Tuesday, April 18, 2006

Show 13: Coca Cola & Human Rights

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.


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Coke in India
IndiaResource.org

Coke in Columbia:
Studentsagainstsweatshops.org
Killercoke.org

Coca Cola Environmental Report


Thanks to Stephen Post for editing of this program!

Wednesday, April 05, 2006

Show 12: Shareholders Ask Corporations to Do The Right Thing

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 Chevron lawyer regarding their potential pollution liabilities in Ecuador. Guests include Julie Gozan of Amalgamated Bank and Andrew Shalit of Green Century Capital Management.

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