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Working With Walt Disney
Co. on Vendor Standards Compliance:
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| Our shareholder group is participating in a project
with Disney designed to provide the company with an independent and objective
assessment of their current auditing program, and to consider the potential
role of nongovernmental organizations in support of the company's on-going
compliance efforts. |
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Computer Manufacturers
Urged to Take Responsibility for Recycling:
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| On behalf of Calvert Group, we are participating in
dialogues with six leading computer companies - Apple Computer, Compaq
Computer Corp., Dell Computer Corp., Gateway Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co.,
and IBM - urging them to commit to take more responsibility for take back,
recycling and responsible disposal of their products. |
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Report Looks at Financial
Risks of Genetically Engineered Foods:
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| AAs You Sow has prepared a unique, in-depth report on
the financial risks posed by investment in genetically engineered foods.
"Genetically Engineered Food and Financial Risk" discusses the impact
of the massive StarLink recall, market and consumer backlash, government
actions, and financial and legal liabilities |
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Coke Agrees to Increase
Recycled Content:
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| As a result of our dialogue and shareholder resolution,
Coca-Cola Co. pledged to increase recycled content in its plastic beverage
containers to 10% by 2005. The company also participated in a report concluding
that container deposit systems result in the highest level of container
recovery. The data suggest that deposit systems are more cost effective
than Coke and other bottle bill opponents have suggested. |
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| Hundreds of millions of computers are becoming obsolete
with no comprehensive plans by computer makers for responsible recycling
of this equipment. It's an environmental crisis in the making. |
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New Report Reveals Human
Cost of Exported Computer Waste:
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| New Report Reveals Human Cost of Exported Computer Waste:
As a result of our dialogue and shareholder resolution, Coca-Cola Co.
pledged to increase recycled content in its plastic beverage containers
to 10% by 2005. The company also participated in a report concluding that
container deposit systems result in the highest level of container recovery.
The data suggest that deposit systems are more cost effective than Coke
and other bottle bill opponents have suggested. |
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7% of Starbucks Shareholders
Back Food Labeling:
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| An As You Sow-sponsored shareholder resolution asking
Starbucks to label genetically engineered (GE) food products was supported
by 7% of shares voted (15.8 million shares) at the company's annual meting
February 26, 2002. Numerous public opinion polls, and legislative efforts
both here and abroad support the labeling of GE foods. The company does
not sell GE coffee or tea products because no market currently exists
but has not pledged not to sell such products if they are eventually developed.
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