Dow Olympic sponsorship rethink
July 12, 2012 13:35
The Dow Chemicals controversy refuses to die down and for good reason. London's municipal authority has piled up pressure on the International Olympic Committee to rethink on its relationship with the Dow chemical company as the sponsor of the games in light of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy.
A motion agreed at a meeting of the London Assembly urged the IOC and national organising committees to consider the environmental, social, ethical and human rights records of companies when awarding high-profile partnership and sponsorship deals.
Dow is a Worldwide Olympic Partner and paid for the plastic wrap around the Olympic Stadium. Dow Chemical bought the Union Carbide Chemical Company, owners of the Bhopal pesticide plant in India where the 1984 disaster took place. Over 3,000 people are believed to have died in the December of 1984 in Bhopal due to the immediate after effects of the tragedy.
A motion agreed at a meeting of the London Assembly urged the IOC and national organising committees to consider the environmental, social, ethical and human rights records of companies when awarding high-profile partnership and sponsorship deals.
Dow is a Worldwide Olympic Partner and paid for the plastic wrap around the Olympic Stadium. Dow Chemical bought the Union Carbide Chemical Company, owners of the Bhopal pesticide plant in India where the 1984 disaster took place. Over 3,000 people are believed to have died in the December of 1984 in Bhopal due to the immediate after effects of the tragedy.
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