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Shell

• Shell is the second largest oil and gas company in the world. It operates in more than 145 countries.

• Shell's operations demonstrate how badly companies can affect the communities they operate in.

Children by one of Shells gas flares in Nigeria

• The Nigerian government banned gas flaring in 1969, but Shell continues to flout the law.

• Did you know?• There have been

over 4,000 oil spills in the Niger Delta since 1960.

“Where oil reigns, life is hell” -Oronto Douglas, Envirnmental Lawyer, Niger Delta

Shell

• Shell is the second largest oil and gas company in the world. It operates in more than 145 countries.

• Shell's operations demonstrate how badly companies can affect the communities they operate in.

Shell has been working in the Niger Delta since 1956, causing problems to:

• local communities - gas flares burn day and night, roaring like jet engines and polluting the air with thick sooty particles that stick to almost everything and have serious health impacts.

• livelihoods - oil is a root of conflict and suffering in Nigeria. Over 1000 law suits have been filed against Shell, yet it still refuses to pay compensation costs.

• the environment - polluting oil spills and fires have occurred for decades due to Shell's rusting pipes seriously affecting local villages, biodiversity, and contributing towards climate change.

• US Energy information service

the enrollment of New Nike women on their

first day at work.

• On the left is an activist's artwork. On the right, a photo of mealtime in a Vietnam Nike factory. Few fans if any are used in lunch rooms so that workers will stay at work.

Activist Art

"The Scream" by-Paul Kitagaki Jr. In China, Vietnam, and Indonesia, it is alleged women work till they drop. Young girls and women 16 to 25 work 14 to 16 hours a day with one or two days off per month. The photo on the left is the "Nike Scream," attempting to shout something, I can not hear. On the right is a young girl, I would say, napping with others, on a lunch break, soon to be over.

Tiger Woods & Nike

Last year, he made approx. $8 Million US playing golf and an additional $80 Million in endorsements from sponsors such as Buick and Nike.

P*** on Nike

Activist image on the left. On the Right is a photo of a Nike worker using toxic glue applied without face mask, gloves, or adequate ventilation. In Indonesia there are seven toilets for 10,000 workers. ‘Piss on Nike’ is one cultural artist's statement about Nike. Nike spends a good deal of money to put forth a wholesome American, sports, and entrepreneurial image to its public.  

• It's time to take a closer look at another popular MNC (Multi-National-Corporation). It's sweet and Swiss, that's right, it's gonna be all about Nestlé. Here is a short introduction about the Nestlé corporation and their practices. 

Nestlé based in Switzerland is the world's largest food company with nearly 230,000 employees in 468 factories worldwide in more than 80 countries and a turnover of $52 billion, taking over $1,000 a second. They are also the focus of the worlds longest running consumer boycott (22 years).

The water division of the Nestlé Group, Nestlé Waters is the market leader. Nestlé Waters manages 77 brands of bottled water produced at 107 sites. The Group operates in 130 countries and employs 25,100 people. Nestlé USA has more than $8 billion in annual sales. It has seven divisions: beverage; confections and snacks; food services; foreign trade; nutrition; pet care and prepared foods. The Nestlé corporation makes many of the products we see in everyday life. From Butterfinger bars to Fancy Feast cat food, most of us have some sort of Nestlé product in our cupboards.

Nestlé holds about 50% of the world's breast milk substitute market and is being boycotted for continued breaches of the 1981 WHO Code regulating the marketing of breast milk substitutes

They have been reported for persuading health care workers to give their feeding products to new mothers, and giving free samples and gifts to new mothers. These free samples are their way of getting babies "hooked on the bottle". Mothers spend enormous amounts of money on infant formula every year, and for people with low incomes, this is more money than they can afford. Some of their infant formula products are not properly labelled, some are in the incorrect language, and/or do not include clear directions or prominent health warning. These are all flagrant violations of the code, and have caused many deaths of infants who may have lived if not on the bottle, especially in developing countries.