Thursday, 1 April 2021, 2:23 pm
Corporate morality can be a flexible thing. Some
companies see tantalising dollar signs afloat in the spilt
blood of civilians and dissidents. Military governments,
however trigger crazed, offer ideal opportunities;
potentially, corners can be cut, regulations relaxed. The
Adani Group has shown itself to be particularly unscrupulous
in this regard.
In many ways, it is fitting. The
group’s record
in a range of areas suggests that the profit motive soars
above any other consideration. Environmentally, Adani is an
irresponsible, wretched beast. A shonky Adani coal ship, the
MV Rak, sank off the coast of Mumbai in August 2011