Archive for April, 2006

Coca Cola and Human Rights

April 18th, 2006 Posted by

Coca Cola faces human rights and environmental charges in India and Columbia. Amnesty International targets Yahoo for cooperating with Chinese government to jail a dissident. Guests include Amit Srivastava of the India Resource Center, Camilo Romero Students Against Sweatshops, Kari Bjorhus of Coca Cola, Ann Corbett and Simon Billeness of Amnesty International. Coke in India [...]

Shareholders Ask Corporations to Do The Right Thing

April 5th, 2006 Posted by

Annual shareholder meetings in April and May are a time to press companies to do the right thing on environment and human rights. CWR discusses shareholder fights at DuPont(toxic chemicals), Dow Chemical (Bhopal), Whole Foods (toxics in products), CVS and others. A report back on a public conversation at the American Bar Association with a [...]