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Nestlé is the target of a boycott because it contributes to the unnecessary death and suffering of infants around the world by aggressively marketing baby foods in breach of international marketing standards. Even Nestlé's Public Affairs Manager acknowledges the boycott has widespread support. According to the World Health Organisation, 1.5 million infants die around the world every year because they are not breastfed. The World Health Assembly has adopted marketing requirements for baby foods to protect breastfeeding and to ensure breastmilk substitutes are used safely if necessary. Nestlé is singled out for boycott action as monitoring shows it to be responsible for more violations of the requirements than any other company. The boycott helps to stop some of the specific cases of malpractice we expose and has forced some changes in policy. But Nestlé continues systematic violations in those countries which have not yet brought in independently monitored and enforced legislation implementing the marketing requirements, which is another part of our strategy for protecting infant health and mothers' rights. Evidence of Nestlé malpractice
Register your support for the boycottIf you are supporting the boycott personally, you can sign our boycott peitition. Using the same form, you can sign up to receive alerts when new information is posted on this site. If you represent a shop, student union or other organisation, you can be listed on our boycott endorsers list. It is important to tell Nestlé you are supporting the boycott - even if only for Nestlé-Free Week. You can call Nestlé's customer care line (click here to find out what happens when you do) or send an email via the Nestlé website or through the post. Click here for a suggested letter. Materials for promoting the boycottYou can download the posters below to promote the boycott in your locality.
If you would like to give a talk yourself you might like to download a powerpoint presentation and a short presentation to adapt for your own use (the text has been checked to be legally accurate - please take care if adding information of your own). If you like role playing, you could try doing something like the Nestlé challenge stunt Baby Milk Action did at Nestlé (UK) HQ in May. Click here for details. Keep us informed of your activities. It can help to generate international media coverage. There is a special report about the boycott and Nestlé-Free Week (in July 2007) on Korean Television (in Korean, but interviews with Baby Milk Action and others in English). Watch it on-line. Website imagesIf you have a website, why not place this banner advertisement there?
For the image to automatically update on your site, don't copy it, but link to it using : For
simplicity, you can copy the code below into the html source code of
your web page or add it to your blog when in 'edit html' mode. With a
myspace blog, you can add the code directly. With some blogs, you will
have to add the link as a separate line. Simply add the URL:
Alternatively use the following image to link to this page.The image address is:
If you use a service such as blogger, you can go to the 'settings' control panel and add an html page element. Cut and paste the text below into the field for the html and the image will appear with a link to this page! Click here for an example.
Alternatively use the following image to link to this page.The image address is: If you use a service such as blogger, you can go to the 'settings' control panel and add an html page element. Cut and paste the text below into the field for the html and the image will appear with a link to this page!
Include our newsfeeds on your website or blogYou can add a widget like this - follow the instructions.
Send an email to spread the wordTo tell people about the boycott by email, you could cut and paste the following text and adapt it to send to your friends, family and colleagues.
For further information on what has been achieved since the first boycott was launched 30 years ago, and why the boycott was relaunched and continues today, click here. If you have suggestions or designs you would like us to add to this page, please email mikebrady<AT>babymilkaction.org If you would like leaflets and petition sheets in quantity, contact us. The boycott is just one part of Baby Milk Action's strategy to hold the baby food industry to account. Find out more by reading our year report. You can help this work further by becoming a member of Baby Milk Action. If you are outside the UK, contact our partners in the International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN). Nestlé-Free Zone postersAlso see the websites of INFACT Canada (including information for the US) and RIBN, the Nestlé boycott Network in Italy.
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