More than USD 100 billion of public money has been awarded to private investors in investor courts
Justice & Anti-CorruptionInternational
- Omissions
- The Global ISDS Tracker provides a more precise figure of USD 113.87 billion awarded to investors as of the data collection period.
- Fossil fuel companies specifically received over USD 80 billion according to IIED analysis, which represents approximately 70% of the total awards.
- The Global ISDS Tracker data is continuously updated; the figure cited reflects the cumulative total up to the tracking period before March 2026.
- Sources
- PrimaryGlobal ISDS TrackerUSD 113.87 billion has been awarded to investors in ISDS cases, out of USD 856.74 billion claimed
- PrimaryInternational Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)Fossil fuel businesses have been awarded more than US$80 billion of taxpayers' money through ISDS
- SecondaryThe GuardianFossil fuel firms are biggest beneficiaries of investor-state dispute settlement courts which have awarded $114bn of public money
- SecondaryCommon DreamsThe Global ISDS Tracker revealed that $114 billion in public funds have been paid out to investors across industries, with fossil fuel companies and investors being major beneficiaries