Rainbow
04-22-2006, 07:30 AM
According to current media reports, Nestlé:( may become part owners of Linda McCartney vegetarian meals and boycott supporters are already complaining they will have to seek out alternatives. (Heinz currently owns the Linda McCartney vegetarian meals range).
BabyMilkAction (http://www.babymilkaction.org/press/press19april06.html)
1. The boycott of Nestlé focuses on Nescafé, its flagship product, but Baby Milk Action lists the brands from which Nestlé profits so boycott supporters can avoid them all. Guardian reported on 1 September 2005: "What do Nike, Coca Cola, McDonald's and Nestlé have in common? Apart from being among the world's most well-known brands, they happen to be the most boycotted brands on the planet. That finding came from this week's global GMIPoll, an online opinion poll that surveyed 15,500 consumers in 17 countries. Nestlé emerges as the most the most boycotted brand in the UK because of what respondents consider its "unethical use and promotion of formula feed for babies in third world countries."
2. Nestlé won a global internet poll for the world's 'least responsible company' coinciding with the World Economic Forum in Davos in January 2005. Nestlé received 29% of the votes. This was more than twice that of joint second Monsanto and Dow Chemicals (of Bhopal infamy), each on 14% ( click here for details ).
3. According to Brand Republic (29 March 2006): ³The Body Shop's "buzz" rating has dropped 10 points to *4 since the beginning of the month, the public's "general impression" of it is down three to 19 and "satisfaction" has slumped a massive 11 points to 14.²
4. According to the World Health Organisation, 1.5 million infants die around the world every year because they are not breastfed.
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BabyMilkAction (http://www.babymilkaction.org/press/press19april06.html)
1. The boycott of Nestlé focuses on Nescafé, its flagship product, but Baby Milk Action lists the brands from which Nestlé profits so boycott supporters can avoid them all. Guardian reported on 1 September 2005: "What do Nike, Coca Cola, McDonald's and Nestlé have in common? Apart from being among the world's most well-known brands, they happen to be the most boycotted brands on the planet. That finding came from this week's global GMIPoll, an online opinion poll that surveyed 15,500 consumers in 17 countries. Nestlé emerges as the most the most boycotted brand in the UK because of what respondents consider its "unethical use and promotion of formula feed for babies in third world countries."
2. Nestlé won a global internet poll for the world's 'least responsible company' coinciding with the World Economic Forum in Davos in January 2005. Nestlé received 29% of the votes. This was more than twice that of joint second Monsanto and Dow Chemicals (of Bhopal infamy), each on 14% ( click here for details ).
3. According to Brand Republic (29 March 2006): ³The Body Shop's "buzz" rating has dropped 10 points to *4 since the beginning of the month, the public's "general impression" of it is down three to 19 and "satisfaction" has slumped a massive 11 points to 14.²
4. According to the World Health Organisation, 1.5 million infants die around the world every year because they are not breastfed.
:curtsey: