Submitted on Saturday 26th November 2011
Rejected on Wednesday 21st June 2017
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Rescind the deal for Dow Chemicals to sponsor the 'wrap' at the Olympic Stadium
The London 2012 Organising Committee has signed a deal with Dow Chemicals to sponsor the 'wrap' around the east London Olympic stadium. LOCOG should be urged to shelve this package because Dow owns Union Carbide, the company responsible for the Bhopal leak that killed thousands of Indians. Dow states that Union Carbide settled all claims in 1989 and that it has no responsibility for compensation or other unresolved matters.
Persisting with the deal would be an insult to the Indian nation and the Bhopal victims and might precipitate a boycott of the games by India and other sympathising nations, bringing immense shame on the UK and the Olympic Games. The government should intervene to prevent the deal from proceeding.
There will doubtless be protestations from LOCOG that Dow would threaten legal action, but that is not a good enough reason for the UK to be enmeshed in such a damaging sponsorship arrangement.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Dow Chemical is a Worldwide IOC Olympic Partner and therefore one of 11 ‘TOP’ partners for the London 2012 Games.
The IOC has sole responsibility for negotiations concerning worldwide Olympic sponsors. Therefore, this is not a matter for the Government, or the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games – who have their own domestic sponsors for the London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games.
The Olympic Charter sets out the role that the IOC play within the Olympic Movement and makes a number of commitments, including to support the promotion of ethics in sport. Further information about the IOC and the Olympic values they promote is available on their website: http://www.olympic.org/en/content/The-IOC/The-IOC-Institution1/
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