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December 19th, 2002 04:28 pmMuch to my surprise, I got a reply back from Nestlé this afternoon. The line was pretty much what you'd expect and very similar to that taken on the Today programme this morning. So, for those who want to know, here it is
( Nestlés reply )
Since they seem to have provided an email address specifically to discuss the topic, I thought I'd mail them back addressing a couple of their points -
( my reply )
I can't believe that they're trying to claim that it's in Ethiopia's best interests to be stung for $6m! Even the World Bank, a body not notorious for seeing the poorer country's point of view has said
One point which I didn't think worth making to Nestlé at the moment was that I do think that companies like this, just as much as governments should be subject to the Jubilee 2000 campaign - I don't think asking Nestlé to write of a sum which is a tiny fraction of one years profit to them would be unreasonable. And, given the regime changes since the debt was incurred and the attitude of the current Ethiopian government, I don't really see that it would effect Ethiopia's prospects for forign investment either.
( Nestlés reply )
Since they seem to have provided an email address specifically to discuss the topic, I thought I'd mail them back addressing a couple of their points -
( my reply )
I can't believe that they're trying to claim that it's in Ethiopia's best interests to be stung for $6m! Even the World Bank, a body not notorious for seeing the poorer country's point of view has said
This $1m in our opinion is justifiable. But this is not the point of view of Nestle. They are trying to get as much as they can
One point which I didn't think worth making to Nestlé at the moment was that I do think that companies like this, just as much as governments should be subject to the Jubilee 2000 campaign - I don't think asking Nestlé to write of a sum which is a tiny fraction of one years profit to them would be unreasonable. And, given the regime changes since the debt was incurred and the attitude of the current Ethiopian government, I don't really see that it would effect Ethiopia's prospects for forign investment either.
