Chinese companies having joint ventures with global corporations such as Pepsi-Cola and Nestle have been blacklisted for causing water pollution, a non-governmental organization has said.

These are among the 33 multinational companies (MNCs) which have been blacklisted by various levels of government. Some of the companies listed are joint ventures with the world's top 500 corporations.

Institute Director, Ma Jun said that he collated information released by environmental watchdogs during the past three years, but this is the first time such a list has been compiled. "I was very surprised to see well-known names in global business listed as water polluters in China," the report quoted him as saying.

Pepsi-Cola International (Changchun) Co Ltd was criticised for a similar reason in 2005. Nestle Sources Shanghai Ltd's bottled water manufacturing plant also made the list for starting operation before its wastewater treatment facilities had passed an environmental impact assessment.

Source:佚名