Global brand controversies 2010-2026: 5,819 documented cases under CC BY 4.0

This dataset documents 5,819 controversies of international brands between 2010 and 2026, classified in 13 categories: pollution, forced labor, GDPR violations, tax evasion, greenwashing, deforestation, corruption, child labor, discrimination, animal cruelty, occupied territories, boycott campaigns, and other. Primary sources include the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI), UN OHCHR, Greenpeace, Break Free From Plastic, Mediapart, Le Monde, Reuters, and ICIJ investigations (Pandora Papers, OpenLux, FinCEN Files). Each row contains: brand_name, brand_country, controversy_type, title, year. Format: CSV UTF-8 RFC 4180. Updated monthly. The full open data catalog is published by Globe Reviews on https://www.globe-reviews.com/datasets under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0).