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Sunday, June 21st, 2015

Monsanto Proposes to Change Its Name to Escape Its PR Woes

Author:     Gary Ruskin
Source:     Nation of Change
Publication Date:     June 9, 2015
 Link: Monsanto Proposes to Change Its Name to Escape Its PR Woes
Stephan:   As a next step in the consolidation of power and wealth into fewer and fewer hands, two of the world's most evil anti-life corporations, Syngenta and Monsanto are trying to merge. In the process they hope to change their name and thereby cancel their history. Here is a report on the whole sordid tale. It reminds me so much of the tobacco industry, and I am sure they are doing this because it was successful there.  How many people remember that Altria was formerly Philip Morris? The merged entity resulting from the coming together of Syngenta and Monsanto will be one of the largest corporate powers on earth dealing deliberately in death.
Monsanto CEO Hugh Grant Credit: Bloomberg.com

Monsanto CEO Hugh Grant
Credit: Bloomberg.com

Documents released today by Syngenta include a letter from Monsanto CEO Hugh Grant to Syngenta, suggesting as a part of a corporate merger that, “We would also propose a new name for the combined company to reflect its unique global nature.”

“Monsanto wants to escape its ugly history by ditching its name,” said Gary Ruskin, co-director of U.S. Right to Know, a consumer group. “This shows how desperate Monsanto is to escape criticism: of its products, which raise environmental and health concerns, as well as concerns about corporate control of agriculture and our food system.”

In a 2014 Harris Poll gauging the reputations of major corporations, Monsanto’s “reputation quotient” ranked 58 out of 60 companies. In other words, it was the third most hated company measured.

“Monsanto is much like Philip Morris when it changed its name to Altria,” Ruskin said. “Monsanto wants us to forget about its old scandals like PCBs and Agent Orange, as well as […]

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1 Comment

  1. steve hovland on Sunday, June 21, 2015 at 7:15 am

    They can’t stop the consumer revolt. “Gluten-free” really means non-GMO. More and more products carry “GMO free” labels. The other day I drove through downtown Burlingame CA and saw a restaurant in this very yuppie town proclaiming “Goodbye GMO.”