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01/17/2006: Press Release from Corporate
Watchdog Radio
Corporate Watchdog Radio Launches Podcast
Already broadcast on radio
stations from Alaska to Vermont, Corporate Watchdog Radio holds
companies accountable for their social, environmental, and economic
impacts
(CSRwire)
Corporate Watchdog Radio (CWR), a half-hour show broadcast twice
monthly, is a new hybrid radio show and podcast launched using
both platforms simultaneously. Freely accessible on the internet, on
broadcast radio, and through the iTunes Music Store, Corporate
Watchdog Radio is designed for financial professionals, corporate
social responsibility activists, and investors concerned about the
social ethics and environmental impact of the corporations in their
portfolios.
CWR exposes corporate wrongdoing and applauds businesses that do the
right thing. The program investigates how corporate malfeasance
can adversely impact the well-being of people and the planet, and
commends companies making healthy financial returns by supporting social
and environmental progress.
With its lively dialogue and interview format, CWR teams journalist
Bill Baue with environmental attorney and filmmaker Sanford Lewis.
Baue and Lewis bring a wealth of investigative, legal, and reporting
experience to the matter at hand. Lewis, a leading national expert
on corporate disclosure to investors on environmental and social
liabilities, has represented shareowners and activists for over 23
years, and has produced films on corporate accountability issues. Baue
has covered socially responsible investing (SRI) and corporate social
responsibility (CSR) for SocialFunds for half a decade. Together,
they analyze hot topics and breaking stories, and interview experts who
are holding corporations accountable in traditional and innovative ways.
On the latest show (available January 18) Lewis interviews Glenn
Evers, a former DuPont scientist, and Attorney Alan Kluger,
who is suing DuPont regarding Teflon. Evers, who worked for
DuPont for more than 20 years, recently flagged concerns regarding
health and environmental impacts of Dupont products used to coat fast
food wrappers. Kluger has filed a $5 billion lawsuit against Dupont over
the alleged toxicity of Teflon coated cookware. While the Wall
Street Journal, MSNBC, and other mainstream media outlets have only
skimmed the surface of this story, CWR distinguishes itself by
offering in-depth exploration of impacts and implications--including the
potential public health hazards the chemical PFOA poses in ubiquitous
products such as paper wrapping for microwave popcorn, fast food, and
pizza. Lewis is himself a representative of DuPont Shareholders for
Fair Value, a group of DuPont shareholders including Amalgamated Bank,
United Steelworkers and others concerned about the financial impacts on
DuPont of PFOA, the controversial chemical believed to be a breakdown
byproduct of Teflon cookware and many DuPont stain- and grease-repellent
treatments.
Recent editions of CWR include interviews with Cristobal Bonifaz,
lead lawyer in the ongoing lawsuit against ChevronTexaco for the
environmental destruction of the Ecuadorian rainforest, and reports from
Dow Chemical activist Diane Wilson, author of An Unreasonable
Woman, just prior to her arrest at a Tom Delay fundraiser in
Houston.
Corporate Watchdog Radio is produced for broadcast on Northampton,
Massachusetts-based low power FM community station Valley Free Radio, a
Pacifica network affiliate. Other radio stations broadcasting CWR
include The Journey Radio webcasting from St. Louis, Missouri; WOOL-LP
in Southern Vermont; WRCT in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; KWMD in
Anchorage, Alaska; and WRFU in Urbana-Champaign, Illinois. Additional
radio stations can pick up CWR from the Pacifica Audioport website or
from the CWR website,
http://corporatewatchdogmedia.org.
Visit the CWR website
http://corporatewatchdogmedia.org to subscribe to the low-traffic
listserve for announcements when new programming is posted. The webcast
and audio archive is available through the website
http://corporatewatchdogmedia.org, or as a podcast feed at
http://feeds.feedburner.com/CorporateWatchdogMedia and by searching
Corporate Watchdog Media on the iTunes music store. |
