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Fonterra donates $4m USD to Support Mother’s and Infants

In my 5 years of working with NGOs and MNCs in China, I have yet to see a more blatant example of greenwashing than Fonterra’s recent 4m USD donation to the Soong Ching Ling foundation. Embroiled in the recent milk scandal, the donation will create... ...full story at All Roads

from All Roads on Sun, Oct 12 2008

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18 Sep 08 visit Fonterra says ready to help in China after milk scandal exposed  »  People's Daily Fonterra, the world's biggest dairy trader, said Wednesday that it wants to help as the Chinese government has stepped in to ensure the health of children in the aftermath of the baby milk powder scandal. "Fonterra wants to do whatever it can to...
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06 Mar 10 visit CSCLF receives 170 mln yuan donation  »  People's Daily The China Soong Ching Ling Foundation (CSCLF) received donations worth 173.08 million yuan in 2009, up 58.57 percent year-on-year. Last year, the "Future Program," one of the key commonweal projects of the foundation, helped more than 20,000 students...

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