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{{em|b=1|Wilful Ignorance and Laziness}} on our part: thoughtless use of chemicals (cleaning, gardens); hedonistic use of transport (planes, cars); rampant consumerism (gadgets, clothing, stuff); self-indulgent breeding (number of kids). We have treated our planet like a bottomless rubbish dump, but that dog is well and truly dead. '''We cannot have our cake and eat it too.'''
 
 
 
{{img|Counting-Toes.png|100|68}} {{em|b=1|Sperm counts}} have more than halved in the past 40 years, and are falling by around 1.4% a year,<ref name="guardian-2017.07.30"/> with Western countries seeing a 60% decline.<ref name="indy-2017.07.25"/> History is full of lessons about the links between environmental degradation and the collapse of civilisations &ndash; the decline of the Roman Empire is linked with its increasing use of lead pipes. A technology that benefited millions also brought damage to the brain and nervous system, the stomach and the kidneys, as well as diseases such as high blood pressure. Sound familiar?<ref name="guardian-2017.11.23"/>
 
{{img|Counting-Toes.png|100|68}} {{em|b=1|Sperm counts}} have more than halved in the past 40 years, and are falling by around 1.4% a year,<ref name="guardian-2017.07.30"/> with Western countries seeing a 60% decline.<ref name="indy-2017.07.25"/> History is full of lessons about the links between environmental degradation and the collapse of civilisations &ndash; the decline of the Roman Empire is linked with its increasing use of lead pipes. A technology that benefited millions also brought damage to the brain and nervous system, the stomach and the kidneys, as well as diseases such as high blood pressure. Sound familiar?<ref name="guardian-2017.11.23"/>
 
[[File:Corporate-Greed.png|left|83x140px]] The billionaires who profit from pollution use their wealth to protect themselves from its consequences - they don't plan to inhale or ingest those toxins. Pollution can be outsourced far from their homes; they can live in New Zealand and pollute in Mexico, they can live in Hawaii and pollute in Indonesia. Politicians collude, either because they are corrupt ($$s), or because they are powerless as a consequence of govt policies over the last ~40 years.
 
[[File:Corporate-Greed.png|left|83x140px]] The billionaires who profit from pollution use their wealth to protect themselves from its consequences - they don't plan to inhale or ingest those toxins. Pollution can be outsourced far from their homes; they can live in New Zealand and pollute in Mexico, they can live in Hawaii and pollute in Indonesia. Politicians collude, either because they are corrupt ($$s), or because they are powerless as a consequence of govt policies over the last ~40 years.

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A Guide to Companies, their Owners, and the Politics behind them.

How much do we really know about the brands we buy in the supermarkets? Are we aware that the jar of Patak’s curry sauce, the packet of Jordan’s cereal, the Maille Dijon mustard and the box of Silver Spoon Sugar in our shopping basket are all owned by one company: Associated British Foods plc? Do we know that many of the fashion and cosmetic brands we’ve grown up with and take for granted — Clairol, Max Factor, Rimmel, Burberry, Calvin Klein, Lacoste — belong to one conglomerate, JAB Holding Company Sarl, owned by one family? Would you be surprised to find out that this same company also owns numerous other leisure brands we see every day: Coffee (LavAzza, Starbucks, Jacobs Douwe Egberts, Maxwell House), snacks (Dunkin’ Donuts, Krispy Kreme), drinks (7UP, Evian, Schweppes) and many others?

This website aims to show who really owns the products and services we use every day, and where their profits and taxes really end up. It also reveals the intimate, sometimes incestuous relationships between these companies and the politicians whose decisions shape our lives and society. We aim to be the go-to site for citizens, the media or anyone who wants to shine a spotlight on the way that corporations and governments work together for their mutual benefit.