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 Garbage Giant Removed from Hall of Shame World's First Public Health Treaty to Take Effect The treaty is a major victory for people's health over the profits of tobacco corporations. The global treaty bans tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship and puts in place international standards to prevent Big Tobacco from meddling in health policies. Through this victory, we've set important precedents for abusive industries like food, water and oil that profit at the expense of our health, our human rights and our natural resources. Members of Corporate Accountability International--until recently known as Infact--played a vital role in making the treaty a reality. Our grassroots campaign pressuring Philip Morris/Altria--including the Kraft Boycott--exposed the deadly truth behind the corporation's image and reduced its influence. But the fight isn't over. The U.S. has not ratified this important treaty. After signing the treaty over a year ago, the FCTC is currently stalled within the State Department Click here to call on Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice to urge the President to submit the treaty to the Senate for ratification! Thank you and congratulations on this life-saving milestone!
Nuclear Weaponmakers Campaign (1984-1993) Infant Formula Campaign (1977-1986) RJR Nabisco Breakup
Academy Award Deadly Deception: General Electric, Nuclear Weapons and Our Environment won the Academy Award for Best Documentary: Short Subject in 1992. The film, released by Infact, brought word of the GE Boycott to over 1 billion TV viewers worldwide. A year later, GE bowed to public demand and moved out of the nuclear weapons business. Photo Above: Debra Chasnoff, Director of Deadly Deception, wins the Oscar in 1992.
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In 2005, Waste Management earned its way out of Corporate Accountability International's Hall of Shame. Waste Management was inducted into the Hall of Shame in 1996 for manipulating public policy at the expense of the environment and people's health. Since its induction, Waste Management has significantly reduced its lobbying and political spending in Washington, DC, and cut back on interference with public policies. This is a victory for public health, the environment and the corporate accountability movement. Waste Management's federal lobbying force has been reduced from 34 lobbyists in 1996 to six this year, and its reported lobbying and political expenditures have been cut by fifty percent. 
Thanks to our supporters, we are celebrating another tremendous victory in the Tobacco Industry Campaign that will save millions of lives: on November 30, 2004, Peru became the 40th country to ratify the global tobacco treaty. The Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) will now become binding international law for participating countries. 
