The new evidence appears in the week that the Coca-Cola sponsored international World Cup tour comes to London. Coca-Cola: The Alternative Report is the first full exposé of the company’s activities worldwide, and forms part of War on Want’s ongoing campaign for directors to be made liable for corporate wrongdoing. The report brings together new research and testimony to show how Coca-Cola has:

    * exhausted community water reserves in India by drilling deep into underground reservoirs, drying up local wells and leaving farmers unable to irrigate their crops;
    * contaminated local ecosystems in El Salvador and India through waste effluents discharged from its plants;
    * been implicated in human rights abuses in Colombia, including the death and disappearances of trade union activists at Coca-Cola bottling plants;
    * adopted union-busting tactics in a wide range of other countries such as Pakistan, Turkey, Russia, Peru, Chile, Guatemala and Nicaragua.

Louise Richards, Chief Executive of War on Want, said: “Coca-Cola promotes a sporty image of itself through sponsorship of events such as the World Cup, but the company is not playing fair with its workers and with local communities around the world. Coca-Cola’s exploitation of community water resources and its abuse of workers’ rights have marked it out as an irresponsible corporation. It's time the directors of such companies were held to account for their actions.”

Download the report from:
http://www.waronwant.org/?lid=11807