Crude Reflections with Steven Donziger
Crude Reflections: Steven Donziger and the call for corporate accountability.
Join Ethic as we delve into one of the most significant environmental justice battles of our time. We’ll hear from Steven Donziger, the environmental and human rights lawyer renowned for taking on Chevron on behalf of the Ecuadorian residents of the Amazon. For three decades, Chevron dumped billions of gallons of toxic oil waste into the Amazon, creating a devastating environmental catastrophe that led to the deaths of thousands of Indigenous peoples and farmers. Even today, these communities continue to face imminent risk due to Chevron’s actions.
Donziger’s story is one of corporate accountability, relentless legal attacks, and unwavering environmental advocacy. Ethic invites you to join for a fireside chat and discussion on these central themes.
About Steven: Steven is a human rights lawyer who was locked up in the United States for close to three years after he worked with Amazonian communities to hold Chevron to account for creating one of the world’s worst environmental disasters. You can learn more about his work, and contribute to his cause here.
About Paul: Paul Paz y Miño has been a human rights and environmental justice advocate for over 30 years. He is the Deputy Director at Amazon Watch, where since 2007 he has overseen the organization’s Clean Up Ecuador campaign against Chevron. He has an MA in International Affairs from George Washington University, serves on the leadership team of the Protect the Protest Coalition, and is on the Board of Directors of Oil and Gas Action Network.
About Ethic: Ethic has spent the last eight years simplifying the complex world of personalized, sustainable, and impact investing. We partner with hundreds of advisory firms to help wealth advisors and investors create portfolios that align personal values with financial goals. We are on a mission to harness technology, data, and storytelling to redefine value and empower our clients to invest in the future they want to build.
About Amazon Watch: Amazon Watch is a nonprofit organization founded in 1996 to protect the rainforest and advance the rights of Indigenous peoples in the Amazon Basin. We partner with Indigenous and environmental organizations in campaigns for human rights, corporate accountability, and the preservation of the Amazon’s ecological systems. Amazon Watch has campaigned to demand justice and a clean up in Ecuador by Chevron since 2000 and been targeted by Chevron for its efforts.
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