Corporations such as ExxonMobil and Blackstone also big funders of climate crisis, new trade union report finds

Corporations such as ExxonMobil and Blackstone also big funders of climate crisis, new trade union report finds

Some of the world’s largest companies have been accused of undermining democracy across the world by financially backing far-right political movements, funding and exacerbating the climate crisis, and violating trade union rights and human rights in a report published on Monday by the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC).

Amazon, Tesla, Meta, ExxonMobil, Blackstone, Vanguard and Glencore are the corporations included in the report. The companies’ lobbying arms are attempting to shape global policy at the United Nations Summit of the Future in New York City on 22 and 23 September.

  • schnurrito
    38·
    2 months ago

    The report cites Meta, the largest social media company in the world, for its vast role in permitting and enabling far-right propaganda and movements to use its platforms to grow members and garner support in the US and abroad.

    yeah allowing free flow of information is bad for democracy…

    in what kind of bizarro world do we live nowadays anyway

    • I Cast Fist@programming.dev
      51·
      2 months ago

      Yeah, what’s up with these governments and people who want to censor white supremacy, xenophobia, nazism and pedophilia? Let the information flow freely!

      /s