Thu 27 January 2005, Davos, SWITZERLAND

As the most powerful and influential exponents of the economic world gather
together in a new edition of the World Economic Forum (WEF), under the slogan
"Taking Responsibility for Tough Choices", Greenpeace activists showed the
world that, at least one major multinational company, DOW Chemical, is far from
being responsible and trust worthy.

Despite intense military safety precautions, 60 Greenpeace activists succeeded
in carrying out a protest in front of the entrance of the Davos Congress Centre
against DOW's refusal to pay compensation and clear up the affected area in
Bhopal.

Matthias Wuthrich, of Greenpeace, commented on the WEF slogan 'Taking
Responsibility for Tough Choices' saying: "DOW should dare to make the tough
choice and take full responsibility for the Bhopal disaster. After 20 years of
suffering, the least they can do is to take action for the ongoing tragedy in
Bhopal".

The activists lay on the street, dressed in dead skeleton suits that testified
for the over 20,000 victims who died due to the world's worst chemical disaster
in Bhopal, India from 1984 till today. Crosses were stamped with the Dow Logo
and the label "DOW! Clean UP Bhopal NOW!" demanding DOW to take heed of their
responsibility and to clear debts for Bhopal, for which they still deny
liability in spite of world-wide protests.

Rachna Dhingra, representative of the Survivors' Organizations of the Bhopal
Disaster, said that "people in Bhopal are still dying and suffering because the
disaster in Bhopal persists 20 years later. DOW's behaviour in Bhopal shows just
how irresponsible companies can be. Bhopal has become an icon of a corporate
crime. DOW has to clean up Bhopal NOW! ".

On 26 January 2005, DOW was given the first-ever Violations of Human Rights
Award by the WEF Protest Event "Public Eye on Davos". Greenpeace Switzerland
nominated the US Company on behalf of the International Campaign for Justice in
Bhopal.

Thousands of people still suffer from the consequences of the chemical disaster,
for which the American multinational is not ready to take responsibility.

At the World Social forum in Porto Alegre, the Bhopal case will be discussed
during sessions and seminars on Corporate responsibility that Greenpeace is
organising, as this case is an icon of a corporate crime and shows the
necessity of an international set of rules for corporate responsibility and
liability for damage.

Greenpeace activists dressed in dead skeleton suits protest in front of the
World Economic Forum conference building. The action is carried out to denounce
DOW Chemicals, one of the members of the WEF and responsible for the 20 years of
suffering of the victims of the world's worst chemical disaster in Bhopal.