Starbucks and Conservation International

Conservation International CI has been helping StarBucks greenwash their image by selling a token amount of certified organic coffee beans and then helping them to brag about it at places like the World Bank.  CI, are a public relations firm for corporations who give them large grants (Starbucks gave them $650,000)in return for a thick coat of Greenwash and a pat on the back.

CI has also been actively involved in "Bioprsopecting" or Biopiracy, the theft of genetic diversity from the South, which enables multinational biotech firms to make billions in profits while giving back a pittance to the communities they have stolen from.

You can read more about CI's Biopiracy efforts at: http://www.conservation.org/WEB/FIELDACT/C-C_PROG/ECON/BIOPROS.HTM

As well as Starbucks, Conservation International also has partnerships with many other environmentally and socially responsible corporations such as

Monsanto, McDonald's, The Gap, Exxon and Citibank.

Below we have included some of the folks on their board and list of CI's corporate partners

Members of CI's Board:

Sir John Browne Group Chief Executive BP Amoco London, Great Britain

Charles J. Hedlund President (ret.) Exxon Middle East Short Hills, New Jersey

Orin Smith President and Chief Executive Officer Starbucks Coffee Company Seattle, Washington

Robert J. Fisher

Director

Gap, Inc. San Francisco, California

CI's Corporate Sponsors: The partners listed below represent the many companies that have supported Conservation International since 1987.

The Franklin Mint Anheuser-Busch Companies Gap, Inc. BankAmerica Corporation Hewlett Packard Company Bristol-Myers Squibb Company The Home Depot British Petroleum Company Hyatt Corporation Charles Schwab & Company, Inc. Intel Corporation Chiquita Brands International J.P. Morgan & Company, Inc. Citibank, McDonald's Corporation Mobil Corporation Monsanto Company Dahlin Smith White Advertising Subway, Inc.* Deere & Company Time Inc. Discovery Communications, Inc. Unibanco, S.A. The Walt Disney Company United Airlines Exxon Corporation UPS