Reflections

About outrageous inequality

The 10 richest men in the world own more wealth than the 3,100 million people who make up the poorest 40 percent of humanity. The wealth of the richest 20 billionaires exceeds the GDP of all sub-Saharan African countries combined.

OXFAM

Regarding the ability of people to hold wealth anonymously

The ability of people to hold wealth anonymously – from financial assets to real estate, or high-value art, yachts and aircraft – is central to the spiraling wealth inequality, corruption and tax abuse around the world. But progress has been building towards an emerging international standard of requiring public beneficial ownership information for property and for companies, trusts and other legal vehicles. The next step, once thought utopian, is to create a global asset registry to bring law and transparency to the trillions in wealth and assets anonymously held offshore. A global asset register would join up the range of information available on legal and beneficial owners and connects through with legal entity identifiers and personal tax identification numbers.

Tax Justice Network

About bioremediation

It is a process that involves the use of biological systems, such as bacteria, microorganisms, fungi or even specific plants, to remove a contaminant that was accidentally introduced into the environment.

Lucas Ruberto