Your Impact Update

Before the year closes, we’re taking a moment to celebrate the Ekō movement — a fierce, unstoppable community that keeps showing what’s possible when ordinary people take extraordinary action together.

2025 was not an easy year: genocide, climate disasters, the rise of oligarchs, and concentrated AI power. But through it all, this movement rose to meet the moment, pushing for accountability, defending human rights, and challenging the systems that put profit over people and planet. So now, let’s look back on twelve months of resistance, courage, and impact — a year powered by all of us, together.

The Year We Fought for Human Rights

Shifting Europe’s Political Landscape: At a moment of profound global crisis, Ekō members united in solidarity. Across Europe, our movement helped drive unprecedented pressure to suspend the EU–Israel Association Agreement. Polling we commissioned in Italy showed overwhelming public support, generating major headlines and prompting a shift in Prime Minister Meloni’s stance. In Denmark, a full-page Ekō ad urging the Prime Minister to “choose the right side of history” was followed days later by Denmark announcing its support for trade suspension and new sanctions. Thanks to Ekō members, these major breakthroughs have reshaped the political debate.

Exposing Maersk’s Role in Genocide: Ekō members helped force a breakthrough in corporate accountability by pushing Maersk to stop shipping goods to illegal Israeli settlements. The UN had named the company in an expert report on the “economy of genocide,” and Ekō members amplified the pressure: filing a hard-hitting shareholder resolution, sending thousands of emails, and funding bold ads during Maersk’s AGM, making it impossible for Maersk to hide its role in genocide.

Challenging EU Leadership on Palestine: As public outrage grew over the EU’s failure to act on Gaza, Ekō members mobilised at lightning speed. Working closely with MEP Manon Aubry, we drove thousands of calls into MEPs’ offices in under 48 hours, urging them to support a no-confidence motion against European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. 72 MEPs signed on, enough to formally submit the motion. While it ultimately failed to pass, it showed von der Leyen how close she is to getting sacked for her corruption and loyalty to war criminals. And forced her to propose, for the first time, the suspension of the EU-Israel trade deal.

Forcing AXA to Divest: After six years of sustained campaigning, Ekō members helped win a monumental victory: AXA fully divested from weapons manufacturers supplying Israel’s assault on Gaza. And Ekō's campaign report on AXA was featured in the new UN special rapporteur's report. This is one of the largest financial wins in the fight for accountability, made possible by persistence and people power.