Tax havens. Fraud allegations. Legal breaches. Corruption investigations. Human rights abuses. Pollution. Secrecy. Hounding journalists. Pursuing community members.
We simply can’t trust Adani to do the right thing by the law, the community or the environment. From pollution disasters to seizing land from vulnerable communities in India, working with a military dictatorship in Myanmar and bankrupting Traditional Owners in Australia, the Adani Group’s dodgy and dangerous practices are more than a track record. They are the way they do business.
Since starting operations in Australia, Adani has:
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Breached its environmental approval condition seven times, including illegally clearing wildlife habitat on the route of its rail line without conducting wildlife surveys.
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Been caught out lying about clearing bushland at the Carmichael coal mine and been found guilty of providing false and misleading information to the Queensland government.
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Been exposed for working with military-controlled companies in Myanmar who fund the activities of the brutal military regime. Adani ‘categorically denied’ engaging with Myanmar's military before photo and video evidence emerged of Adani Ports CEO Karan Adani meeting with the junta’s top general and exchanging gifts.
- Been forced to pay out $100M to four customers of its Abbot Point coal port after a Supreme Court judge found Adani had engaged in 'unconscionable conduct' and dishonest behaviour to exploit its customers.
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Fuelled human rights abuses and environmental destruction in Godda, India, where Adani is displacing thousands of indigenous Adivasi people to build a new coal fired power plant and burn coal from the Carmichael mine.
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Breached a pollution licence by 800%, allowing polluted, coal-laden water to spew out of its Abbot Point coal port and into the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area.
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Been caught out in court exaggerating the benefits of their coal project, admitting it would create 1464 jobs not the 10,000 promised and $4.8 billion not $22 billion in royalties.
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Used their “attack dog” legal strategy to bankrupt Traditional Owner Adrian Burragubba, and pursue community member Ben Pennings in the courts after sending private investigators to follow his family and photograph his daughter on her way to school.
- Adani’s unscrupulous practices in India and links to corporate tax havens in the Cayman and British Virgin Islands were exposed in a detailed investigation by ABC’s Four Corners, building on an investigative report linking Adani with corruption investigations, fraud allegations, pollution incidents, mistreatment of local communities, deaths at work sites, and exploitation of workers.
