
Talking to the Wall
Frontline: Is Wal-Mart Good for America?
Reports
Twin studies on Wal-Mart wages from the U.C. Berkeley Labor Center
How Wal-mart's Sourcing Practices Encourage Illegal Logging and Threaten Endangered Species
Ethical Standards and Working Conditions in Wal-Mart’s Supply Chain
Counter Sustainability Report 2007
Wal_Mart and Beyond: The Battle for Good Jobs and Strong Communities in Urban America
Top 10 Reasons Why Wal-Mart Is Wrong for Northcross Mall
Discounting Rights: Wal-Mart's Violation of US Workers’ Right to Freedom of Association
ActionAid’s report ‘Who Pays?: how British supermarkets are keeping women workers in poverty’
WORKER RIGHTS CONSORTIUM ASSESSMENT re CHONG WON FASHION, INC. (THE PHILIPPINES)
Wal-Mart Political Contributions to Anti-Environment Candidates - New Report Released by Corporate Ethics International and Friends of the Earth
Site Fight Resources
Two doctors voice opposition to Wal-Mart plan
City bans stores of more than 90,000 square feet: Move effectively ends debate over big box stores
How to win in a fight with Wal-Mart
Big Box Tool Kit
Sprawlbusters
Wal-Mart and Beyond: The Battle for Good Jobs and Strong Communities in Urban America
Big-Box Sprawl (And How to Control It)
Victories
VICTORY!
Maine Legislature Passes Bill Requiring Economic Impact Studies of Big-Box Projects
S.D. council bans supercenter-size stores
Wal-Mart Loses Suit
Beaverton council rejects Cedar Mill Wal-Mart plan
Tosa keeps 'big box' moratorium
No smiles for Wal-Mart in California
Wal-Mart Loses Unpaid Overtime Case
Business Ethics Network
Vandana Shiva clip from 2007 BEN Conference
Peter Barnes clip from 2007 BEN Conference
David Korten Clip from 2007 BEN Conference
Corporate Campaign University Schedule
2007 BENNY Award and Path to Victory Nominees
Path to Victory Award Nominee:
Exact Campaign Title
BENNY Award Nominee:
Exact Campaign Title
Ray Anderson Clip from 2006 BEN Conference
Dolores Huerta Clip from 2006 BEN Conference
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2007 BENNY Award Nominees
Second Place: Campaign for Safe Cosmetics Campaign won $10,000
McDonald's Fair Food Campaign
Cleaning the Merbau Market
ForestEthics Victoria's Dirty Secret Campaign
Save the South Fork
Stop the LNG Shell Game! Protect Fish in the Gulf of Mexico
Shareholder Advocacy with Public Companies to Address Global Warming
Safe Rails/Secure America
LNG: The Wrong Choice for California
Third Place: No Dirty Gold won $5,000
2007 Path to Victory Award Nominees
Third Place: Stop Firestone Campaign
First Place: PVC Consumer Campaign
Corporate Hall of Shame
Solving the Packaging Problem
Wal-Mart Watch
Warren Buffet: Tear Down Those Dams
Third Place: Kleercut Campaign
Second Place: Exxpose Exxon
Third Place: Fairness in Flowers Campaign
Save Teshekpuk Lake
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BEN MEMBER PRESS RELEASE:
Rainforest Action Network to Wall Street: No New Coal
PETA Buys Shares of Costco - Calls on Costco to Make Slaughter System Less Cruel
Index Features
Lawsuit Challenges EPA on Four Deadly Pesticides
Hundreds of EPA Scientists Report Political Interference Over Last Five Years: UCS calls for strengthened protections for federal scientists
Fish Story
Time to draw a line in the oil sands
Protect Menhaden in the Gulf of Mexico
Southeastern Swamplands and Paper Packaging
VICTORY!
Oakland Research Matters in Historic South African Water Rights Decision
US: Court Orders Tyson to Suspend Ads For Antibiotic-Free Chicken
In Britain, Corporate Manslaughter Act: firms face huge fines for deaths.
A Town Torn Apart by Nestlé
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Campaigns and Victories
Landfilling food and paper is heating the planet.
Nurses take action on unnecessary Hormone RBGH in Dairy Products
Smarten up Safeway
Transforming the role of corporations - corporate campaigners, activists, you!
VICTORY!
Court expert smacks Chevron with up to $16 billion
VICTORY!
Strong Scholastic Paper Policy Commits to 25% Recycled Content
VICTORY!
Sears / Kmart become latest retail giants to phase out toxic PVC plastic, major source of lead, pthalates, and dioxin exposure!!
VICTORY!
Canada to protect over 25 million acres of boreal forest wilderness
VICTORY!
Target Commits to Systematically Reduce PVC!
VICTORY!
House passes 1872 Mining Law reform
Campaigns
Fish Story
Landfilling food and paper is heating the planet.
Protect Menhaden in the Gulf of Mexico
Smarten up Safeway
No Tankers! Robert Bateman - Not a pretty picture
Herbal Essences: A Totally Chemical Experience
Forests Swallowed Up by International Paper and Fast Food Companies
BEN MEMBER NEWS:
Today is World Water Day!-Click here to Find Events in Your Area!
BEN MEMBER PRESS RELEASE:
Rainforest Action Network to Wall Street: No New Coal
BEN MEMBER IN THE NEWS:
Should You Trust Your Makeup?
Presentations and Speeches
Resources available from the 2007 IFG Teach-In
Victories
VICTORY!
Oakland Research Matters in Historic South African Water Rights Decision
VICTORY!
Court expert smacks Chevron with up to $16 billion
VICTORY!
Boise Inc. to Suspend Purchasing From Grassy Narrows
VICTORY!
Strong Scholastic Paper Policy Commits to 25% Recycled Content
VICTORY!
Liberian Supreme Court Decision Approves Union Election
VICTORY!
LANDMARK SWEATFREE RESOLUTION PASSES
VICTORY!
As You Sow gets Coke to Reuse 100% of PET bottles in US & builds Largest Recycling Plant
VICTORY!
Starbucks Agrees to Hold the Hormones For Good
'Victory: Coca-Cola Pulls Funding for Animal Tests!'
VICTORY!
Coalition of Immokalee Workers Wins Agreement with McDonald's
Member Press Releases
Lawsuit Challenges EPA on Four Deadly Pesticides
Nurses take action on unnecessary Hormone RBGH in Dairy Products
VICTORY!
Oakland Research Matters in Historic South African Water Rights Decision
Japan's Obstructionist Position On Illicit Trade Protocol Earns Marlboro Man Award
VICTORY!
Boise Inc. to Suspend Purchasing From Grassy Narrows
Rocky Shoes sweatshop abuses shed light on failed trade model amid primary contest
Wal-Mart Challenged in Court: New Supercenter Fails to Evaluate Greenhouse Gas Pollution
Resolved: Public Corporations Shall Take Us Seriously
BEN MEMBER PRESS RELEASE: Wal-Mart Continues to Benefit from Economic Development Subsidies.
Company removes Kimberly-Clark Products From All Facilities and Renames Ski Run to Keep Kleenex from Clearcutting Canada’s Boreal Forest
Jobs
Appliance Standards Awareness Project (ASAP)seeks OUTREACH DIRECTOR
GREENPEACE Canada seeks Forest Campaigner
Corporate Accountability International seeks Senior Campaigns Organizer
Corporate Accountability seeks National Field Organizer
Corporate Accountability International seeks Senior Organizer of International Policy
EIA seeking a Development Assistant
Breast Cancer Action (BCA) seeks Communications Director
Enlace seeks full time field Organizer
Farm Labor Organizing Committee, AFLCIO (FLOC) seeks Organizer
National Farm Worker Ministry seeks Donor Development Coordinator (Part- Time)
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West
Breast Cancer Action (BCA) seeks Communications Director
Enlace seeks full time field Organizer
Breast Cancer Fund seeks Program Coordinator
Breast Cancer Fund seeks Communications Coordinator
Unite Here! seeks Boycott Organizer
Turtle Island Restoration Network seeks Environmental Health Organizer/Campaigner for GotMercury.org
Friends of the Earth seeks Campaign Director for their Clean Vessels Campaign
Trillium Asset Management seeking an experienced advocate and researcher
Green Corps Environmental Organizer Training Program
CorpWatch seeks Corporate Research Wiki Intern
Midwest
National Farm Worker Ministry seeks Donor Development Coordinator (Part- Time)
South
Farm Labor Organizing Committee, AFLCIO (FLOC) seeks Organizer
Center For Health, Environment and Justice (CHEJ) seeks Community Organizer
Mid-Atlantic
Corporate Accountability International seeks Senior Organizer of International Policy
EIA seeking a Development Assistant