Great Coverage in Cymru (Wales) of our new report, developed with TUC Cymru and Unison Cymru. cictar.org/news/cymru-m... Not for profit provision of care places in Cymru has plummeted in the last five years while the only significant growth in places has come from private investment firms

Extensive coverage in the Pakistan media of CICTAR's report on Pakistan's energy sector. Developed in partnership with public labour unions in Pakistan, Public Services International and FES. cictar.org/news/pakista...

If #nzpol wants to do a deeper dive, there is a detailed breakdown of the Ambulance funding emergency in our recent report on the topic (developed by the wonderful @cictar.bsky.social): cictar.org/all-research...

"When you have such extremely poor distributions of wealth, you start to get quite bad social problems...we haven't reached this level of inequality before because it is so unhealthy on a societal level" www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines... CICTAR's Ed Miller quoted in RNZ piece on Elon Musk

www.mirror.co.uk/money/amazon... Great work from our comrades at Fair Tax Foundation. Backs up CICTAR's previous work: cictar.org/all-research... The ongoing lack of basic transparency measures calls into question the UK's commitment to tackling this type of abuse. @fairtaxfoundation.bsky.social

Hier finden Sie die Studie von @cictar.bsky.social www.alliancesud.ch/de/starbucks...

“This has nothing to do with ethical coffee sourcing,”...It’s about profit maximization through a tax loophole.” CICTAR's Jason Ward quoted in a great new article in Republik on Starbuck's 'ethical sourcing' from investigative reporter Karin Wenger: cictar.org/news/republi...

More coverage of CICTAR's latest report on the tax tricks played by some of Brazil's telecom giants: iclnoticias.com.br/economia/viv...

'In Brazil, there is a culture of non-payment of this active debt, especially among large multinational companies...a loophole that is a cause of fiscal injustice in Brazil” Researcher Livi Gerbase quoted in the Brasil de Fato, piece on CICTAR's latest report. cictar.org/news/brasild...

CICTAR's new report, in partnership with the tax inspectors union in Sao Paulo, Brazil: Three major telcoms companies have accumulated over R$ 11bn in 'tax debt' to the state government, while continuing to find other ways to reduce their tax bill. This is tax injustice! cictar.org/all-research...

"the very rich should focus less on philanthropy and more on paying their fair share of taxes...zero tax paid in six out of the 11 years” CICTAR's Jason Ward quoted in a Sydney Morning Herald profile of one of Australia's richest men (and an advert for wealth taxes) www.smh.com.au/national/he-...

CICTAR's Jason Ward said: "we’re losing significant tax revenue on our resources because of this transfer pricing situation... It’s within the same multinational structure. These are artificial structures.” ABC investigates Shell's use of Singapore as a tax haven cictar.org/news/abc/shell

Great work from our comrades at Taxwatch UK Revealing how power works and the role of Switzerland in the global commodity trading and tax dodging system. See also, CICTAR's work on Starbucks and Glencore!

A must read. Covering a core problem in society. One that CICTAR (www.cictar.org) and our trade union allies have been attempting to unpick. Basic services being turned into ATM machines for the wealthy. www.theguardian.com/books/2026/a... @psiglobalunion.bsky.social @hettieobrien.bsky.social

New blog on the 'Diálogos Do Sul' website, on Starbucks draining wealth from coffee producing countries and the need to tighten transfer pricing rules and demand transparency from multinationals that profit from Latin American coffee. Co-authored by CICTAR's Livi Gerbase: cictar.org/news/dialogo...

CICTAR's Jason Ward gives evidence to a 'fiery Senate inquiry' in Australia, debating export taxes on gas companies: cictar.org/news/newscom... Unsurprisingly, the big fossil fuel producers aren't keen.

Dutch pension fund disinvests from Palantir citing social responsibility concerns Workers concerned over surveillance practices @epsu.bsky.social @cictar.bsky.social @purgepalantir.bsky.social

'Skeletons in its closet' Uganda's Daily Monitor delves into the latest CICTAR research on Starbucks and concludes that it is time for coffee producing nations - especially Uganda - to wake up and smell the coffee. More coverage of this critical report is pending... cictar.org/news/daily-m...

Dutch pension fund for public service workers disinvests from US surveillance company Palantir Ethical investors have concerns about policies of the company @ftm.nl @epsu.bsky.social @cictar.bsky.social @parismarx.com

"The new information will be hugely beneficial, but there will still be some gaps" CICTAR's Jason Ward quoted in an excellent round up by Bloomberg of new tax transparency regimes. Australia is described as the current 'gold standard' but there is plenty more to do! cictar.org/news/bloombe...

“If you’re exempted, why would you change the behavior that you were planning on before?” CICTAR's Jason Ward, quoted in Bloomberg, commenting on the 'fly in the ointment' for the new global minimum tax regulations. The exemption for US corporations. cictar.org/news/bloombe...

"Having been told that increased diesel storage was the cheapest option to safeguard resilience, Jones’ failure to pursue that option in the last year has left us dangerously exposed." - Edward Miller, article author, current @cictar.bsky.social researcher and former Workers First researcher! ❤️ -s

Starbucks' workers back to negotiations after #strike , boycotts, actions across the world Proud @epsu.bsky.social @effat.org contributed with protest Brussels- Starbucks Rogier Success to @sbworkersunited.org Starbucks a tax avoider.Money enough for better pay and conditions @cictar.bsky.social

Check out this video about our new report, from our partners and comrades at the Maritime Union of Australia: www.facebook.com/MaritimeUnio... The report is here: cictar.org/all-research...

A dozen critical recommendations from the Maritime Union of Australia today to deal with AI’s march through Australian ports. This includes a digital right of access, mandatory negotiations with unions on AI rostering and workforce management and making corporates pay tax!

'For more than a decade DP World paid no corporate income tax...DP World is now attempting to embark on an ambitious AI automation programme that could threaten up to a thousand jobs' Our new report: cictar.org/all-research... And the MUA press release release here: www.mua.org.au/MUA/Content/...

'The first step to fix corporate tax dodging is to expose who pays and who doesn’t pay their fair share' Check out the article from CICTAR's Jason Ward and the new resource, providing data on corporate tax payments over the last 11 years, on michaelwest.com.au : cictar.org/news/mwm/tax...

Check out my article on making MNCs pay for our public services and our new #TAXDATA tool! @cictar.bsky.social

'Letting the private sector set the terms of these deals is a recipe for maximum profiteering...even a right-wing government can and will act to guarantee energy security'. CICTAR's Ed Miller on 'the return of the state'. In New Zealand publication 'The Post': cictar.org/news/thepost...

New blogs from our allies at Tax Justice Network and the IUF on CICTAR's latest Starbucks report: cictar.org/news/tjniuf/...

Behind Starbucks’ “ethical sourcing” lies a global tax dodge shifting profits from coffee-producing countries to Switzerland. Customers pay an “ethical” premium while vital revenues for schools & hospitals are lost. - @jasonward-cictar.bsky.social, @cictar.bsky.social👉 taxjustice.net/2026/02/17/t...

Journalist Karin Wenger in the Swiss media outlet Beobachter: ‘Starbucks presents itself as a pioneer for “ethically procured” coffee worldwide. But a new study shows that high profits are recorded in Switzerland, while coffee countries and farmers hardly benefit’ cictar.org/news/beobach...

address tax avoidance in the review of the procurement directives The proposals how to do this of @cictar.bsky.social ⬇️ We expect the Commission stepping up as estimated loss in the EU due to avoidance and profit shifting is estimated to be annually 150-190 bn Euros (EP) @taxjustice.net

@cictar.bsky.social @coffeewatch.bsky.social @sbworkersunited.org

'Indications that US companies are paying more abroad than at home aren’t surprising' said CICTAR's Jason Ward “The new data provides specific details to what we already knew...Most large US multinationals are huge global tax dodgers and major abusers of tax havens” cictar.org/news/bloombe...

Thrilled to see SEIU driving this much needed and long overdue multinational tax reform in California!!! @cictar.bsky.social has been pushing this for years!

so municipalities and regulatory bodies can hire No attention in the EP Housing report for real estate multinationals @cictar.bsky.social exposed how they benefit Role of EIB and other public banks mentioned but again condionalities missing www.epsu.org/article/publ... @epsu.bsky.social

Terrific piece of particular interest to pension fund watchers

"CICTAR recommends that tax authorities in countries where Starbucks operates support centers carefully analyze payments made between these units and the subsidiary in Switzerland." @cictar.bsky.social @coffeewatch.bsky.social reporterbrasil.org.br/2026/02/star...

Icymi As @sbworkersunited.org continue the fight for collective agreement, higher pay and better conditions, new report @cictar.bsky.social exposes Starbuck's profit-shifting to Switserland leaving hardly any taxes in coffee producing countries undermining funding public services @epsu.bsky.social

bsky.app/profile/cict... @weownit.org.uk @greenparty.org.uk @cmmonwealth.bsky.social @neweconomics.bsky.social @stopcorpabuse.bsky.social @sascampaigns.bsky.social @boycottthameswater.bsky.social @premnsikka.bsky.social @unison.org.uk @unitesharon.bsky.social @tuc.org.uk

Drawing on CICTAR’s recent report on financing of water and sanitation in Brazil, The Ecologist explains how Britain’s water privatisation concept is exported to Brazil, leading to the same stories of polluted rivers, collapsing ecosystems and communities left adrift: cictar.org/news/ecologi...

New CICTAR report shows Starbucks shifts global coffee profits to Switzerland via an 18% mark‑up, moving an estimated US$1.3B over a decade. Meanwhile, little support reaches farmers. A clear case of profit extraction from the Global South.

@cictar.bsky.social Starbucks report lands in Brazil's largest newspaper! Time for coffee-producing countries to tax the profits Starbucks shifts to Switzerland and to push for global tax reforms!!! (paywall & Portuguese warning)

💥 News zum #Steuerdumping bei #Starbucks: in einem frischen Bericht zeigt @cictar.bsky.social mit neuen Zahlen, wie der Konzern Gewinne von den Kaffeeplantagen in #Kolumbien und #Tansania ins Handelsbüro nach #Lausanne verschiebt. 👇 www.alliancesud.ch/de/starbucks...

Starbucks’ shifts profits to Switzerland, leaving scant revenue for coffee-producing countries. Read all about it in the new CICTAR report: cictar.org/all-research...

This government-hired debt collected paid $0 in corporate tax – despite revenue of more than $100 million. Tell Jim Chalmers: No tax, no pay getup.to/2ndvZfMC8Y8iQ @cictar.bsky.social

Seriously! Time for govt's to stop outsourcing, especially to tax dodging corporations, particularly private equity owned or multinationals... @cictar.bsky.social @epsu.bsky.social @cpsu.org.au

EU Should Use Tax Transparency For Public Bids, Report Says @epsu.bsky.social @cictar.bsky.social @taxobservatory.bsky.social www.law360.com/tax-authorit...