Society / Corporations
Articles about Corporations, ordered by date. 
Sticky business
Canada has put all its eggs into one big basket full of tar sands. That’s a major mistake, argues Andrew Nikiforuk – for the country and the planet.
Commodities and dependency - The Facts
The facts and figures of commodities and our dependence on them.
Obama’s ‘free trade’ voyages are another big mistake
New agreements that enhance corporate power are bad news, writes Mark Engler.
Let us prey
Vulture funds buy up ‘bad’ debt owed by countries in distress and aggressively sue for full payment, plus compound interest.
Facing the vultures
Argentina is not in the habit of being cowed by international pressure and financial big-hitters – or by proponents of austerity. Vanessa Baird reports.
Introducing... The Eight Great Greenwashers
Ahead of the Rio +20 Earth Summit, Danny Chivers exposes the canny, crafty and plain deceitful claims of corporations co-opting 'sustainability'
How to get a handle on excessive pay
As workers rally on May Day, FairPensions call on ordinary investors to tackle over-the-top remuneration.
Who's profiting from the water crisis?
Big business sees water scarcity as a money-making opportunity. Joyce Nelson uncovers the dodgy dealings of the Aqueduct Alliance.
Essay: Deindustrializing humanity
Neither humanity nor nature are commodities. It’s time the old ideology was dissolved, writes Jeremy Seabrook.
Guns and Bread: how mercenaries moved into aid
Michael Lewis explores what happens when private security companies muscle in to 'deliver aid'.
iSlave
Electronics giant Foxconn employs over a million people in China – in conditions that drive them to despair, reports Jenny Chan.
Activists make themselves heard
1-30 April: Corporate AGM Season.
The best influence money can buy - the 10 Worst Corporate Lobbyists
Dirty cash and dirty tricks – our rogues’ gallery of lobbyists who get governments to dance to their tune.
In the halls of shame
Who shapes the policies and laws that govern us? If you think the answer is ‘our elected politicians’, read on. Vanessa Baird examines the secretive but expanding power of corporate lobbying.
Corporate Influence - The Facts
The facts and figures of party funding, lobbying and the big names involved.
Taking care of business
Corporations have taken over the climate agenda. Oscar Reyes reveals who, how and why.
Court in the act
Apartheid accomplices Coca-Cola, Barclays, BP et al are heading for court
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