Comments on: Coke takes a plunge into water conservation

By: Jena Andrews

Jena Andrews — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 00:08:35 +0000

Hey coke! it’s me Jena, just letting you know i’m never, ever drinking coke again!. I can’t believe you would lie to me i thought we had something speical, but i guess not! i was wrong. Hate you later Jena. xoxo NOT!

By: lindsay

lindsay — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 19:35:36 +0000

I think - or at least, I hope - that Coke is showing what it means to be a corporation in this century, and taking responsibility for the ecological damage they’ve done. And if the move is motivated by PR, what does it matter? It’s the action that counts. At least they’re recognizing an undercurrent of support for more environmentally conscious company policies…. at least support is finally there, and not just on the fringe.

By: deborahbyrd

deborahbyrd — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 19:18:28 +0000

If the individuals in power in either have no conscience, neither does the entity.

Ben, I agree with your statement above. But the reverse is also true. If individuals in power do have conscience, then so does the governmental or corporate entity.

In our lifetimes, we’ve been in a sort of dark age with respect to conscience. We’ve been in an era of no responsility for our actions, to each other or the Earth. But there’s every reason to believe that will change. Why will it change? Perhaps in part because of the process we’re undertaking at this moment … the process of using modern communications systems to try to connect with each other.

The future will surely be a place where humans connect better than in the past. All signs point to that, at least.

If we see more of the world, if we learn more about how different people think about things, if we try to understand each other more, won’t that make a difference?

I believe it will. And since - as you noted above - corporations are run by people, I believe corporations - like people - can evolve to become more responsible to those around them.

Not just for P.R. Not for fear of governmental punishment. But because we are together on one planet.

Deborah

By: sglasson

sglasson — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 14:38:18 +0000

Pepsi tastes better, but that’s still great that Coke is trying to help the environment, for whatever reason they’re doing it. I still don’t understand how they are going to make the plan a reality. If it’s that easy to just say they’re going to return the water, they should have been doing it all along. I wonder what Pepsi’s policy is with water.

By: stevenearlsalmony

stevenearlsalmony — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 13:01:14 +0000

We are running out of water………….

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By: stevenearlsalmony

stevenearlsalmony — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 13:05:12 +0000

Water, water once eveywhere, but in 2070 not a drop to drink………

By: Benjamin Napier

Benjamin Napier — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 12:37:34 +0000

Corporations are turning green to pander to environmentalists and to avoid governmental punishment. Business is about money. Individuals might have individual consciences, business and government do not.

Cleaning up effluent is not a bad idea, in fact it is a great idea. But, never lose sight of reality. Business is about money and government is about power. If the individuals in power in either have no conscience, neither does the entity.

By: Deborah Byrd

Deborah Byrd — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 10:22:30 +0000

I think it’s a great trend that corporations are finding ways to be green … even if they’re doing it out of guilt … or out of an effort to enhance their public relations.

Whatever it takes!

If the corporations don’t go green, all is lost …

By: blahs

blahs — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 09:25:43 +0000

that stuff’s nasty! it’s all black and bubbly!

By: Ben Z.

Ben Z. — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 18:32:12 +0000

Hm. Offsetting water depletion and pollution in India by helping to pay for cleaning up the Rio Grande? Texans must buy more Coke. I suppose as long as they don’t charge extra premiums for Coke Green…