Waitrose has been obstinate in its stance on settlement produce and was unresponsive to the 2007 ITN and More 4 reports which led other supermarkets to label their goods more clearly. While campaigners have repeatedly tried to engage with the supermarket on the issue, the company has refused to enter […]
The UK’s largest retailer has a shameful history when it comes to stocking produce grown in the illegal West Bank settlements. The company continues to sell Israeli produce, despite the demands of BDS campaigners. In 2007, UK activists entered the agricultural settlement of Tomer in the occupied Jordan Valley and […]
In April 2012 the Co-op announced that it would “no longer engage with any supplier of produce known to be sourcing from the Israeli settlements”.[1] This meant that, not only would the company not stock goods produced in the settlements – a policy it had adopted in 2009 – but […]
Arava Export Growers is one of Israel’s biggest agricultural companies. It was established in 1991 as a cooperative of growers from the Arava region. The company exports produce grown o settlements in the West Bank. Arava supplies fruit, vegetables and herbs worldwide, including through its Dutch and American subsidiaries. The […]
Interview one Making a Killing in Tomer Settlement Yousef,* Samih,* and Hasan* are exhausted. Their eyes are heavy and Samih is slumped in his chair. It’s after 10pm and the 14, 15, and 16 year olds need to get up for work in less than six hours. Making a killing […]
You can download a copy of Apartheid in the fields by clicking here. Or carry on reading the full report below. Introduction We have released this report as an update to our publication, Apartheid in the Fields. Originally published in 2016, Apartheid in the Fields examined the companies exporting food […]
By Tom Anderson First published by Corporate Watch Palestinians are calling for people internationally to take action against the companies complicit in Israel’s systematic demolition of Palestinian homes. This article focuses on British university partnerships with JCB, Caterpillar, HSBC and Volvo – four companies which are complicit in the home […]
By Eliza Egret and Tom Anderson First published by Corporate Watch Check Point Software Technologies sells internet security products across the world, including to public institutions such as the UK’s National Health Service. Israel’s fourth largest company, it is closely intertwined with the Israeli military and security services. Several of […]
By Corporate Watch, with contributions from Shoal Collective In Greece, as the economy returns to “business as usual” after the financial crash, the government is selling off massive new oil and gas fields in the Ionian sea and on the country’s western coast. But from Corfu in the north to […]
Monday July 22nd: 9.30 a.m. at Derby Magistrates court – Trial of JCB protestors; #stopthedemolitions Please join us at Southern Derbyshire Magistrates Court, 27 St Mary’s Gate, Derby DE1 3JR. Update on JCB blockaders trials There are currently two criminal trials taking place against activists involved in the Stop the […]