Laptop Battery The world's leading ozone destroyer takes credit for leadership
in ozone protection. A mammoth greenhouse gas emitter professes the
precautionary approach to global warming. A major agrichemical
manufacturer trades in a pesticide so hazardous it has been banned
in many countries, while implying it is helping feed the hungry. A
petrochemical firm uses the waste from one polluting process as raw
material for another hazardous process, and boasts of an important
recycling initiative. Another giant multinational cuts timber from
virgin rainforest, replaces it with monoculture plantations and
calls the project "sustainable forest development."
According to the indictment, Jones would steal various IBM and Penguin computer servers from Verisign's warehouse in Virginia and sell them to Johnson. Johnson would then sell the servers to several individuals, who would sometimes place them for sale on eBay. As a result of this scheme, the indictment alleges that Jones and Johnson caused Verisign to lose more than $120, 000 worth of computer equipment. In the indictment, Jones and Johnson are charged in three counts with causing the interstate transportation of stolen property, namely IBM 330 and 335 servers, in violation of 18 U.S.C.
Thinkpad Welcome to the world of GREENWASH, where transnational
corporations (TNCs) are preserving and expanding their markets by
posing as friends of the environment and enemies of poverty.
Greenwash takes many forms: from the pious concern for the
environment expressed in expensive
advertising campaigns, to the
"continuous improvement" ballyhooed in voluntary codes of conduct;
from the creation of benign-sounding corporate front groups, to the
participation of TNCs in environmental conferences and
events. All these efforts share the goal of avoiding national and
international sanctions on dirty TNC operations, which are at the
root of many global environmental crises.
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Microsoft Greenwash began in heavily industrialized countries of the world
in the 1970's. The corporate tactic has intensified since then,
with the concurrent growth of public
environmental awareness. By the
time the United Nations held its conference on environment and
development (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro in June 1992, greenwash had
gone global. Forty eight of the top business executives in the
world attended UNCED. These executives formed the Business Council
for Sustainable Development (BCSD), and were charged by UNCED
General Secretary Maurice Strong with providing the business
perspective to the conference. The BCSD, along with the more
traditional lobbying group the International Chamber of Commerce
(ICC), had unparalleled access to the UNCED Secretariat and
extraordinary influence in weakening key agreements, including the
biodiversity and climate conventions and Agenda 21.
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Laptop Computers TNCs from the oil, petrochemical, agrichemical and nuclear
industries are among those claiming that free trade, open markets
and voluntary codes of environmental conduct will combine
to provide economic growth with environmental protection. In the
world view of corporate "environmentalists," environmental
protection is subservient to free trade; therefore, international
trade in wastes, toxic products and hazardous technologies will
continue, and perhaps increase. In this view, the only brake on
this dangerous trend is the "deep cultural change" some
corporations claim to have undergone.
laptop computers is driving strong sales for notebook computers, according to the latest quarterly sales figures from the research firm IDC, which reported a 37% computer sales for the second quarter, compared with a year earlier. In the U.S., laptop sales grew 17.7%, while sales of desktop computers and servers fell 4%. The New York Times ( 10), CNET ( 10)
Laptop Computer The Greenpeace Book On Greenwash, released by in Rio just
before UNCED, and recently updated and re-released in 1996 as
Greenwash: The Reality Behind Corporate Environmentalism by
the Malaysia-based Third World Network, exposes the reality under
the new green image of TNCs. It provides evidence, in corporate
words and deeds, that TNCs remain the primary creators and peddlers
of dirty, dangerous and unsustainable technologies. Among the many
findings of the Book on Greenwash:
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Desktop Computer DuPont executives still deny that their lead gasoline additive
is harmful and claim they have taken the precautionary approach to
ozone destruction.
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Notebooks Shell and Dow are still avoiding responsibility for pesticide
poisonings from their product DBCP.
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Lenovo Tropical timber trader Mitsubishi blames poor
people for tropical
deforestation.
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Hard Drive Rhone Poulenc and others defend the export of domestically
banned pesticides.
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Travelstar Money spent on "environmental programs" sometimes goes to
polluting chemical waste incinerators.
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Gateway Trade secrets still take precedence over the public's right to
know.
Laptop Parts All these positions appear compatible with the ICC Business
Charter For Sustainable Development and Responsible Care programs
so highly touted by TNCs.
Software The history of the industrial age, recent environmental
tragedies like Bhopal and the destruction of the ozone layer teach
us that market forces will not automatically lead to environmental
protection. TNCs cannot be relied upon to police themselves in
environmental matters. Instead, control of TNC behavior must come
from participatory governmental process and the force of law.
Hard Drives The world's
governments have allowed
corporate greenwash to thwart progress in environmental
protection. Now thousands of non-governmental organizations
(NGOs) have grown outraged. Some NGOs have developed principles
of their own for control of TNC behavior. These include the
precautionary principle, clean production, public participation
and freedom of information, environmental assessments and
audits, bans on trade in hazards, and strict liability.
Electronics The battle line has been drawn. As we move into the era of free
trade and free market environmentalism, the battle between
environmentalists and TNCs will only intensify.
Canon Kenny Bruno is CorpWatch's UN Project Coordinator and
Greenwash Guru.
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