Davos, Switzerland, 25 January 2018 – Greenpeace Switzerland activists today projected messages from Amnesty International, European Trade Union Confederation, Fight Inequality Alliance, Greenpeace, International Trade Union Confederation, Public Eye, Attac Switzerland and the Swiss Coalition for Corporate Justice onto the hillsides facing the World Economic Forum.[1] The messages are united in their demands to leaders for urgent changes to an unjust system that exacerbates inequality, damages the environment, threatens human rights and creates injustice.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhile our messages are diverse, they speak to one truth. The current economic system is broken and corporations who do wrong must be stopped from profiting at the expense of people and planet,\u201d said Jennifer Morgan, Executive Director, Greenpeace International.<\/span><\/p>\n This year at Davos, civil society groups have been vocal in their critiques of the current economic system. Greenpeace, for example, launched the report \u2018Justice for people and planet, ending the age of corporate capture, collusion and impunity\u2019, highlighting 20 cases of how corporate power has led to environmental and human rights damage, and proposing ten common sense principles for reform.[2]<\/span><\/p>\n With Donald Trump set to address the World Economic Forum on Friday, Morgan added:<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cTrump is the personification of an economic system that has managed to exclude the many to favour the few and has put polluters\u2019 interests before those of people and planet. It\u2019s time the WEF elite wake up to the fundamental changes that are urgently required to achieve a livable planet for all.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n ENDS<\/span><\/p>\n Notes<\/b><\/p>\n [1] The messages projected were:<\/span><\/p>\n [2] Executive Summary: Justice for People and Planet: Ending the age of corporate capture, collusion and impunity<\/span><\/p>\n http:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/Global\/international\/publications\/other\/2018\/Justice-Report-Exec-Summary.pdf<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Full report: Justice for People and Planet: Ending the age of corporate capture, collusion and impunity<\/span><\/p>\n\n