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Coca-Cola yet again top global plastic polluter

In 2019, 11,732 pieces of Coke-branded plastic waste was identified from 37 countries. Last year, the beverages brand accounted for 9,216 pieces …

New ways

Why this is not CSR: A study of 5 major corporates

Description of CSR activities may generate the idea of an inclusive, equitable world; but the premise of the companies’ activities …

Bitter row

Over sweeteners in soft drinks

Nearly 200,000 deaths caused due to sugar-sweetened beverages: study

India’s per capita carbonated beverage consumption was around 0.6 litres in 2013. This is way below 19.96 litres among Americans and 20.…

Rock rap: companies, HP face the music

SC comes down heavily on corporates and HP government, slapping a Rs 5-crore fine for defacing rocks in Rohtang Pass

Balarama Digest: Kid stuff?

If you think free publicity, like 'free lunch', is a no-no in this newly liberalised world of ours, you have got it all wrong. Take a dekko at …

DTE Investigation: CPCB failed to recover fines from Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Reliance, Adani in last 30 years

Central Pollution Control Board says has no information on court cases for which it has to collect environmental fines

Stop gatecrashing

PepsiCo endangers biodiversity hotspot in Gulf of Mannar

Update

Cola and fruit juices don’t mix

The possible industry response to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s suggestion may not be fruitful for public health

Master stroke

Specify pesticide levels on soft drinks: Supreme Court

Stars' tantrums on cola controversy

The verdict is out

Consumer rights receive a fizzy fillip

Confess now

Print pesticide levels on soft drinks, court orders colas

Coca Cola proposes to set up Rs 1,000-crore bottling plant in Telangana

Seeks support from the state government, including land for the plant

Order on production ban of coke in Kerala quashed

Water-stressed in India: Why Jal Shakti Abhiyan has only cosmetic effect in Palakkad

Palakkad ranked 219th in Jal Shakti Abhiyan despite more than 2,300 mm rain annually

Ramadoss does a turnaround on cola controversy

New York may lose its sugary fizz fix

Mayor calls for ban on sale of super-sized soft drinks

Cola controversy lesson for media management

Pepsi plant indicted for polluting groundwater in Kerala

New York apex court strikes down ban on large-sized sugary drinks in the city

Soda companies, small business owners relieved; public health campaigners disappointed

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