Veolia deserves to be in the Corporate Hall of Shame!

Dear Friend,

Ten years ago, the people of Flint, Michigan woke up to contaminated water flowing from their faucets.

Over the last decade, residents have been exposed to lead and bacteria; been forced to use bottled water to drink, cook, and clean; dealt with medical problems and long-term chronic health effects; and paid some of the highest rates in the U.S. for polluted and poisoned water.

And for ten years, the residents of Flint have been demanding a just resolution to a crisis they did nothing to cause.

Veolia, the world’s largest private water corporation, has been implicated in the crisis that unfolded in Flint and has been named in multiple lawsuits. The corporation failed to sound the alarm on the potential for lead contamination in Flint’s water, and even told the city that its water was “safe” despite internal concerns about lead.¹

And although Veolia recently settled in one of the class action lawsuits by community members, this is far from the justice that Flint’s residents deserve for the trauma they have lived through for the last ten years.

That’s why we’re nominating Veolia to the Corporate Hall of Shame this year. Together, we can keep shining a spotlight on the role Veolia played in the ongoing Flint water crisis and ensure that this injustice won’t be forgotten.

Vote for Veolia in the Corporate Hall of Shame!

The crisis in Flint starkly demonstrates how corporate abuse, systemic racism, and antidemocratic action are severe threats to our most basic human rights.

And it’s outrageous that to this day, no one has been held accountable for the Flint water crisis. What happened in Flint, a predominantly Black city, is an all too familiar story of the racist impacts of water injustice.

And making matters worse, private water corporations like Veolia target and exploit communities for their profit-making schemes. Yet, when they had the chance to sound the alarm on the crisis in Flint, Veolia failed to do so.

We’ve never forgotten Flint and we hope you don’t as well. Vote for Veolia for the Corporate Hall of Shame today!

Onward,

Neil Gupta
Pronouns: he/him/his
Water Campaign Director
Corporate Accountability

1. "Revealed: water company and city officials knew about Flint poison risk," The Guardian.

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