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Coca-Cola, Pepsi and Nestlé have been named top plastic polluters for 3rd year in a row
Coca-Cola, Pepsi and Nestlé have been named top plastic polluters for 3rd year in a row
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The organization Break Free From Plastic has released its annual audit, stating that Coca-Cola is the number one plastic polluter in the world followed by Nestlé and Pepsi. 15,000 volunteers had previously identified littered plastic around the world. In total 346,394 pieces of plastic had been found of which 63% had a clear consumer brand on it.

In total 13,834 pieces had the Coca-Cola brand on them, 8,633 Nestlé and 5,155 Pepsi.

Regional News • Americas • United States
Starbucks, Coca-Cola, Twitter among companies to pledge to give employees time off to vote
Starbucks, Coca-Cola, Twitter among companies to pledge to give employees time off to vote
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Hundreds of US companies have pledged to give employees time off to participate in elections. PayPal CEO Dan Schulman previously said that "no American should have to choose between earning a paycheck and voting."

Starbucks, Twitter, Uber and Coca-Cola, have said that employees would get election day off, while Starbucks employees are giving a flexible workday to either vote or volunteer at polling places. Apple employees are getting four hours off.

As of now, 700 companies have joined the nonpartisan coalition "Time to Vote", an initiative that formed ahead of the 2018 elections, and around 600 companies have signed on ElectionDay.org to either give employees time off or distribute information on voting.

Technology • Internet & Web
Coca-Cola joins "Stop Hate For Profit" campaign and pauses all social media advertising
Coca-Cola joins "Stop Hate For Profit" campaign and pauses all social media advertising
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The Coca-Cola Company has announced that they'll join the ongoing "Stop Hate For Profit" campaign where companies stop advertising on Facebook over the missing moderation of hate speech.

Coca-Cola will not only pause the advertisements on Facebook but across all social media platforms globally. The pause will at least go for 30 days and start July 1st. The Coca-Cola CEO James Quincey has also demanded "greater accountability and transparency from our social media partners".