Thursday, June 3, 2010

Corporate Greenwash at EU Environment Meet?

from IPS news service. Corporations are inserting themselves into the green movement via non-profit organizations posing as green oriented. 
...the global beverages giant [Coca Cola] was given a platform to present itself as ecologically progressive by one of the European Union’s (EU) most powerful bodies.
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Friends of Europe, the event organiser, was founded in 1999 and relies heavily on corporate funding for its work. Describing itself as the "most dynamic think tank" in Brussels, it is led by Giles Merritt who doubles up as a journalist and corporate lobbyist.