Boycotts
Boycott Call - who has it and why
Please note, we do not call boycotts, rather we report boycotts
that have been called by other organisations. See our criteria for sources used
here.
Greenpeace's boycott call on Kimberly-Clark ended in August 2009. [more info]
Nestle
Called by: IBFAN (UK) www.babymilkaction.org
The world's largest food company, proudly proclaims "good food, good
life”. Nestle has been the target of strong international criticism for
its aggressive marketing of infant formula in developing countries with
scarce drinkable water, leading to infant deaths (despite 10 year ban
by the World Health Organisation).
Other criticisms: As one of the top four water bottling companies
in the world, Nestle has been criticised for contributing to the problem
of plastic waste and usurping water that should remain a shared resource.
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As one of the world's largest chocolate producers, Nestle has been criticised
for contributing to child and forced labor problems in cocoa-growing nations.
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Procter
& Gamble
Called by: 1.) Uncaged (UK) www.uncaged.co.uk/pg.htm
Called by: 2.) PeTA (USA) www.iamscruelty.com
P&G has been critised for their ongoing involvement in painful and lethal
animal tests.
Other criticisms: P&G has been criticised for use of unsafe ingredients
in personal care and food products and use of sweatshop labor. Environmental
groups have criticized Procter & Gamble for working to weaken Europe's laws
regarding toxins in household products and for funding an organization that
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Coca-Cola
Company
Called by: 1.) India Resource Center (India) www.IndiaResource.org
Called by: 2.) Campaign to Stop Killer Coke (USA) www.killercoke.org
Coca-Cola has received ongoing criticism for murders, kidnappings and torture
of union leaders at Coca-Cola bottling plants in Colombia. Also in India,
local communities have been exposed to toxic waste, had their groundwater
and soil polluted, and suffered shortages of drinking water, as a direct
result of Coke's operations.
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* While Coca-Cola Amatil is majority Australian owned, they pay licencing fees
to, and are 30% owned by, the Coca-Cola Company (US).
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L'Oreal
Called by: NatureWatch (UK) www.naturewatch.org
Naturewatch has a long-standing boycott of L'Oreal due to its continued
use of animal testing for cosmetics. The French multinational uses ingredients
that have been tested on animals, despite public statements to the contrary.
Other criticisms: It has also been criticised for lobbying against
an EU ban on animal testing for cosmeticsfailing to sign the Compact for
Safe Cosmetics. L'Oreal (in whom Nestle is a large stakeholder) bought the
Body Shop in 2006. |
Nippon
Paper
Called by: Friends of the Earth (AUS) www.kickreflex.com
Nippon Paper (who bought Reflex Paper in February 2009) profits from the
wholesale destruction of public native forests in Victoria and NSW. Old
growth forests, water catchments and threatened species habitats are logged,
woodchipped and made into Reflex paper. Nippon Paper also buys logs from
Tasmania’s ancient forests |
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For more information on boycotts visit www.ethicalconsumer.org/Boycotts/currentboycotts.aspx
(UK website).
