New data collected through cleanups and brand audits confirms that some of the world’s largest corporations — including Coca-Cola, Unilever, Nestlé, and Procter & Gamble — are top contributors to single-use plastic pollution worldwide. With the G7 set to release a plastics charter on World Oceans Day this week, the Break Free From Plastic movement… Continue reading Global call on G7 and Corporates to end plastic pollution crisis
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Indian Court Stops Water to Coke, Pepsi Plants in Tamil Nadu
An Indian High Court has ordered that water from the river Tamirabarani in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu must not be diverted to Coca-Cola and Pepsi producing plants in Gangaikondan due to the severe water shortages in the area. The Madras High Court passed the interim injunction disallowing river water to the bottling… Continue reading Indian Court Stops Water to Coke, Pepsi Plants in Tamil Nadu
Disputed Coca-Cola Plant Shut Down in Kala Dera, India
Deteriorated Groundwater Conditions Lead to Closure The Coca-Cola company has stopped production at its disputed bottling plant in Kala Dera in Jaipur, and has no plans to resume operations, according to documents (in Hindi) obtained by the India Resource Center and interviews with workers. Coca-Cola’s plant in Kala Dera has been the target of a… Continue reading Disputed Coca-Cola Plant Shut Down in Kala Dera, India
18 Village Councils in India demand Coca Cola stop using groundwater
Eighteen village councils (panchayats) in the immediate vicinity of the Coca-Cola bottling plant in Mehdiganj in Varanasi district in India have come together to demand that the groundwater used by Coca-Cola be stopped immediately due to the growing water crisis in the area. Panchayats, or village councils, are elected bodies at the most local level,… Continue reading 18 Village Councils in India demand Coca Cola stop using groundwater
New Groundwater Regulations in India to impact existing Coca-Cola, Pepsi plants
The latest guidelines could put an end to the excessive and destructive groundwater usage by industries that were “grandfathered in” under the last guidelines. The new guidelines, brought by the Central Ground Water Authority (CGWA) – the national groundwater regulatory agency – become effective on November 16, 2015 and are significant because they will apply to… Continue reading New Groundwater Regulations in India to impact existing Coca-Cola, Pepsi plants
US multi-nationals pledge $140 billion in new low-carbon investment
Alcoa, Apple, Bank of America, Berkshire Hathaway Energy, Cargill, Coca-Cola, General Motors, Goldman Sachs, Google, Microsoft, PepsiCo, UPS, and Walmart-all part of Obama’s American Business Act on climate mitigation Today, the 27th of July; the US Secretary of State John Kerry and senior White House officials are hosting 13 of the largest companies from across… Continue reading US multi-nationals pledge $140 billion in new low-carbon investment
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