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Dream for Darfur progress on getting Olympic sponsors, Chinese Govt. to address Darfur crisis (NY Times magazine article)
Response by Panasonic: Olympic Dream for Darfur calls on Olympic corporate sponsors, including Panasonic, to raise Sudan concerns with Chinese Govt.
- Related in-depth areas: Dream for Darfur - Company responses
- This is a response from the following companies: Panasonic
Olympic Corporate Sponsor Darfur Report Card &company responses
Author: compiled by Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
In November 2007, Olympic Dream for Darfur published a "Report Card" on the responses of Olympic corporate sponsors "to China’s support of the genocide in Darfur". The Business & Human Rights Resource Centre invited the 19 companies named in the...
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- Related in-depth areas: Dream for Darfur - Company responses
- Related companies: adidas Anheuser-Busch (part of Anheuser-Busch InBev) Atos (formerly Atos Origin) BHP Billiton Coca-Cola Eastman Kodak General Electric Johnson & Johnson Lenovo Manulife Financial Matsushita (now Panasonic) McDonald's Microsoft Panasonic Samsung Staples Swatch UPS Visa Inc. Volkswagen
19 Olympic sponsors graded on their pressure on Chinese Govt. over Darfur - GE, McDonald's, Adidas rate highest, 13 get failing grade
2008 Olympic Corporate Sponsor Darfur Report Card
Author: Dream for Darfur
In a report card released November 26, 2007, Dream for Darfur failed or gave Ds to 16 out of 19 top 2008 Olympic sponsors – among them Visa, Coke [Coca-Cola] and others known worldwide for their consumer brands – on their corporate social...
Olympic sponsors faulted for inactivity on Darfur
Author: Daniel Trotta, Reuters Africa
Thirteen of 19 big corporate Olympic sponsors have flunked a test challenging them to pressure China over the 2008 Olympic Games host's support of Sudan, a U.S. advocacy group said Monday. General Electric won the best grade of C-plus, largely for...
- Related stories: 19 Olympic sponsors graded on their pressure on Chinese Govt. over Darfur - GE, McDonald's, Adidas rate highest, 13 get failing grade
- Related companies: adidas Anheuser-Busch (part of Anheuser-Busch InBev) Atos (formerly Atos Origin) BHP Billiton Coca-Cola General Electric Johnson & Johnson Lenovo Manulife Financial Matsushita (now Panasonic) McDonald's Microsoft Panasonic Samsung Staples Swatch UPS Visa International Volkswagen
Apple Could Face Lawsuit Over 'Toxic' iPhone Report [USA]
Author: Ashley Phillips ABC News [USA]
A consumer watchdog group [Center for Environmental Health] is considering a lawsuit against Apple, after the release of a Greenpeace report that alleges the company's iPhone contains toxic chemicals... The report acknowledged, however, that the...
Greenpeace's Guide to Greener Electronics: July 2007
Author: Greenpeace
Greenpeace's Green Electronics Guide ranks leading mobile and PC manufacturers on their global policies and practice on eliminating harmful chemicals and on taking responsibility for their products once they are discarded by consumers. [companies...
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- Related companies: Acer Apple Dell Ericsson Fujitsu Fujitsu Siemens (part of Fujitsu) Fujitsu Technology Solutions (part of Fujitsu) Lenovo LG Electronics (part of LG Corp.) Matsushita (now Panasonic) Motorola Nokia Panasonic Samsung Siemens Sony Sony Ericsson (joint venture Sony & Ericsson) Toshiba
The Green Leap Forward [China]
Author: Christina Larson, Washington Monthly
Environmentalism is China’s fastest-growing citizen movement. Beijing isn’t cracking down on these new activists—it’s empowering them... Just by breathing the city air, Lanzhou’s 3 million residents inhale the equivalent of a pack of cigarettes a day....
- Related companies: DuPont General Motors Matsushita (now Panasonic) Panasonic PepsiCo Walmart