"This report compiles 48 cases from various industrial sectors, including chemical, forest, mining, genetic engineering, nuclear energy and oil industries in different parts of the world. They illustrate the urgent need for governments to force corporations to uphold the law and become more accountable to the public. These cases show that irresponsible corporate behaviour continues to severely affect both the environment and people.s health, and that the companies who are responsible fail to respond in an adequate manner. They show how companies routinely fail to compensate and/or assist impacted communities, how they evade obligations to clean up or remediate damaged environments, and, by and large, how they violate human and community rights
by failing to monitor, report and provide essential information concerning their products and processes. Such behaviour is no less than criminal, and it is becoming increasingly difficult - sometimes impossible- to seek justice, and to hold these companies accountable and liable for their crimes."

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