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Today we launched an Advertising Standards complaint in regards to a full-page Nestle ad taken out in the Globe and Mail this fall. The group of signatories includes Ecojustice, Friends of the Earth Canada, the Polaris Institute and the Council of Canadians.

Our concern is that there are several claims made in this ad that run counter to Nestle’s own reporting; for example,  the ad states that most water bottles are recycled, which conflicts with Nestle’s own corporate social responsibility documents.
Other claims include that bottled water is the most environmentally responsible consumer product in the world and… Read the rest