The article goes on to talk about how when any company's image gets tarnished because of bad economic times or a new fad in people's diets, the company's usual next step is to make them seem like they are changing. When it became more well known that The Coca-Cola Company was taking more water out of India's scare wells than they were giving back, the company started "reinventing themselves and addressing the very issue that caused them the bad press". The manager for economic affairs for Coke has said “water is to Coca-Cola as clean energy is to BP”. The only thing that is different between Coke and BP is that BP actually changed from an oil company into an energy company while Coke is attempting to address their water complaint issues by releasing an environmental report which discusses and explains their new global water strategy.
I think this article is important for people to read so that they know the truth about Coke's wrong doings. I know i say that all the time but this article shows a comparison between Coke and BP that makes it more clear that coke is all talk and no action. The BP company actually addressed their problems and changed 100% from a harmful oil company to a helpful energy company. If coke were to try to change, they would probably end up doing something else even worse causing more harm than they have done already. I dont see how Coke can turn a new leaf unless they start admitting their faults and doing something about them. How many more articles need to written? How many more lawsuits need to be filed? How many more droughts need to occur before Coke gets the picture and changes?!
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