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The Guardian

‘Morally repugnant’: Brazilian workers sue coffee supplier to Starbucks over ‘slavery-like conditions’

Brazil has been the world’s leading coffee producer due to the forced labour of enslaved Africans and Afro-Brazilians

Thu Apr 24 2025

Global Witness

New investigation suggests EU trader Traxys buys conflict minerals from DRC

Analysis of trade data and testimonies suggest a significant proportion of coltan bought from Rwanda by multibillion-dollar company is connected to the ongoing war in east DRC

15 April 2025

InfoAmazonia

ExxonMobil builds ‘petro-state’ in Guyana, amid warnings of environmental disaster

Guyana’s rapid ascent to major oil producer status, fueled by the giant US oil company, has come at a steep price: rising inequality, weakened environmental regulations, unchecked gas flaring, and growing foreign influence.

8 April 2025

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The Guardian

Revealed: world’s largest meat company may break Amazon deforestation pledges again

Brazilian ranchers in Pará and Rondônia say JBS can not achieve stated goal of deforestation-free cattle

Thu Apr 17 2025

Global Witness

How the militarisation of mining threatens Indigenous defenders in the Philippines

With skyrocketing global demand for critical minerals – vital to the green energy transition – Indigenous groups and biodiversity are at risk in the Philippines

03 December 2024

Coffee Watch

"Ghost Farms and Coffee Laundering"

How labor violations enter Starbucks’ and Nestlé’s Chinese coffee supply chain

29 Nov 2024

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  • The Guardian

    US interior agency to fast track fossil fuel and mining permits over ‘fake emergency’

    Thu Apr 24 2025

  • The Guardian

    ‘Hope has returned’: tribe hails Lula’s fight against illegal mining in Amazon

    Mon Feb 03 2025

  • Global Witness

    How the militarisation of mining threatens Indigenous defenders in the Philippines

    With skyrocketing global demand for critical minerals – vital to the green energy transition – Indigenous groups and biodiversity are at risk in the Philippines

    03 December 2024

  • Global Witness

    Critical mineral mines tied to 111 violent incidents and protests on average a year

    Between 2021 and 2023, nearly 90% of violence and protests happened in emerging economies, while up to 81% of mining is by companies from wealthier and major consumer countries

    07 November 2024

  • Global Witness

    Clean energy, dirty consequences: Mining for renewable technologies linked to global social unrest

    Mining for metals to build electric vehicles, wind turbines, solar panels and electric grids linked to more than 300 incidents of violence, protest and deaths between 2021 and 2023

    07 November 2024

  • Global Witness

    What value addition means for communities affected by mining

    The meaning of "value addition" in mineral supply chains dominated a recent OECD forum, with campaigners arguing that it goes beyond financial gains

    04 June 2024

  • Global Witness

    Fuelling the future, poisoning the present: Myanmar’s rare earth boom

    The global energy transition is helping fuel a growing boom in toxic rare earth mining in Myanmar

    23 May 2024

  • Global Witness

    Controversial billionaire Dan Gertler appears to have used suspected international money laundering network to dodge US sanctions and acquire new mining assets in DRC

    Global Witness uncovers evidence indicating controversial mining magnate Dan Gertler used an international money laundering network to attempt to evade US sanctions and continue doing business in DRC.

    02 July 2020

  • Global Witness

    Why cutting off artisanal miners is not responsible sourcing

    There are serious problems in artisanal mining - but it is a huge and diverse sector, which varies widely across mines, local areas and countries

    26 November 2019

  • Global Witness

    New Democratic Republic of Congo mining law could leave the door open to corrupt deals

    Potential ad hoc application of the new mining law in Democratic Republic of Congo, plus weaknesses in its transparency and conflict of interest measures, may leave the country’s mining sector open to corrupt deals that could cost the country billions of dollars.

    12 March 2018

  • Global Witness

    Glencore redirected over $75 million in mining payments to scandal-hit friend of Congolese President, Global Witness reveals

    03 March 2017

  • Global Witness

    Extracting equality: gender and the African mining industry

    The African continent is rich in natural resources, like oil, gas and minerals, but what does the presence of extractive industries like mining mean for women? Read our blog to find out more.

    25 January 2017

  • Global Witness

    Rush for critical minerals in Philippines threatens Indigenous communities and biodiversity

    Indigenous communities and biodiversity hotspots are bearing the brunt of mineral exploitation in the Philippines

    03 December 2024

  • Global Witness

    COP16: Aligning biodiversity with human rights and climate action

    The choices and actions taken at COP16 in Colombia will impact the biodiversity crisis and its link to the climate emergency. Now more than ever, world leaders must take transformative action to deliver their pledges

    17 October 2024

  • Global Witness

    A rush for lithium in Africa risks fuelling corruption and failing citizens

    Three emerging lithium mines in Zimbabwe, Namibia and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) risk fuelling corruption and causing a range of other environmental, social and governance problems

    14 November 2023

  • Global Witness

    Afghanistan’s famous lapis mines funding the Taliban and armed groups, new investigation shows

    Lapis mines driving corruption, conflict and extremism

    06 June 2016

  • Global Witness

    War in the treasury of the people

    Afghanistan, lapis lazuli and the battle for mineral wealth

    30 May 2016