5 June 2014

Pepsi and Coca-Cola issue new policies on land grabs; NGOs say action by states required

After a critical report by Oxfam last year, two world players in the sugar industry – Coca-Cola and Pepsi – have published new policies on land grabs by their suppliers. In March 2014, Pepsi announced ‘a land policy with zero tolerance for illegal activities in our supply chain and for land displacements of any legitimate land tenure holders’. Coca-Cola made a similar announcement late last year. (more…)

Source: The Guardian | Can Pepsi and Coke end land grabs for sugar?