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Majority of MEPs Throw Out Weak Plans to Protect Bees after 240,000 People Join Public Campaign Demanding Better
October 23, 2019
EU bans toxic pesticide Thiacloprid after 383,000 sign petition
October 22, 2019
Rights Activists Protest Outside Apple Store in Grand Central Station Over Complicity in China's Crackdown on Freedom
October 17, 2019
35,000 Tell UK Government: Don’t Raise Our Energy Bills to Subsidise New nuclear Plants
October 11, 2019
Community Groups and Consumer Campaigners Say 'No' to Energy Price Hike to Pay For New Nuclear Plants.
October 09, 2019
Poll: Vast majority of Europeans opposed to EU-Mercosur trade deal
October 08, 2019
To Mark New iPhone Release, SumOfUs Files Shareholder Proposal Demanding Apple Promotes Freedom of Expression
September 10, 2019
Walmart Discontinues Sales of Certain Ammunitions While Visa Remains Silent and Inactive on Gun Purchases
September 03, 2019
Protestors to Target Insurance Giant AIG Over Adani Mine - Melbourne
August 27, 2019
Swim protest against salmon farming pollution on Scotland’s west coast
August 27, 2019
Protestors to Target Insurance Giant AIG Over Adani Mine - Sydney
August 27, 2019
VISA shareholders challenge CEO position on mass shootings & demand company assesses the role of its credit card in gun crime
August 08, 2019
Labour Union and Consumer Advocacy Group Garner Support 42% of the Independent vote for Saputo Shareholder Proposal Impacting Food Waste
August 07, 2019
EFSA's statement acknowledging chlorpyrifos harm for human health adds urgency for a full ban
August 06, 2019
BCGEU and SumOfUs Tell Saputo There Is No Time to Waste Regarding the Environmental and Social Impact of Food Waste
August 02, 2019
SumOfUs Members Crash #SharkWeek and #SharksTakeFlight on Twitter, Demand its Partner Southwest Airlines Ditch Plastic
July 31, 2019
Leading Proxy Advisory Firm Endorses Call for Action on Food Waste at Saputo
July 30, 2019
Campaigners call for urgent investigation of all Scottish salmon farms to prevent “summer surge of deaths”
July 18, 2019
SumOfUs Report Exposes French Insurer's Complicity in War Crimes
July 08, 2019
Tibet campaigners laud success after Google confirms “no plans to offer a search engine in China”
June 19, 2019
New overview of data on chlorpyrifos residues in fruits strengthens health-case for EU-wide ban
June 19, 2019
Alphabet shareholders to vote on breaking up company
June 18, 2019
Tibetan, Uyghur and Chinese activists urge Google: ‘Respect human rights, don’t do China’s dirty work’
June 13, 2019
Consumer Group Representing Shareholders Deliver Massive Petition Demanding Restaurant Brands International (NYSE: QSR) Reduce Impacts Of  Deforestation
June 11, 2019
SumOfUs Welcomes Institutional Shareholder Services Inc Recommendation to Reject Zuckerberg and Sandberg from the Facebook Board
May 20, 2019
33% of YUM! Brands Shareholders Vote for the Company to Increase Transparency in its Supply Chain’s Impact on Deforestation
May 16, 2019
Alphabet Shareholders Call for Google’s Parent Company to be Broken Up
May 01, 2019
25% of PepsiCo Shareholders Vote to Enact an Independent Board Chair SumOfUs is encouraged that 1 out of 4 shareholders voted for greater human rights protections
May 01, 2019
Mastercard shareholders call for governance overhaul to address risks related to far-right extremism
April 30, 2019
SumOfUs Welcomes Shareholders’ Decision to not ratify the Bayer board
April 26, 2019
YouTube restrictions on Tommy Robinson welcome but full ban needed, urges consumer watchdog
April 02, 2019
Consumer Group Responds to Facebook’s Ban of White Nationalism and Separatism
March 27, 2019
NEW POLL - 70% of French People Support Suspending Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia and the UAE Over the War in Yemen
March 21, 2019
Consumer Group Demands RBC, TD and Scotiabank Stop Bank Rolling Fossil Fuel Industry
March 20, 2019
Over 40,000 Demand EU Commission Resist Bayer Lobby, Ban Carcinogenic Pesticide Thiacloprid
March 18, 2019
Big tech must own up to role in white supremacist terrorism – consumer watchdog
March 18, 2019
Consumer Group Demands Alphabet CEO Larry Page’s Resignation After Reports Reveal He Bypassed Board to Pay Out Sexual Abusers
March 14, 2019
European Union to Label Palm Oil in Diesel as Unsustainable After Months of Public Pressure
March 13, 2019
YouTube must ban Tommy Robinson or risk becoming “big tech’s notorious laggard”, urges consumer watchdog
February 28, 2019
SumOfUs Responds to Zero-Waste Packaging Act Tabled Today in House of Commons
February 20, 2019
As Trump Declares National Emergency, Nearly 20,000 Urge Nissan to Cut Ties With Contractor W.G. Yates & Sons Over Border Wall
February 15, 2019
BREAKING: Amazon Pulls Out of Planned NYC Campus, New York Corporate Watchdog Responds
February 14, 2019
NEW VIDEO: “Making of the Doritos 2019 Super Bowl Ad” Slams PepsiCo for Rainforest Destruction, Human Rights Abuses Associated with Palm Oil Production
January 30, 2019
#NotInMyTank Coalition Spearheads Day of Action Demanding EU Abandon Biodiesel Made From Palm Oil
January 21, 2019
Protest outside Google office in London puts pressure on Google executives to end controversial Project Dragonfly
January 18, 2019
Almost 50,000 people join Tibet groups and corporate campaigners in demanding Google immediately drop “Project Dragonfly’, the censored China search engine
December 10, 2018
Over 130,000 Demand Improved Bee Friendly Pesticide Testing Standards From EU
December 07, 2018
TIBETAN, UYGHUR AND CHINESE ACTIVISTS UNITE WITH DIGITAL TECH EXPERTS TO TELL GOOGLE: "RESPECT HUMAN RIGHTS, DON’T DO CHINA’S DIRTY WORK"
December 07, 2018
Palm Oil Giant FELDA Sanctioned Over Forced Labor, Human Trafficking
November 29, 2018
BREAKING: Airbnb Commits to Removing Rentals in Illegal Israeli Settlements in the West Bank
November 19, 2018
BREAKING: Consumer Group Responds to Newly Revised Standards By Leading Palm Oil Sustainability Body
November 16, 2018
Advocacy Groups Meet With Canada Pension Plan Investment Board Urging Divestment From Private Prisons That Separate Immigrant Families
November 15, 2018
PayPal stops processing payments for Tommy Robinson
November 08, 2018
Consumer Group Celebrates as Baltimore Becomes the First City to Ban Water Privatization
November 07, 2018
35 Yemeni and international organizations call for an immediate cessation of hostilities in Yemen
November 07, 2018
Consumer Group Celebrates as Baltimore Becomes the First City to Ban Water Privatization
November 07, 2018
BREAKING: PepsiCo’s Business Partner and Palm Oil Giant Indofood Sanctioned by Leading Palm Oil Sustainability Body
November 05, 2018
Ban toxic pesticide chlorpyrifos from children’s plates, consumers urge EU
October 17, 2018
PHOTOS: Farmers, Mayor Deliver 125,000 Petition Signatures to Asahi Group Demanding the Beverage Giant Stop Bottling Tiny Victorian Town’s Water
October 12, 2018
Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and Nestlé found to be worst plastic polluters worldwide in global cleanups and brand audits
October 09, 2018
76% of Voters Think Australian Government Isn’t Doing Enough to Address Single Use Plastic Waste, New Poll Finds
October 04, 2018
75% of Australians Believe McDonald’s, Gloria Jeans Should Offer Reusable Cup Discounts to Customers
October 04, 2018
BREAKING: Nestlé Severs Ties With Indofood, Indonesia’s Largest Palm Oil Supplier
October 04, 2018
Over 13,000 Urge Health Canada, ECCC to Curb Use of Toxic Chemical Glyphosate in Children’s Food Products
October 03, 2018
Make producers pay for plastic pollution, thousands tell EU
October 02, 2018
BREAKING: PepsiCo Severs Ties With IndoFood, Indonesia’s Largest Palm Oil Supplier, Over Human Rights Abuses
October 02, 2018
Make producers pay for plastic pollution, thousands tell EU
October 02, 2018
Trade unions, workers and campaigners descend on Yves Rocher Paris headquarters to demand end to union busting in Turkey
September 24, 2018
Liverpool FC caves in to campaigners, dropping  controversial Tibet Water deal after just one year
September 11, 2018
67,000 call for more democratic trade deals
September 03, 2018
Consumer Group Urges PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi to Fix Palm Oil Policy Before Stepping Down Next Month, Terminate Partnership With Indofood
August 27, 2018
As Wildfires Rage, Over 60,000 People Urge CA Water Board to Limit Nestlé’s Ability to Take Water From San Bernardino National Forest
August 21, 2018
As Wildfires Rage, Consumer Group Urges Premier Horgan & FLNR Minister Donaldson to Protect BC's Water From Nestlé, Review Water Rates
August 20, 2018
Consumer Group Urges Amazon to Stop Selling White Supremacist Merchandise
August 20, 2018
As Australia Faces Prospect of Worst Drought in Half a Century, Over 87,000 Demand Beverage Giant Asahi Stop Bottling Victorian Town’s Water
August 15, 2018
Consumer Group Responds As Amazon Pulls Some Nazi, White Supremacist Merchandise from Platform
August 03, 2018
Renowned Proxy Advisor Firm Backs Saputo (CBCA/TSK: SP) Shareholder Resolution Calling for Human Rights Risk Assessment
August 03, 2018
Consumer Group Slams Bayer for Appealing Recent Ruling from the European Court of Justice Upholding Bee-Saving Ban on Neonic Insecticides
July 27, 2018
TODAY 1:30PM - Groups Deliver 300,000 Signatures to Microsoft HQ Urging Company to Cancel Contract with ICE
July 26, 2018
Consumer Group Calls on German Football Association (DFB) Sponsors Adidas, McDonald’s, Mercedes-Benz & Co. to Withdraw Partnership After Resignation of Mesut Özil
July 25, 2018
Consumer Group Applauds Germany’s IDT Biologika For Cutting Ties with Torturous Horse Blood Farms in South America
July 24, 2018
Consumer Group Slams EU Loophole That Undermines Bee-Saving Ban on Neonic Insecticides
July 18, 2018
Online Ads Targeting Amazon Prime Subscribers on Prime Day Slam Amazon for Abuse of Warehouse Workers
July 17, 2018
PHOTOS: “Resist Trumpism everywhere” message projected onto Palace of Westminster
July 13, 2018
The French Cosmetics Giant Has Laid Off Over 120 Employees in Turkey for Joining a Trade Union
July 13, 2018
Huge Turnout Expected for Saturday’s Families Belong Together Protests Across the Country
June 29, 2018
THURSDAY in Cincinnati: Activists Protest Kroger Annual Shareholder Meeting Demanding Company Eliminate Toxic Pesticides from Supply Chain, Join the Fair Food Program
June 28, 2018
Uber Granted 15 Month London Licence in Appeal Against TFL  
June 26, 2018
New Panama Papers Leak Renews Call to Government to Stop Giving Billions in Public Money to ‘Masterminds’ of Multinational Tax Avoidance
June 22, 2018
Citing Inaction on Bee-Killing Pesticides, Kroger Shareholders Call for a Separation of CEO and Board Chair Roles to Increase Accountability, Better Assess Risk Management
June 21, 2018
BREAKING: Consumer Group Responds As McDonald’s Announces It Will Phase Out Plastic Straws at Some Stores
June 15, 2018
45% of Non-Insiders Support Shareholder Proposal Urging Restaurant Brands International (NYSE: QSR) to Address Deforestation
June 12, 2018
New Petition Urges European Commission, 28 Energy Ministers to Phase Out Palm Oil Based Biodiesel
June 11, 2018
BREAKING: 35% of Non-Affiliated Facebook Shareholders Opposed Zuckerberg's Reelection to the Board of Directors
June 07, 2018
NDP URGES GOVERNMENT FOR LESS TALK AND MORE ACTION ON OCEAN PLASTICS 
June 06, 2018
Renowned Proxy Advisor Firm Backs RBI (NYSE: QSR) Shareholder Resolution Calling for Report to Investors on Impact of the Supply Chain Impacts on Deforestation
May 31, 2018
THURSDAY 8AM: Protest Outside Amazon Shareholder Meeting Declares: “Bezos Needs a Boss”
May 30, 2018
BREAKING: Roughly 40% of Independent Amazon Shareholders Back Proposal to Create an Independent Board Chair
May 30, 2018
Consumer Group Rallies Facebook Shareholders, Investment Funds to Oppose Election of Zuckerberg to Board of Directors
May 29, 2018
Renowned Proxy Advisor Firm Backs Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) Shareholders’ Call for Independent Board Chair
May 29, 2018
FRIDAY AM: Bayer Shareholders Oppose Discharging of Board of Management Over Spread of Bee-Killing Pesticides
May 25, 2018
McDonald’s Shareholders Demand Fast-Food Giant Rethink Plastic Straws at Annual Meeting
May 24, 2018
Citizen-funded radio ads to counter pro-Kinder Morgan propaganda campaign
May 18, 2018
Bayer Shareholders Oppose Discharging of Board of Management Over Spread of Bee-Killing Pesticides
May 15, 2018
Breaking: KMI Shareholders Vote for Greater Sustainability Disclosure
May 09, 2018
Shareholders File Resolution Demanding Restaurant Brands International (NYSE: QSR) Issue Report to Investors on the Supply Chain Impacts on Deforestation
May 08, 2018
Campaigners at Scottish parliament call for wastewater testing at salmon farming operations to save wild fish
May 08, 2018
KMI Shareholders Call for Greater Sustainability Disclosure
May 07, 2018
Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) Shareholders Call for Independent Board Chair
May 07, 2018
FRIDAY 12PM: Petition Delivery at Ontario Ministry of Environment Urges Premier Wynne to Stop Letting Nestle Extract, Bottle Water
May 04, 2018
Facebook’s Largest Shareholders Urged to Hold the Company Accountable
May 02, 2018
Consumer Group Reacts as European Governments Vote to Widen Ban on Three Bee-Killing Neonicotinoid Pesticides
April 27, 2018
McDonald’s Shareholders Demand Fast-Food Giant Develop Plan to Phase-Out Plastic Straws in All Restaurants
April 26, 2018
WEDNESDAY at Palais des Congrès in Paris: NGOs to Hold Protest Outside AXA AGM, Deliver Petition Demanding the Insurance Firm Divest from Israeli Weapons Maker Elbit Systems
April 25, 2018
Demonstration at AXA's Annual General Meeting with BDS France
April 25, 2018
New Report Uncovers One of the Largest Cases of Illegal Rainforest Clearance in Borneo for Palm Oil Development
April 20, 2018
58,000 Urge Canadian Parliament to Tackle Global Plastics Crisis, Approve Motion M-151 
April 18, 2018
Costa’s move to cut coffee cup waste heaps pressure on Starbucks to follow suit, consumer group warns
April 18, 2018
Goodman Fielder Connected to One of the Largest Cases of Illegal Rainforest Clearance in Indonesia
April 11, 2018
BREAKING: US Justice Department Reportedly Approves Bayer-Monsanto Merger, Consumer Group Responds
April 09, 2018
Consumer Group Says MDEQ Decision to Grant Nestle Groundwater Withdrawal Permit Is Shameful, Warns Fight is Not Over
April 03, 2018
Amend UK trade bill to allow MPs to scrutinise deals with other countries before Brexit, consumer group warns
February 21, 2018
Consumer Group SumOfUs Welcomes London Mayor Sadiq Khan’s Initial Proposal to Roll Out Water Fountains and Bottle Refill Points Across the City to Cut Plastic Waste
December 06, 2017
New Poll: Overwhelming Majority of Citizens in Germany, France, Italy, Portugal and Greece Want Immediate Ban of Glyphosate
October 24, 2017
27,000 Call on Liverpool FC to Drop Sponsorship Deal With Tibet Water Over Brutal Chinese Oppression
October 11, 2017
NEW SURVEY: Nearly Two-Thirds of Brits Want to Keep EU Chemical Safety Standards After Brexit
September 28, 2017
SumOfUs Slams Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi's 'Non-Apology' Today after London Transport Authority Revokes the Company's License to Operate in the City
September 25, 2017
Goodman Fielder: please clarify your palm oil policy
September 20, 2017
As CEOs Abandon Trump's Manufacturing Council Over Lackluster Repudiation of White Supremacists, Over 26,000 Demand Ford, GM, IBM, JPMorgan Chase and Other CEOs Follow Their Lead
August 15, 2017
SumOfUs Applauds Merck CEO Kenneth Frazier for Resigning from Trump's American Manufacturing Council, Urges Remaining CEO's on Trump's Council's to Follow Suit
August 14, 2017
SumOfUs Slams IBM After Report Reveals Company is Vying for 'Extreme Vetting' Government Contract
August 07, 2017
110,000 Sign New Petition Demanding McDonald’s Stop Using Plastic Straws
July 17, 2017
RBC Lobbying Disclosure Proposal 9Nov2016 Filed by SumOfUs
March 28, 2017
Corporate Watchdog Applauds Canada’s Courts for Allowing Lawsuit Against Nevsun Resources Over the Use of Slave Labor in Eritrea
October 07, 2016
Civil Rights & Consumer Advocacy Orgs Demand Facebook Stop Censorship at Police Request
August 22, 2016
New Tests Find Significant Decrease in Bee-Killing Pesticides in “Bee-Friendly” Plants
August 16, 2016
60K Outraged at Facebook for Censoring Korryn Gaines’ Account and Videos
August 09, 2016
New Video Ad Slams Crystal Pepsi Return Over PepsiCo's Ties to Rainforest Destruction
August 08, 2016
Antitrust Experts Warn Against Proposed Bayer-Monsanto Merger
August 03, 2016
48K Slam PM Theresa May for Covering-Up Rape, Sexual Assault at Yarl’s Wood Detention Center
August 01, 2016
Corporate Watchdog Slams Paris Mayor for City’s Partnership with Cement Manufacturer Lafarge Amidst Allegations the Company is Paying ISIS to Continue Operations in Syria
July 26, 2016
32,000 Call on Petco to End Sales of Wild Blue Tang “Finding Dory” Fish
July 25, 2016
Corporate Watchdog Slams Krispy Kreme on Irresponsibly Sourced Palm Oil
July 19, 2016
Nearly 500K Sign SumOfUs Petition Opposing Bayer, Monsanto Merger
July 14, 2016
Groups Celebrate as Ashburton District Council Pulls Out of Secret Water Sale
July 13, 2016
Rally Outside Courthouse As Judge Considers Challenge to Nestlé Water-Bottling Pipeline in San Bernardino Nat'l Forest
June 13, 2016
Rally Outside CA Courthouse as Judge Considers Challenge to Nestlé Water-Bottling Pipeline in the San Bernardino National Forest
June 13, 2016
Monsanto Merger, Warns Merger Would Radically Threaten Global Food Systems
June 07, 2016
Global Day of Action Urges Fidelity Investments to Break Ties with Airbnb Over Illegal Rentals of Israeli Settlements in the West Bank
June 03, 2016
Shareholders, SumOfUs Urge Amazon Board of Directors to Address Worker Abuse at Annual General Meeting
May 17, 2016
23% of Amazon Shareholders Back Call for Assessment of Worker Abuses, Human Rights Violations in Operation and Supply Chains
May 17, 2016
Petition Delivery to The Hague Urges The Netherlands to Vote No on Glyphosate Use in Europe
May 17, 2016
New Petition Demands PM Malcolm Turnbull Release Personal Tax Returns After Being Mentioned in the Panama Papers
May 12, 2016
Mobile Billboard Circles Unilever Headquarters, Urges Employees to Denounce TTIP
May 11, 2016
Tsleil-Waututh Nation, Consumer Group Rally at Kinder Morgan Shareholder Meeting to Oppose Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion
May 10, 2016
Activists Submit 280,000+ Comments to US Forest Service Demanding An End to Nestlé Water Bottling in the San Bernardino National Forest
May 03, 2016
28,000 Call for Replacement of WestJet CEO Over Mishandling of Sexaul Assault Cases
May 03, 2016
Pressure Builds on PepsiCo to Drop Conflict Palm Oil
April 29, 2016
Shareholders Call on Bayer to End Use of Neonics, Invest in Alternatives to Bee-Killing Pesticides
April 29, 2016
40% of Shareholders Urge Suncor for Transparency on Payments Influencing Public
April 28, 2016
Suncor Shareholders Call for Greater Transparency Around Lobbying
April 28, 2016
Massive Rally in Hannover Protests TTIP, CETA Trade Deals Ahead of President Obama's Visit
April 23, 2016
Class Action Lawsuit Filed Today Against WestJet for Failure to Address Sexual Harassment and Assault
April 04, 2016
SumOfUs Responds to WestJet's Defense in Sexual Assault Case
March 22, 2016
Consumer Group Praises SeaWorld for Ending Captive Orca Breeding
March 17, 2016
Rally, Mobile Billboard at BC Airport Demands WestJet CEO Resign for Failure to Investigate Sexual Assault, Rape
March 15, 2016
Consumer Group responds to the Second Reading of the Updated Investigatory Powers Bill
March 15, 2016
New Petition Demands that The Daily Mail End Harassment and Outing of Trans Individuals
March 14, 2016
Petition Demands that The Daily Mail End Harassment and Outing of Trans Individuals
March 14, 2016
Coalition Demands Airbnb End Illegal Rentals in the West Bank, Says Company Violates International Law in Supporting Israeli Settlements
March 07, 2016
New SeaWorld Parody Game Simulates Experience of Orcas in Captivity
February 29, 2016
Group Calls on BT to Speak Out Against Snoopers' Charter, Says Bill is a Dangerous Threat to Privacy
February 28, 2016
Consumer Group Condemns "Dangerous" Snoopers' Charter
February 28, 2016
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