Wow! I just read a wonderful article in the local New Orleans paper about Magna Corporation Int. a Canadian company with a great track record of social responsibility.
The company, which “allocates a maximum of 2% of its pretax profits to support charitable and non-profit organizations in the areas of health, culture, social, community, education, sport and politics,” not only “brought a group of 270 people rescued from the flood-ravaged city to West Palm Beach, Fla., and put them up for two months at a race-horse training center owned by the company,” has also committed to building 49 houses for evacuees to stay in free for five years in the small town of Simmesport, LA!
Thanks Magna! Let’s pray that more corporations get involved in projects like these. It’s too bad that US oil companies like Exxon Mobil that earned $9.92 billion dollars during the quarter that Katrina hit don’t seem to be as involved in helping those hurt by this un-natural disaster.
Mike Tidwell, in his incredible book, Bayou Farewell explains how the canals created in the Louisiana wetlands by oil companies such as Exxon Mobile not only destroy the wetlands, but also make hurricanes such as Katrina more destructive.
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