It's not "hate" like I hate the people who work for them, but knowing about their unethical practices in regard to their aggressive promotion of baby formula in countries where it is just NOT in the best interests of the families, in fact, their careless marketing leads to so many deaths - I can't do nothing.
So I boycott (and have for ages) anything I know to be Nestle. I don't want my money going there if I can help it - obviously there might be a product or brand I don't know about, though I try to educate myself. But I figure boycotting most of Nestle is better than not doing anything.
It's not that hard either, I loved Milo, but have learned to really like (even prefer) other chocolate drinks. I loved Aero but gave it up (and almost cried with happiness when Cadbury Bubbles came out!). Anyway, this is not about how saintly I am, but more about - if I can do it, probably anyone can. It doesn't work out any more expensive to prefer other products either, in my experience.
And as others have said, even to be pro-active, rather than reactive, that's a good thing too - like to be proactive about preferring Australian made and owned to support Australian industry and farming, or to prefer to buy fair trade things. And that's just the stuff that benefits humans (which is my thing). And of course there are options we can choose from that support responsibility regarding the environment too.
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