ExxonMobil has been sued by Indonesian plaintiffs in another violent case. Indonesian national army members, hired by Exxon to provide security, have been accused of kidnapping, torturing and killing community members in the 1990s and early 2000s. One man says that soldiers detained him, shot him three times in his leg, and proceeded to torture him by breaking his kneecap, smashing his skull, and burning him with cigarettes. Another man who lived near an Exxon gas facility says he was abducted and detained for several months, during which time he suffered electrical shocks all over his body, including his genitals. The man reports that security guards eventually took him to a pit filled with human heads and threatened to add his to the pile.

The agricultural conglomerate Cargill wields tremendous power over the climate and human health due to their wide-ranging product line—everything from Shadybrook farms turkey to Crisco cooking oil and Purina dog food. Cargill has a long history of shady business practices that have destroyed the environment and endangered human lives. For many years, they partnered with a Guatemalan palm oil company that is accused of polluting rivers that local communities depend on and violently intimidating human and environmental rights defenders. Mighty Earth recently named Cargill “The Worst Company in the World” due to its “power to single-handedly destroy or protect the world’s climate, water, food security, public health, and human rights.”

Mining powerhouse Freeport-McMoRan operates the world’s largest and most profitable gold mine in Indonesia—and has taken a page right out of Chiquita’s book. In the first decade of the 2000s, Freeport-McMoRan reportedly gave nearly $80 million to Indonesian police and military forces in the form of direct payments, food, housing, and travel payments. In return, the police and military provided extra protection of their mine—and served as a violent ally when laborers strike. During a strike in October of 2011, police shot at workers who were on their way to protest. Several people were injured, and one person died from a gunshot wound.

Human rights abuses can be found throughout the supply chains of the world’s largest brands. Apple uses cobalt to power the batteries in the iPhones, iPads, iWatches, and computers we have come to depend on—but the conditions in cobalt mines often destroy the lives of children in other countries. In 2016, an Amnesty International investigation uncovered that child labor is relied on at one of the primary mines used to source cobalt for battery production by the mining company Huayou Cobalt. Amnesty found that children working in the mines were exposed to dust which can lead to a potentially fatal lung disease, asthma, decreased function of the lungs, and conditions that can cause a person’s skin to blister and flake off. Most people working in the mines were not supplied with the proper protective gear, and the same goes for children—not to mention that child labor robs kids of the opportunity to attend school. Other companies like Sony, Samsung, and Tesla buy from suppliers like Huayou Cobalt.