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Speakers' Corner: Discuss Which companies do you boycott in the Non-Diving Related Forums forums: OK following on from the FAO Charles Manson thread that mutated into a chocolate forum there emerged a couple of ...

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Old 11-07-08, 09:37 AM
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Which companies do you boycott
OK following on from the FAO Charles Manson thread that mutated into a chocolate forum there emerged a couple of posts that mentioned ethically questionable companies.

So which companies do you boycott and why? Please add links as you see fit.

Personally I boycott Nestle as they continue to push powdered milk in Africa by giving out free samples to new mothers so that their milk dries up and then the free samples stop because by then the mothers are buying it. Not a very nice way of working I would suggest. More information is available here
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I'm with you Jay, Nestle is probably the biggest company I avoid but more to the point I always try to buy fair trade stuff regardless of manufacturer.
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Nestle to a certain extent, and probably not as much as i ought to.

There is a certain dive shop who won't see a penny of my money again, no matter how much less they charge than their competitors. Simply because it has recently come to light that they misrepresented something they sold to me a couple of years ago.
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Holland & Barrett - they sell shark cartilage pills
I forgot about that (not that I ever buy anything there anyway, so I doubt whether a bocott by me will make much difference)
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My 12 yo won't go in a MacDonalds... which really annoys her younger brother!

Her boycott is based on the "they are ripping up the rainforests" argument.

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Nestle & McDonalds are two no-no's for me.
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