STWR - Share The World's Resources

Environmental damage caused by the oil industry in the Niger Delta has brought poverty, conflict and despair to local people. Energy corporations have undermined communities' rights to health, employment and an adequate standard of living, says a report by Amnesty International.

In response to charges of human rights violations in Nigeria, Shell has made one of the largest recorded corporate payouts. Human rights lawyers view the settlement as a step towards international businesses being made accountable for the social and environmental impact of their actions.  

It has become fashionable to laud corporate social responsibility as a win-win practice for business and society. Yet CSR is a misleading and distracting doctrine that blinds us to the political realities of corporate economic globalization, writes Jessica Ludescher.

Local communities throughout the tropics are suffering as agribusiness seek to redesign the world map of sugar by introducing GM. This development must be rejected as the industrialisation of a food crop with significant cultural and economic meaning, warns a report by GRAIN.

The current financial crisis offers an opportunity to question the corruption of children's culture by rampant commercialisation, commodification and consumption. A road to recovery cannot be simply about returning to a re-established, bankrupt consumer society, argues Henry A. Giroux.

The US-led 'reconstruction' of Iraq and Afghanistan illustrates the growing role of agribusiness on the battlefield, the blossoming of a private 'development' industry and a dangerous merging of the military and corporate humanitarianism, argue GRAIN.  

A new report has named numerous major banks that conduct business with corrupt regimes. By accepting such customers, these banks are assisting those who are squandering state assets to enrich themselves or brutalise their own people. Report by Global Witness.