Take Action Now: it’s time to Challenge Corporate Power!
If you think it’s time for corporations to clean up their act, then you’ll want to be part of P&P’s new campaign. As a student-led organisation, we need YOU to get involved. Watch our exciting campaign trailer to find out how.
Want to find out more? The new Corporate Power campaign could go in any direction. Check out the Issues in Focus page for some possible campaign ideas.
Do you think corporations are becoming more socially and environmentally responsible, or not trying hard enough? Do you feel you can have influence over corporations? We want to know - fill in our quick online survey now.
Want to take action? You’ve got until December 8 to submit your ideas for the new Corporate Power campaign. Find out how to submit your proposals.
Main News Stories
Help decide the direction of P&P - Submit a proposal for the Forum 2009
The Forum is P&P's democratic decision-making event - submit your proposals by 8 December
11 reasons to book now for the 11th Shared Planet
The largest student conference in the UK on Poverty, Human Rights and the Environment is less than 3 weeks away. Here's why we think you should come..
Film launch: Corporate Power campaign trailer
If you think it's time for corporations to clean up their act, then you'll want to be part of P&P's new campaign to challenge Corporate Power, launching September 2009. As a student-led organisation, we need YOU to get involved. Find out how with our exciting campaign trailer.
Corporate Power Survey
Worried about the power and behaviour of corporations? Do you think corporations are becoming more socially and environmentally responsible, or not trying hard enough? Do you feel you can have influence over corporations? We want to know - fill in our online survey now.
Corporations and Environmental Infiltration
Media & Comms volunteer Caroline Fielding reflects on the financial and legal means available to the aviation industry. Could P&P's new Corporate Power campaign help stop corporate manipulation of the legal system?
Corporate Power & the Credit Crunch
What does the credit crisis tell us about corporate power?
Public Meeting: Power Shifts & People's Struggles in South Africa: A Second Transition?
One potential direction for our new Corporate Power campaign is a focus on anti-privatisation struggles. On Tuesday 21 October, the treasurer of South Africa's Anti-Privatisation Forum will speak at SOAS in London about the challenges facing South Africa's social movements in light of recent economic and political changes.
Vote for Most Artful Tax Dodger!
What do a supermarket giant, an international accountancy firm and a controversial media mogul all have in common? They are all fugitives from Tax Justice, who have dodged paying their fair share towards healthcare, education and other governmental services. Take action online now!
Vedanta Update
Bad news from India. After a three year case, the Supreme Court has given Vedanta the go-ahead to mine the Niyramgiri mountains. This could spell disaster for the Kondh tribes who live there - but they are determined to continue their campaign against the desecration of their ancestral lands.
People and the Planet before Profit
The size and influence of some corporations dwarfs that of many countries. Their power shapes all our lives - as workers, consumers or citizens.
Yet corporations are driven by profit - not social needs or environmental sustainability. Their unaccountable power is driving policies that keep the poor poor, degrade our environment, abuse human rights and undermine democracy. It’s time to put people and planet before profit.
Take back control with People & Planet’s new campaign to challenge corporate power, to be launched in September 2009.
Direct Democracy: YOU choose
The Corporate Power campaign theme was chosen by students at the 2008 Forum.
Now it’s up to you to choose the campaign strands - that is, the specific areas you want the Corporate Power campaign to focus on when it launches in September 2009. Find out how to get involved.
People & Planet’s campaigns are chosen and developed by the student network, so get involved and help shape the future!
Find out More
Follow the links on the side to:
Explore corporate power in the legal, economic, political and cultural spheres.
Get involved! Submit your ideas for the new campaign and let us know what you want to do.
Get inspired by reading the inspirational stories of people standing up to shocking corporate abuses.
Find out more with our wealth of resources: reports, films, books and more…
Check out other corporate power campaigns
Go deeper: check out our Issues in Focus page
If you have any questions or suggestions, let us know