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>An online eco-pledge >An item by Guy Dauncey, adapted from his Econews No. >94. >"Time is running out. We must take immediate, >corrective actions to safeguard the global >environment. We can't count on government regulation >to solve the problem. We must encourage companies in >all sectors of the economy to act immediately to take >reasonable, cost-effective environmentally sound >actions, using available technologies." > >So begins the EcoPledge, which students on 150 >campuses across North America are signing, including >over 1,000 students at Harvard. They are committing to >join in selecting the companies whose ways EcoPledge >is lobbying to change, and not to work for these >companies unless they change their ways. > >Top of the villain list is BP Amoco, which plans to >drill for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, >followed by Coca Cola, which uses virtually no >recycled plastic in its bottles, despite a 1991 >commitment to use 25 per cent. > >The pledge is open to consumers and investors too, not >just students (at http://ecopledge.com). The pledge >continues: > >"We believe that many private sector leaders are eager >to take these actions, but there is no means for >citizens to effectively communicate their support. The >marketplace is focused on the short term and does not >reward forward-thinking actions. > >"We can solve this problem by joining together in a >campaign to identify leading companies in all major >sectors of the economy, which will be asked to take >specific, feasible and economically sound actions. As >individual companies agree to be eco-leaders, >responding to the direct voice of consumers, investors >and job-seekers, we anticipate that other companies, >no longer at a short-term disadvantage, will follow. > > >'I pledge not to work for, purchase products from or >invest in these companies' >"To identify and encourage eco-leaders, I hereby join >ecopledge.com, a national campaign using leading-edge >communications technology to join hundreds of >thousands of environmental leaders together. As an >ecopledge signer, I hereby commit to participating - >through the ecopledge.com web site - in helping to >choose which companies the campaign will identify. I >further pledge not to work for, purchase products from >or invest in these companies until they agree to take >specific, environmentally sound actions identified by >ecopledge.com researchers." > >Guy Dauncey, Econews, Sustainable Communities >Consultancy, 395 Conway Rd, Victoria, BC, V8X 3X1, >Canada (tel/fax 250 8811304 (w); 250 881 1555(h); >e-mail: guydauncey@earthfuture.com; web: >www.earthfuture.com).
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