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Article

16 May 2014

Author:
Chris Jochnick, Oxfam America

Why is Coca-Cola championing land rights at the UN?

This week at the UN Committee on World Food Security (CFS), Coca Cola publicly declared that “land grabs” are unacceptable and urged governments to strengthen land rights...[U]ntil very recently, Coca-Cola was in denial about land conflicts...A little more than a year ago, Oxfam launched Behind the Brands (BtB) – a public campaign targeting the ten largest food and beverage companies around a range of supply chain issues...A few months into BtB, Oxfam...launch[ed] a report that tied Coca-Cola, Pepsico and Associated British Foods to land conflicts linked to sugar. We made three “asks” of the companies – (1) “know and show” impacts on land...(2) commit to “zero tolerance for land grabbing”...and (3) be a public advocate for land rights at global, national and industry fora...In a mere six weeks, Coca-Cola met our “asks”...[Also refers to Cargill, Danone, Mars & Nestlé]