https://www.stopcorporateabuse.org/history
In the 1970’s, it came to light that babies in Global South countries were getting sick and dying from bottle feeding—a handful of major corporations were aggressively marketing powdered infant formula throughout countries where it simply could not be used safely. Poor mothers couldn’t afford to buy enough of it for their babies—they had no refrigeration, or the fuel and utensils to sterilize bottles, and the water in their communities wasn’t safe enough to use in the formula.
Corporate Accountability International (then the Infant Formula Action Coalition, Infact) was born when four activists joined forces: Leah Margulies, Doug Johnson, Mark Ritchie, and Doug Clement. They agreed preventing more deaths would require a strategic approach that had never been attempted before on a global scale. They tried shareholder resolutions and law suits against U.S. companies, but the changes wouldn’t happen fast enough to save lives.
But if the organization successfully targeted the market leader, Nestlé, to stop its dangerous practices, it might just send a ripple effect across the entire industry.