Keurig Dr Pepper

Removed from the Dirty List 21 October 2021

Keurig/Dr Pepper did not respond to correspondence from Burma Campaign UK, but following publication of the ‘Dirty List’ we received information from them by a third party that Keurig Dr Pepper do not own the Sun Drop brand in Burma, so we have removed them from our ‘Dirty List.’

About the company

Keurig Dr Pepper

Keurig Dr Pepper is one of the largest drinks companies in America and in 2021 received an award from Newsweek for being one of America’s most responsible companies. In Burma its Sun Drop soft drink brand is distributed by the military owned Shwe Gandamar group of companies.

Contact:

Robert Gamgort
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Keurig Dr Pepper
53 South Avenue
Burlington, MA
01803
USA

Email: pr@kdrp.com

Sources:

Keurig Dr Pepper website accessed September 2021

https://www.keurigdrpepper.com/en/our-brands

Shwe Gandamar website accessed September 2021

http://www.shwegandamar.com/shwe-gandamar-distribution

Notified 17^th September 2021

Added to the Dirty List 19th October 2021

Removed from the Dirty List 21 October 2021

The Dirty List

The Dirty List names international companies doing business with the military in Burma. The list also includes international companies involved in projects where there are human rights violations or environmental destruction.

In September 2018, the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on Myanmar, which has been investigating human rights violations in the country, stated:

“The actions of the Tatmadaw (Burmese military) in Kachin, Rakhine and Shan States, in particular in the context of the ‘clearance operations’ in northern Rakhine State in 2016 and 2017, have so seriously violated international law that any engagement in any form with the Tatmadaw, its current leadership, and its businesses, is indefensible.”

A PDF of the full Dirty List is available here.

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