Energy and Resources Institute
At the University of Michigan, where the Coca-Cola company has been placed on probation until December 31, 2006, the company has itself chosen a group in India, the Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) to "develop a transparent and impartial independent third party assessment of water resource management practices at Coca-Cola company facilities in India."
Indian communities have rejected the choice of TERI to conduct the assessment because of the close relationship between the two organizations. Coca-Cola is an active funder of TERI's activities, and TERI has also named Coca-Cola as the most responsible company in India in a survey. The two organizations have collaborated extensively in the past, and TERI has also organized Earth Day with the "support of Coca-Cola."
"Swarthmore College must insist that the investigation into the issues in India is indeed third party and independent for it to withstand scrutiny. The choice of TERI by Coca-Cola in the past to investigate its activities makes a mockery of generally understood principles of fairness, and the Swarthmore College must insist on a separate entity," said Amit Srivastava.[1]
The Swarthmore College press release can be found at http://www.swarthmore.edu/x8347.xml
The objections to the choice of TERI by Coca-Cola to develop the investigation is at http://www.indiaresource.org/news/2006/1052.html
Directors
- Dr. Alok Adholeya, Director, Biotechnology and Management of Bioresources Division
- Ms. Preety Bhandari, Director, Policy Analysis Division
- Ms. Akanksha Chaurey, Associate Director, Programme of Distributed and Decentralized Generation
- Ms. Sangeeta Gupta, Director, Information Technology and Services Division
- Mr. Shahid Hasan, Associate Director, Regulatory Studies and Governance Division
- Mr. M M Joshi, Director, Administrative Services
- Dr. Banwari Lal, Director, Environmental and Industrial Biotechnology Division
- Dr. Sameer Maithel, Director, Energy Environment Technology Division
- Mr. Amit Kumar, Associate Director, Energy Environment Technology Division
- Dr. Kapil Kumar Narula, Associate Director, Policy Analysis Division
- Dr. Maria Ligia Noronha, Director, Resources and Global Security Division
- Dr. T S Panwar, Associate Director, Policy Analysis Division
- Mr. Ibrahim H Rehman, Director, Action Programmes Division
- Dr. S K Sarkar, Director, Regulatory Studies and Governance Division
- Mr. Rajiv Seth, Registrar, TERI University
- Mr. Girish Sethi, Associate Director, Energy Environment Technology Division
- Mr. R P Singh, Associate Director, Administrative Services
- Ms. Annapurna Vancheswaran, Associate Director, Sustainable Development Outreach Division