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Coca-Cola Omits Issues In Sustainability Review
Wednesday, 29 October 2008, 11:09 am | India Resource Centre
San Francisco (October 28, 2008): The Coca-Cola company released its 2007/2008 Sustainability Review yesterday, and surprisingly, critical issues facing the company's operations in India do not find mention in the review. More >>
Major Protest Demands Coca-cola Shut Down Plant
Monday, 31 March 2008, 8:48 pm | India Resource Centre
The march and rally against Coca-Cola in Mehdiganj in the latest in a series of protests against the company in India where communities have accused Coca-Cola bottling plants for exacerbating the water crises through heavy extraction of water. More >>
Coca-Cola Ally Recommends India Plant Closure
Tuesday, 15 January 2008, 10:32 am | India Resource Centre
In a major blow to the Coca-Cola company in India, a report by its ally, the Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), has called for the closure of one of its bottling plants in India - in the village of Kala Dera in the state of Rajasthan. More >>
Criminal Charges Against Coca-cola Likely In India
Tuesday, 16 October 2007, 11:10 am | India Resource Centre
In a notice to the Coca-Cola company on Friday, October 12, the Kerala State Pollution Control Board has asked the company to show cause as to why a criminal case should not be filed against it for polluting the environment. More >>
Coca-Cola Continues Environmental Abuses in India
Thursday, 7 June 2007, 12:11 am | India Resource Centre
New Delhi, India (June 4, 2007): In a shocking finding, another Coca-Cola bottling plant in India has been found to be operating in complete violation of environmental laws and regulations in India. More >>
Coca-Cola Rapped at Shareholders Meeting
Thursday, 19 April 2007, 10:48 am | India Resource Centre
Wilmington, Delaware, US (April 18, 2007): The Coca-Cola company has been accused of misleading its shareholders by not disclosing the full extent of its liabilities in India at its shareholder meeting today. More >>
40 Detained for Protesting Coca-Cola On Water Day
Friday, 23 March 2007, 3:45 pm | India Resource Centre
New Delhi (March 22): Over 40 people protesting Coca-Cola’s operations in India have been detained by police authorities in the capital city of New Delhi, India, today. More >>
Swarthmore College Removes Coca-Cola From Campus
Wednesday, 29 November 2006, 10:41 am | India Resource Centre
Swarthmore College will cease purchasing Coca-Cola products by the end of the year and again calls on the company to permit an independent investigation into allegations of complicity in anti-union violence in Colombia and water use in India. The action, ... More >>
Major Protest Against Coca-Cola in India
Thursday, 5 October 2006, 12:38 am | India Resource Centre
New Delhi (October 4, 2006): Over a thousand villagers protested at Coca-Cola’s north India headquarters in Gurgaon today, demanding that the company take immediate actions to clean up its act in India or leave India. The protest at Coca-Cola’s ... More >>
Judgement To Quash State Ban on Coca-Cola & Pepsi
Monday, 25 September 2006, 1:40 pm | India Resource Centre
Court Decision to Quash State Ban on Coca-Cola and Pepsi Questioned "Issue Far From Over, State Challenging High Court Order" More >>
"Water Rights" Tour Begins in India
Monday, 11 September 2006, 4:43 pm | India Resource Centre
Varanasi, India: A 3-week long tour to assert community rights over water began yesterday in Mehdiganj, in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The tour was flagged off at Mehdiganj, the site of one of Coca-Cola's bottling plants in India which has been ... More >>
Major Protest to Shut Coca-Cola and Pepsi in India
Wednesday, 23 August 2006, 9:40 am | India Resource Centre
Jaipur, India: Over a thousand people marched and rallied in the north Indian state of Rajasthan to demand the shut down of Coca-Cola and Pepsico bottling plants in the state. More >>
Rally to Shut Down Coca-Cola Plant in Rajasthan
Tuesday, 22 August 2006, 9:04 am | India Resource Centre
WHY: More than 50 villages living around Coca-Cola's bottling plant in Kala Dera, in the north Indian state of Rajasthan, have been experiencing severe water shortages as a result of Coca-Cola's bottling operations in the area. More >>
Indian Groups Rebuke US on Cola Ban in India
Sunday, 20 August 2006, 8:52 pm | India Resource Centre
Indian Groups Rebuke US Statement on Cola Ban in India Coca-Cola Using US Political Influence in India to Avert Sanctions More >>
Kerala Throws Out Coca-Cola and Pepsi
Thursday, 10 August 2006, 3:11 pm | India Resource Centre
The state government of Kerala in south India has banned the production and sale of Coca-Cola and Pepsi in the state. The companies will be asked to close their operations entirely. Chief Minister V. S. Achuthanandan stated today that the ban was being ... More >>
Report On Water Pollution By Coca-Cola in India
Friday, 21 July 2006, 10:00 am | India Resource Centre
San Francisco (July 20, 2006): The Coca-Cola company has severely polluted the groundwater around its bottling plant in Plachimada in south India, according to a new report released in New Delhi yesterday. More >>
Villagers End Hunger Strike Against Coca-Cola
Tuesday, 4 July 2006, 9:40 pm | India Resource Centre
San Francisco (July 3, 2006): Community leaders from Mehdiganj in north India ended their hunger strike on July 1 against the Coca-Cola company after receiving assurances from government officials that action will be taken. The community has also ended ... More >>
Coca-Cola: University Ignores Community Concerns
Friday, 14 April 2006, 11:44 am | India Resource Centre
San Francisco: The University of Michigan has acted prematurely and recklessly in reinstating Coca-Cola's contract with the university. More >>
Coca-Cola Misleading Public on Water Issues
Friday, 7 April 2006, 11:14 am | India Resource Centre
San Francisco: The Coca-Cola company is misleading the University of Minnesota by making unsubstantiated claims about its relationship to water. The Coca-Cola company has a dismal record of protecting water resources. It neither protects nor preserves ... More >>
UK Students Urged: Vote Against Coca-Cola Contract
Saturday, 1 April 2006, 5:09 pm | India Resource Centre
UK Students Urged to Vote Against Coca-Cola Contract Renewal Group Calls Briefings "Woefully Inadequate" and Process "Extremely Biased" London: The India Resource Center is urging delegates to the National Union of Students in ... More >>
