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Article

4 May 2005

Author:
Sarah Murray, Financial Times

Partnerships: Campaigners use peace as a weapon

The Rainforest Alliance...works with companies such as Chiquita, the US banana giant that has been heavily criticised for its poor record on the environment and labour rights, to alter their business practices. Greenpeace, too, has embarked on alliances, joining companies such as NPower [part of RWE]...and Unilever...Divisions remain between those in non-governmental organisations and campaign groups who believe in opposing the corporate sector, and those who see engagement as the way forward. However, some organisations manage to do both at the same time.