Honest Tea cut a deal with Coca Cola.
Friday, June 20th, 2008I like beverages. I tend to get hooked very easily. A couple months ago I was getting back into Honest Tea and decided to do some research on their company. I really liked their stuff, it seemed all natural and a company dedicated to environmental and human rights issues. And a catchy name besides!
Well, they cut a deal with Coca Cola in February in order to have a wider range of distribution. One little sentence in their company profile, all that good stuff goes down the drain. Sadly, the things they boasted to care about get completely nullified by Coke’s egregious abuses in human rights and environmental issues.
Honest Tea, my ass.
Killer Coke - the kidnappings and murders of union leaders in Coca Cola’s bottling plants in Colombia.
Child Labor - Sugar Plantations - Coca Cola fails to monitor child labor abuses on the sugar plantations that supply it.
Coca Cola’s Environmental Practices in India - Villages surrounding Coca Cola plants have found that their wells have been tapped of water due to the amount the plants use. This water is then ejected back to the surrounding area full of toxic substances. Coca Cola in India also contains extremely high levels of DDT.
