Collins Charges Companies with Doing Business in Sudan

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"We're completely puzzled as to why anyone would make such an erroneous assertion," said Mark Dollins, spokesman for PepsiCo. "PepsiCo is not a party to any suit, nor have we threatened any suit concerning divestment tied to the atrocities in Sudan. If you have any information to the contrary, please let me know, as this would be without any knowledge of PepsiCo, and without any direction from our company. This information is simply untrue."

"We are not a party to any other firm's litigation, and in fact are unaware of the existence of such litigation," [Vicky Mayer] said. "Because there are no P&G operations in Sudan, there is nothing for us to divest. Senator [Jacqueline Collins]'s assertion that P&G 'refuses to divest' is false and maligns P&G's good reputation. Separately, I am going to contact Senator Collins so that she knows the truth, and will correct her public statements.

"PepsiCo has no operations in Sudan. PepsiCo has no employees in Sudan. PepsiCo does no business with, and has no ties to, the Sudanese government. While PepsiCo does sell concentrate to an independent bottler in Sudan - again with no ties to the Sudanese government - we do so under the terms of a license issued to us by the U.S. Government and we have no equity interests in this independent bottler."

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Collins Charges Companies with Doing Business in Sudan

State Sen. Jacqueline Collins (D-16th) is accusing several multinational corporations of doing business with Sudan, but officials with the companies have fired back, saying she has her facts wrong.

Collins said Tuesday that information from a Boston-based ...

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