Corporations

WASHINGTON

U.S. to Take Closer Look at Flood of Corporate Political Spending

By Carey L. Biron
Civil society actors and the some corporate groups here are reacting with excitement to indications that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which regulates the country’s stock exchanges, is likely to take up discussion over new rules that would mandate the public disclosure of all political spending by U.S.-listed public corporations.

Corporations See Green in Biodiversity

By Marwaan Macan-Markar
The gentle hills on the edge of this remote town are lush with tropical fruit trees that yield fine wines  for the Broadchem Corporation and also give the agro company a green label.   

Anti-Tobacco Battle Pits Corporations Against Public Health

By Isabelle de Grave
Lawsuits from major tobacco corporations challenging anti-tobacco policies all over the world underscore the ever greater need for a global crackdown on tobacco use, for the sake of both public health and global development goals.