Full Coverage: Corporations

06/25/2008 A conference of U.S. mayors -- with support from restaurants, businesses, and public interest groups -- passed a resolution Monday to phase out municipal use of bottled water in favor of tap water.

06/23/2008 Donate to a non-profit, plant a tree, or make a political statement with new socially responsible credit cards that redirect part of their profits to efforts to improve the community.

06/17/2008 Sixteen U.S. congresspeople have asked the prime minister of India to support Bhopal activists, who survived the toxic 1984 explosion of a Union Carbide pesticide plant, by bringing this corporation and its new owner, Dow Chemical, to justice.
From: Bhopal.net

06/13/2008 The Caterpillar corporation came under fire during its shareholder meeting yesterday for continuing to sell machinery to Israel that is used to demolish Palestinian homes.

06/12/2008 Several members of Congress have called upon the U.S. Treasury Secretary to address the issue of vulture funds -- private companies accused of debt profiteering at the expense of the world's poorest people -- at the upcoming G-8 summit.

06/03/2008 Leading manufacturers of compact fluorescent light bulbs have unveiled plans to reduce the amount of mercury in these energy-efficient lamps.

06/02/2008 Burger King agreed last week to raise the wages of Florida tomato farmers following a near year of campaigning by the the Coalition of Immokalee Workers.
From: Oxfam America