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According to our latest estimates, Amazon's systematic corporation tax avoidance could have cost UK citizens around £575 million in lost taxes in 2024 alone. This is up from our estimate of a £433 million tax gap in 2023.
In this article we look at why tax avoidance has a negative impact on public services, and the wider implications for UK…
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Amazon has launched a new eco badge on its website, which it claims will help “you discover and shop for more sustainable products.” Yet, the ‘Climate Pledge Friendly’ badge has been awarded to everything from single-use batteries to disposable wipes.
So is this another greenwashing exercise from Amazon?
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Yalda Keshavarzi explores how the world’s biggest retailer appears to be helping Israel manage its assault on Palestine.
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Amazonism and Trumpism are a partnership, with each providing support and services to the other.
Amazon benefits from Trump’s tax cuts and attacks on labour; while the US government benefits from Amazon’s funding, political support, and provision of surveillance technologies.
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We list 10 reasons to avoid the company this Amazon Prime Day and beyond - from ongoing abuses of its workers to the sale of tech to fossil fuel companies and Trump’s immigration enforcement.
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Amazon warehouse workers in Italy, France and New York are protesting the company’s response to the global coronavirus pandemic. Workers say that the multinational, which has seen a surge in orders since social-distancing measures began, is not doing enough to protect their safety.
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As Amazon held its annual shareholder meeting, workers and activists protested from Cambodia to the UK and from Japan to Brazil.
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Amazon must address its treatment of black communities and workers, rather than paying lip service to Black Lives Matter says Clare Carlile...
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Edward Lander explains how Amazon shareholders were asked to vote on a plan to improve tax disclosure at its 2022 annual general meeting in May.
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Amazon has been ordered to pay over $61.7million in compensation to drivers for withholding tips, following charges by the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
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A group of MEPs has written to Jeff Bezos, Amazon’s founder and chief executive, expressing concern that the company might be spying on politicians and targeting workers who are seeking to organise.
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Have you heard of AWS (Amazon Web Services) and wondered what it is?
In this guest article IT journalist Maxwell Cooter explains what AWS is and what you can do, if anything, to avoid it.
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Villain of our ongoing boycott for tax avoidance, Amazon hits the news again for violations in its supply chain. Hundreds of teenagers in China have been asked to work nights and overtime to meet production targets for making Amazon’s Alexa devices, in violation of Chinese law.
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Amazon announced at the beginning of September that its key UK business paid £14.46million in corporation tax in 2019, just a 3% increase since 2018, despite its pre-tax profits growing by more than 35% during the same period.
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A tiny union has pulled off a spectacular victory against one of the world’s biggest companies, reports Simon Birch.
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Greenpeace UK is calling on Tesco to stop buying meat and dairy from companies allegedly involved in Amazon deforestation and to halve the amount of meat it sells by 2025. Alison Kirkman from Greenpeace UK explains why.
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Online giant paying less tax despite bumper profits
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Guest Blog: The Rainforest Foundation UK on their work with a flourishing Peruvian indigenous people
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By Merle Büter
A workers’ union representing employees of Amazon has demanded the closure of the company’s logistics centre after 68 employees were tested positive for the virus. The union, Verdi, also raised concerns after Amazon took 14 days to inform employees about the first positive test result.
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Five leading fashion retailers have dropped Boohoo after allegations emerged of low pay and unsafe working conditions at a supplier’s factories.