Help this small French town stand up to Nestlé
800 million litres a year. That’s the amount of groundwater that Nestlé pumps out of Vittel, France, to bottle and sell for a huge markup. The bloodthirsty multinational is on the verge of exhausting this small town’s only source of drinking water.
But instead of asking Nestlé to stop, the government is making the local community pay the price. Their solution? Build a pipeline dozens of kilometers long to supply the 30,000 inhabitants of Vittel with fresh water -- at taxpayers’ expense, of course.
The people of Vittel and our local partners at Collectif Eau 88 aren’t giving up without a fight. That’s why they’ve personally asked us to help them stand up to this corporate juggernaut. Will you support their community in the face of Nestle’s greed?
Tell Nestle to keep its hands off of Vittel’s water supply!
For centuries, Vittel has been famous for its pure mineral springs. But Nestle is draining that water at a faster rate than it can possibly regenerate.
Scientists estimate the springs are losing 800 million litres of water a year -- exactly the amount that Nestle is taking. That’s enough to fill 280 Olympic-sized swimming pools!
Faced with this environmental disaster, Vittel’s officials plan to build a pipeline to bring citizens water from the village of Lerrain, 12 miles away. It would cost between €12-30 million, funded mostly out of the town’s own pocket. In essence, they’ll be paying to let Nestle keep draining them dry.
There are darker forces at work here. Claudie Pruvost, the president of Vittel’s local water commission, is currently under investigation for corruption -- and she just so happens to be the wife of Bernard Pruvost, former CEO of Nestle International.
We can’t let Nestlé continue to privatize our natural resources to make a quick profit. Whether in the United States, Brazil, Australia, South Africa, Niger, Afghanistan, or in Europe, SumOfUs members are standing up against the multinational giant to make sure local communities have water to drink. Will you be one of them?
Support the people of Vittel and tell Nestle to stop stealing their water!
But instead of asking Nestlé to stop, the government is making the local community pay the price. Their solution? Build a pipeline dozens of kilometers long to supply the 30,000 inhabitants of Vittel with fresh water -- at taxpayers’ expense, of course.
The people of Vittel and our local partners at Collectif Eau 88 aren’t giving up without a fight. That’s why they’ve personally asked us to help them stand up to this corporate juggernaut. Will you support their community in the face of Nestle’s greed?
Tell Nestle to keep its hands off of Vittel’s water supply!
For centuries, Vittel has been famous for its pure mineral springs. But Nestle is draining that water at a faster rate than it can possibly regenerate.
Scientists estimate the springs are losing 800 million litres of water a year -- exactly the amount that Nestle is taking. That’s enough to fill 280 Olympic-sized swimming pools!
Faced with this environmental disaster, Vittel’s officials plan to build a pipeline to bring citizens water from the village of Lerrain, 12 miles away. It would cost between €12-30 million, funded mostly out of the town’s own pocket. In essence, they’ll be paying to let Nestle keep draining them dry.
There are darker forces at work here. Claudie Pruvost, the president of Vittel’s local water commission, is currently under investigation for corruption -- and she just so happens to be the wife of Bernard Pruvost, former CEO of Nestle International.
We can’t let Nestlé continue to privatize our natural resources to make a quick profit. Whether in the United States, Brazil, Australia, South Africa, Niger, Afghanistan, or in Europe, SumOfUs members are standing up against the multinational giant to make sure local communities have water to drink. Will you be one of them?
Support the people of Vittel and tell Nestle to stop stealing their water!