Sorry Charlie!
environmental Strategist®, between the lines: eS can’t understate the reputational risk associated with environmental liabilities. The article below on StarKist Tuna being fined and penalized for a variety of environmental violations is a reputational risk. Unfortunately, since it happened on the American Samoa and not the mainland, it won’t get the same news coverage. Did you hear about this?
As the article states “Today’s agreement will help prevent hazardous releases at the StarKist facility, protect workers and the local community, and reduce pollution discharged into Pago Pago Harbor by more than 13 million pounds each year,”. Should I buy StarKist tuna that contaminated their workers, community and environment or a different brand? Not the words you want going through the minds of shoppers that buy tuna.
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The oxymoron with StarKist, without water, StarKist has no product to sell yet their operations were contaminating the water.
StarKist Paying CWA Penalty, Improving American Samoa Plant
https://eponline.com/Articles/2017/09/13/StarKist-Paying-CWA-Penalty.aspx?Page=2