The corporate planet
Subtitle: ecology and politics in the age of globalization
By: Joshua Karliner
Publisher: Sierra Club Books
Published: 1997
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 298
Subjects: International business enterprises; Environmental aspects; Environmental policy
Description: The Corporate Planet brilliantly exposes the elaborate efforts of giant corporations to "greenwash" themselves, and it demonstrates how they are using free trade agreements and World Bank loans to build a world order where they are accountable only to themselves.

From Tokyo, where Mitsubishi processes rain forest logs from around the world, to a polluting Chevron oil refinery in California, to India, China, and Brazil, where global chemical companies are setting up shop, Joshua Karliner takes us on a stunning world tour. Here is a fascinating account of corporate greed and the unexpected powers of local activists to combat it.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-282) and index.