Coca-Cola Company to take steps to stop land grabs from
happening in its supply chain after more than 225,000 people signed petitions
and took action as part of Oxfam’s campaign to urge food and beverage companies
to respect community land rights.
The company committed its bottlers to do the same. The
Coca-Cola Company also said it will do sweeping social and environmental
assessments across its supply chains beginning with Colombia, Guatemala and
Brazil, then moving on to India, South Africa and other countries, and that it
will publicly reveal its biggest sugarcane suppliers.
PepsiCo and Associated British Foods (ABF), the two other
targets of Oxfam’s campaign, have yet to address the issues highlighted by
Oxfam’s report, Nothing Sweet About It.
“Today one of the biggest companies in the world stood up to
take greater responsibility for the impacts of its operations,” said Raymond C.
Offenheiser, President of Oxfam America. “Coca-Cola has taken an important step
to show consumers and the communities it relies upon that it aims to be a part
of the solution to land grabs. This will resonate throughout the industry.” Read more.
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