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Oh, my. In yesterday’s news: “The Coca-Cola Company to Receive 2009 World Environment Center Gold Medal for International Corporate Achievement in Sustainable Development.”
The World Environment Center’s (WEC) Twenty-Fifth Annual Gold Medal for International Corporate Achievement in Sustainable Development has been awarded to The Coca-Cola Company for implementing strategic business initiatives in the high impact areas of water stewardship, sustainable packaging, energy management and climate protection.
Well they were sure dragged kicking and screaming down that path. I don’t have time this week, but that definitely means I need to write some thoughts about Coca-Cola and the water wars, particularly in India, some time next week. In the mean time, I will leave you with a few links of interest:
- India Resoucre Center’s Campaign to Hold Coca-Cola Accountable
- Indian Farmers, Coca-Cola Vie for Scarce Water Supply — PBS transcript, originally aired November 17, 2008
- Coca-Cola, Water Use, and Pesticides in India — Unitarian Universalist Service Committee, August 24, 2006
- Coca-Cola in hot water — The Economist, October 6, 2005
- Water sovereignty — on Navdanya, Dr. Vandana Shiva‘s site for the Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology (RFSTE)
