Transnational Institute

The World's Richest 25

Just 25 people, almost all men, increased their known wealth to $827 billion in 2012. That could pay for the costs for every student in the US to go to university more than three times or pay for universal primary and secondary education throughout the developing world four times.
Corporate power and crisis

Susan George provides an introduction to TNI's State of Power 2013 report, exposing how the unprecedented concentration of corporate and elite power is at the root of our economic and ecological crisis.
Declaration of the Social Movements Assembly

As the Social Movements Assembly of the World Social Forum of Tunisia, 2013, we are gathered here to affirm the fundamental contribution of peoples of Maghreb-Mashrek (from North Africa to the Middle East), in the construction of human civilization.
Multinational Crimes: The Shell Case

As one of Africa's leading advocates and campaigners for environmental and human rights, Nnimmo Bassey stood up and challenged corporate impunity by Shell and other oil companies in his native Nigeria.
State of Power 2013

As the world's most powerful corporate leaders and richest individuals gather at the exclusive World Economic Forum in Davos, TNI offers a visual insight into who is dominating the planet at a time of systemic economic and ecological crisis.

The Corporate Power project is part of the Economic Justice, Corporate Power and Alternatives Programme. TNI’s Corporate Power project seeks to develop analysis and proposals on how to dismantle corporate power. It plans to bring about a People's Treaty on the operations of TNCS that will include a call for an International body that can impose binding legal obligations on TNCs and end corporate impunity for ecological, economic and social crimes. Read more about this project.

Articles

Female Leadership

What is the role of women in leadership, society and development today?

Challenging the investment arbitration industry

Cecilia Olivet

Pia Eberhardt

During the CELAC-EU President Summit in Chile, some Latin American governments rejected the inclusion in the final declaration of the proposed EU wording in support of providing foreign investors legal certainty. To understand why, we need to look at the industry behind investment arbitration.

The relationship between Latin American and European social movements

The challenge of social movements to continue working in an articulated way are two of the main issues addressed in this interview with Lucia Ortiz

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Publications

A Landmark Victory for Justice: Biowatch’s Battle with the South African State and Monsanto

David Fig

Rachel Wynberg

Published by Biowatch South Africa, this is a book about access to information, the right to know, and action in the public’s interest – a must-read for anyone campaigning for environmental or social justice.

Cover of the magazine, corporate gulliver being tied down by the people

Transnational Capital vs People's Resistance

How does transnational capital function? Where does it operate? What globalised logic does it follow? What is the magnitude of its abuses and its social, economic and environmental irresponsibility? And what challenge do we see emerge for us, the people?

State of Corporate Power 2012

Who are the global 1%? What companies do they run? How do they escape accountability? Check out TNI's powerful infographic displays that expose the social and environmental costs of global corporate power.

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Events

March 2013

World Social Forum 2013

Defending and Celebrating People’s ‘Dignity’

November 2012

Corporate power undermining democracy in Europe

The Firenze 10+10, will bring together a broad range of social movements and activists from across Europe to forge a common response to the unprecedented crisis we are facing.

November 2012

The struggle against austerity in the EU

The Firenze 10+10, will bring together a broad range of social movements and activists from across Europe to forge a common response to the unprecedented crisis we are facing.

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News

Mirjam van Reisen benoemd tot nieuw bestuurslid Adviesraad Internationale Vraagstukken (AIV)

3 May 2013

Net voor haar abdicatie heeft Koningin Beatrix Prof. Dr. Mirjam van Reisen beëdigd als bestuurslid Adviesraad Internationale Vraagstukken (AIV) en daarbinnen voorzitter Commissie Ontwikkelingssamenwerking; het instituut dat de regering en de Staten-Generaal adviseert over het buitenlandse beleid.

Reactie op de nota "Wat de Wereld Verdient" van minister Ploumen

11 April 2013

De FGG ziet ernstige tekortkomingen in de visie van minister Ploumen. Het rotsvaste geloof in de vrije markt, de nadrukkelijke financiële steun voor het bedrijfsleven zonder voldoende garanties voor duurzaamheid, het wegnemen van regels voor internationale investeringen en handel, het zijn allemaal tekenen dat de nota van minister Ploumen tekort schiet als het gaat om bestrijden van armoede en oplossen van ernstige milieuproblemen.