APCO Worldwide
Background
APCO has been described as โone of the world’s most powerful PR firms.โ1โPublic Relations Firms Database: APCO Worldwide,โ O’Dwyers. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/hndaw 2โAPCO Worldwideโs New Website โ Is It Better Than A Billboard?โ Everything-PR, July 2, 2009. Archived June 11, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/UatDb
According to its agency profile at O’Dwyers, โAPCO Worldwide is a global communications consultancyโ with clients including โlarge multinational companies, trade associations, governments, NGOs and educational institutionsโ and has offices in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Asia.
APCO started in 1984 as a wholly owned subsidiary of Arnold & Porter, a law firm that initially worked closely with Philip Morris tobacco and went on to service a wider range of clients inside and outside the tobacco industry. In 1991, the group was acquired from Arnold & Porter by the media firm Grey Communications International (GCI), which made it a subsidiary of Grey Advertising. GCI later became Grey Global.3โAPCO Worldwide,โ Sourcewatch. Accessed June 11, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/yRjHN 4โStatement Of James W. Jones – Center for Professional Responsibility,โ American Bar Association. Archived June 11, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/uoFqc
An internal 1993 budget review document for the Philip Morris Group of companies, APCO Associates received at least $500,000 as a โcorporate affairs consultant.โ A search of the Truth Tobacco Industry Documents library returns over 3,000 results for documents matching APCO.5โCORPORATE AFFAIRS CORPORATE COST REVIEW,โ Philip Morris, July 1993. Retrieved from Truth Tobacco Industry Documents.
APCO is the PR firm who originally launched the Friends of Science in Ottawa in 2002, a now-defunct group that promoted what it described as โsound scienceโ in policy decision making. It was initially based on the Washington, DC offices of APCO and Associates, and led by an advisory board of well known โscience skepticsโ such as Bruce Ames, Hugh Ellsaesser, Patrick Michaels, and Alan Moghissi and started as a front group for Philip Morris.6James Hoggan. โAstroturf: The Only Grass That Withstands Toxic Friends of Science,โ DeSmog, September 6, 2006.
At the 2002 launch of the Friends of Science, two PR contacts from APCO were provided, Tom Harris, formerly employed by High Park Group and who has assisted the FOS, and APCO representative Evan Zelikovitz.7โKyoto’s Fatal Flaws Revealed,โ Climate Search, November 12, 2002. Archived February 7, 2003. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/YyfPX 8โEvan Zelikovitz: Senior Counselor,โ APCO Worldwide. Archived June 12, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/EoWbN
APCO has a history of setting up grass-roots, industry front groups to serve the tobacco industry and other corporate clients, with examples including The Advancement of Sound Science Coalition (TASSC) and the American Tort Reform Association.9โAPCO Worldwide,โ Sourcewatch. Accessed June 11, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/yRjHN
โPolitical Support Servicesโ
APCO has advertised their services of creating corporate-funded โgrassrootsโ groups for a range of issues. For example, a 1995 APCO Associates promotional pamphlet on โPolitical Support Servicesโ states:10โPolitical Support Services,โ APCO Associates Inc. 1995. Retrieved from Truth Tobacco Industry Documents archive. Bates No. 2048294301-2048294310.
โAPCO Associates, Inc. (APCO) specializes in grassroots organizing and coalition building. We use political campaign tactics to create an environment in support of our client’s legislative and regulatory goals.
[โฆ] We utilize the most effective, up-to-date technology and campaign tactics to help you achieve your legislative and regulatory goals.
[โฆ] APCO has built numerous national and state coalitions on a variety of issues including the environment, science, energy, trade, intellectual property, education, tort reform and health careโ11โPolitical Support Services,โ APCO Associates Inc. 1995. Retrieved from Truth Tobacco Industry Documents archive. Bates No. 2048294301-2048294310.
The pamphlet details APCO’s offered political support services as follows:12โPolitical Support Services,โ APCO Associates Inc. 1995. Retrieved from Truth Tobacco Industry Documents archive. Bates No. 2048294301-2048294310.
- coalition/alliance building
- grassroots mobilization
- internal grassroots development
- state legislative counselling
- media assistance
- government relations13โPolitical Support Services,โ APCO Associates Inc. 1995. Retrieved from Truth Tobacco Industry Documents archive. Bates No. 2048294301-2048294310.
The document details APCO’s methodical system for โgrassroots mobilization,โ noting that โAPCO applies tactics usually reserved for political campaigns to target audiences and recruit third-party advocates.โ14โPolitical Support Services,โ APCO Associates Inc. 1995. Retrieved from Truth Tobacco Industry Documents archive. Bates No. 2048294301-2048294310.
โWe apply these hard-learned skills and tactics to mobilize hundreds, even thousands, of constituents. Or, when just the ‘grasstops’ are needed, we recruit just a few of a target’s key friends or contributors to join us. No matter the issue, we bring together coalitions that are credible, persuasive and cost-effective.โ15โPolitical Support Services,โ APCO Associates Inc. 1995. Retrieved from Truth Tobacco Industry Documents archive. Bates No. 2048294301-2048294310.
APCO and The Advancement of Sound Science Coalition
According to documents available at the Truth Tobacco Industry Documents library, APCO Associates released their revised plan for launching The Advancement of Sound Science Coalition (TASSC) in October 1993. According to the document, โGoals and Objectivesโ for the media plan included: โ(i) raise the awareness level of the use of unsound science in public policy decision making among target audiences; (ii) educate publics on the impact of this issue; and (iii) lay the groundwork and provide an environment for a successful grassroots mobilization effort to assist Phillip Morris with its issues national and in target states.โ16โREVISED PLAN FOR THE PUBLIC LAUNCHING OF TASSC (THROUGH 930000),โ APCO Associates, October 15, 1993. Retrieved from Truth Tobacco Industry Documents. Bates No. 2045930493-2045930504.
The document outlines the following objectives:
- โEstablish TASSC as a credible source for reports when questioning the validity of scientific studies.โ
- โEncourage the public to question โ from the grassroots up โ the validity of scientific studies.โ
- โMobilize support for TASSC through allies with other organizations and third party allies.โ
- โDevelop materials, including news article reprints, that can be ‘merchandized’ to TASSC audiences.โ
- โIncrease membership in and funding of TASSC.โ
- โPublicize and refine TASSC messages on an ongoing basis.โ17โREVISED PLAN FOR THE PUBLIC LAUNCHING OF TASSC (THROUGH 930000),โ APCO Associates, October 15, 1993. Retrieved from Truth Tobacco Industry Documents. Bates No. 2045930493-2045930504.
George Monbiot reported at The Guardian that TASSC arose out of a need of Phillip Morris to oppose public smoking bans. In a February, 1993 memo, the tobacco company’s senior vice president of corporate affairs, Ellen Merlo, sent a letter to William I Campbell, Philip Morris’s chief executive officer and president, explaining: โOur overriding objective is to discredit the EPA report โฆ Concurrently, it is our objective to prevent states and cities, as well as businesses, from passive-smoking bans.โ18George Monbiot. โThe Denial Industry,โ The Guardian, September 19, 2006. Archived March June 10, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/GPdVL
To accomplish this, Merlo had hired the public relations company APCO. APCO warned that โNo matter how strong the arguments, industry spokespeople are, in and of themselves, not always credible or appropriate messengers,โ reported Monbiot. To get around this, they suggested that PM needed to create the impression of a โgrassrootsโ movement to fight โover regulation.โ19George Monbiot. โThe Denial Industry,โ The Guardian, September 19, 2006. Archived March June 10, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/GPdVL
They proposed setting up a โnational coalition intended to educate the media, public officials and the public about the dangers of ‘junk science’. Coalition will address credibility of government’s scientific studies, risk-assessment techniques and misuse of tax dollars โฆ Upon formation of Coalition, key leaders will begin media outreach, eg editorial board tours, opinion articles, and brief elected officials in selected states.โ20George Monbiot. โThe Denial Industry,โ The Guardian, September 19, 2006. Archived March June 10, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/GPdVL
APCO requested $150,000 for its own fees, and $75,000 for the coalition’s costs to found the group, write mission statements and โprepare and place opinion articles in key markets.”21George Monbiot. โThe Denial Industry,โ The Guardian, September 19, 2006. Archived March June 10, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/GPdVL
APCO hoped to โestablish an image of a national grassroots coalitionโ for TASSC. This creation of an artificial grassroots movement is now commonly referred to as โastroturfing.โ APCO also circulated a sheet of answers, drafted by Philip Morris, to respond to any hostile media inquiries. The first question was:22George Monbiot. โThe Denial Industry,โ The Guardian, September 19, 2006. Archived March June 10, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/GPdVL
โIsn’t it true that Philip Morris created TASSC to act as a front group for it?
โA: No, not at all. As a large corporation, PM belongs to many national, regional, and state business, public policy, and legislative organisations. PM has contributed to TASSC, as we have with various groups and corporations across the country.23George Monbiot. โThe Denial Industry,โ The Guardian, September 19, 2006. Archived March June 10, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/GPdVL
Tort Reform
Tort reform was an internal program of Philip Morris Tobacco (PM). According to a 1995 PM Tort Reform Project budget, the tobacco company paid APCO more than $1 million in that year alone.24โTORT REFORM PROJECT BUDGET,โ Covington & Burling, October 3, 1995. Retrieved from Truth Tobacco Industry Documents library. Bates no. 2047648299-2047648307.
Stance on Climate Change
APCO Worldwide helped form The Advancement of Sound Science Coalition, a group whose website routinely promoted articles that questioned the link between CO2 emissions and climate change.25โThe Junk Science Home Page,โ TASSC, January 7, 1998. Retrieved from Truth Tobacco Industry Documents. Archived .pdf on file at Desmogblog. Bates Number : 2081324644-2081324649
Funding
Current Lobbying
The following are the top 50 groups APCO Worldwide listed as clients, according to a lobby disclosure search at the U.S. House of Representatives. Note that Tobacco Industry funding is not listed here.26โSearch Past Filings,โ Disclosures.house.gov. Search performed June 11, 2017.
View the attached spreadsheet for a full list of APCO Worldwide’s lobbying disclosures by year (.xlsx).
Organization | Total Reported |
Dow Corning Corporation | $2,870,000 |
STERIS CORPORATION (THROUGH HURT NORTON & ASSOCIATES INC) | $2,560,000 |
GML Limited | $2,120,000 |
CORBIERE TRUST CO LTD AS TRUSTEE OF THE CORBIERE TRUST | $1,840,000 |
Project Management Institute | $1,690,000 |
Huawei Tech. Investment Co., Ltd. | $1,520,000 |
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation | $950,000 |
COSCO AMERICAS INC (F/K/A COSCO NORTH AMERICA) | $740,000 |
The Cook Group Inc. | $700,000 |
NORIMET LTD | $700,000 |
National Association of Town Watch | $590,000 |
SPI Group SA | $510,000 |
Etihad Airways PJSC | $480,000 |
COALITION FOR SDO AWARENESS (INFORMAL COALITION) (FORMERLY KNOWN AS NFPA) | $470,000 |
Solar Trust of America, LLC | $390,000 |
INTERNATIONAL HEALTH RACQUET AND SPORTSCLUB ASSOCIATION | $380,000 |
XRS CORPORATION (FORMERLY KNOWN AS XATA CORPORATION) | $350,000 |
FEDERORAFI | $350,000 |
UC Group Limited | $330,000 |
Make It Right Foundation | $320,000 |
Grays Harbor PUD | $310,000 |
GROUP MENATEP | $300,000 |
Liquidnet, Inc. | $290,000 |
Angel Capital Association | $250,000 |
Modumetal, Inc. | $240,000 |
MONCRIEF OIL INTL INC | $240,000 |
CITY OF SHORELINE WASHINGTON | $240,000 |
NATIONAL ATOMIC COMPANY โKAZATOMPROMโ | $220,000 |
U S ELECTRONICS INC | $210,000 |
Parker Drilling Company | $200,000 |
Kennewick General Hospital | $190,000 |
Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication SCRL | $180,000 |
Skagit County Public Hospital District 1 | $160,000 |
LIMBER TECHNOLOGY INC | $160,000 |
AMERICAN CAMPING ASSN | $150,000 |
Outerwall Inc. | $150,000 |
CITY OF KIRKLAND WASHINGTON | $140,000 |
CITY OF MOUNTLAKE TERRACE WASHINGTON | $140,000 |
Inna Gudavadze | $130,000 |
World Wrestling Entertainment | $120,000 |
ST LOUIS COUNTY ECONOMIC COUNCIL/ST LOUIS COUNTY PORT AUTHORITY | $120,000 |
CVS CORP | $120,000 |
Husch Blackwell LLP on behalf of Development Alternatives, Inc. | $110,000 |
MOST GROUP | $100,000 |
SecurityPoint Media, LLC | $90,000 |
jSolutions | $80,000 |
LINCOLN DIAGNOSTICS INC | $80,000 |
FBC MEDIA UK LTD | $70,000 |
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | $70,000 |
PR NEWSWIRE | $60,000 |
Tobacco Funding
Below is known funding to APCO from the tobacco industry. Additional information may be available at the Truth Tobacco Industry Documents archive. A search of the Truth Tobacco Industry Documents library returns over 3,000 results for documents matching APCO.
1993 โ Philip Morris โ $500,000
An internal 1993 budget review document for the Philip Morris Group of companies, APCO Associates received at least $500,000 as a โcorporate affairs consultant.โ27โCORPORATE AFFAIRS CORPORATE COST REVIEW,โ Philip Morris, July 1993. Retrieved from Truth Tobacco Industry Documents.
Key People
The following people were retrieved from the APCO website between 2004 and 2017. View the attached spreadsheet for more details on APCO people by year (.xlsx).
Leadership
Name | 2004 | 2006 | 2007 | 2010 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 |
Brad Staples | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Margery Kraus | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Denise Teeling | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||
Neil Wiesenberg | Y | Y | Y | Y | |||
Ron Boschetto | Y | Y | Y | Y | |||
David Greenberg | Y | Y | Y | ||||
Evan Kraus | Y | Y | Y | ||||
Mara Hedgecoth | Y | Y | Y | ||||
Mamoon Sbeih | Y | Y | |||||
Martina Tydecks | Y | Y | |||||
Nelson Fernandez | Y | Y | |||||
Claire Boussagol | Y | ||||||
James Acheson-Gray | Y | ||||||
Joseph Zimmel | Y | ||||||
Karen Buerkle | Y | ||||||
Lisa Osborne Ross | Y | ||||||
Neal M. Cohen | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
Alicia Peterson Clark | Y | ||||||
Garry Walsh | Y | ||||||
Kathryn Medina | Y | ||||||
Linda Du | Y | ||||||
Mike Tuffin | Y | ||||||
Nicolas Bouvier | Y | ||||||
Larry E. Snoddon | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||
Stacy Reyan | Y | Y | Y | ||||
Kirk Stewart | Y | Y | |||||
Robert Schooling | Y | Y | |||||
Phillip Fraser | Y | Y | Y | Y | |||
Judith S. Sapir | Y | ||||||
Judy Sapir | Y | Y | Y | ||||
Christian Murck | Y | Y | |||||
Chrystal Kern | Y | Y | |||||
Peter Batey | Y | ||||||
Richard Burn | Y |
International Advisory Council
Name | 2010 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 |
Aleksander Kwaลniewski | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Andrรฉs Rozental | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Anita B. McBride | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Barie Carmichael | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Craig L. Fuller | Y | Y | Y | Y |
CT Hew | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Devinda R. Subasinghe | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Don Bonker | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Donald W. Riegle Jr. | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Eugene K. Lawson | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Gao Weijie | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Itamar Rabinovich | Y | Y | Y | Y |
J. Norwell Coquillard | Y | Y | Y | Y |
James McGregor | Y | Y | Y | Y |
James P. Moore, Jr. | Y | Y | Y | Y |
James Sasser | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Jane Nelson | Y | Y | Y | Y |
John W. Magaw | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Kenneth Thorpe | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Kirk Stewart | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Lalit Mansingh | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Larry E. Snoddon | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Lars Gรถran Johansson | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Laurens Jan Brinkhorst | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Ludolf von Wartenberg | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Pete Wentz | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Richard N. Swett | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Richard V. Allen | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Sandra E. Taylor | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Sergio Marchi | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Shelby Coffey III | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Stuart Eizenstat | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Tevi Troy | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Wayne L. Pines | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Yoshio Matsumi | Y | Y | Y | Y |
Andrew Serwin | Y | Y | Y | |
Bob Kocher | Y | Y | Y | |
Cliff Stearns | Y | Y | Y | |
Dale E. Jones | Y | Y | Y | |
Dan Glickman | Y | Y | Y | |
Delano Lewis | Y | Y | Y | |
Eduardo Aguirre | Y | Y | Y | |
Georges Ugeux | Y | Y | Y | |
Ira Kasoff | Y | Y | Y | |
J. Joseph Grandmaison | Y | Y | Y | |
Jaime Malet | Y | Y | Y | |
Joseph Zimmel | Y | Y | Y | |
Karen Hulebak | Y | Y | Y | |
Kavita Patel | Y | Y | Y | |
Leslie V. Norwalk | Y | Y | Y | |
Mark Michelson | Y | Y | Y | |
Nancy Bachrach | Y | Y | Y | |
Phyllis Piano | Y | Y | Y | |
Said T. Jawad | Y | Y | Y | |
Tim Roemer | Y | Y | Y | |
Vada Manager | Y | Y | Y | |
Wendy Luhabe | Y | Y | Y | |
Bruce W. Jentleson | Y | Y | ||
Chris Hassall | Y | Y | ||
Christian Murck | Y | Y | ||
Derek Yach | Y | Y | ||
Diane Dixon | Y | Y | ||
Freda Wang | Y | Y | ||
Graham Watson | Y | Y | ||
Jack Faris | Y | Y | ||
Jaime Serra | Y | Y | ||
Lanhee Chen | Y | Y | ||
Larraine Segil | Y | Y | ||
Nicholas Ashooh | Y | Y | ||
Rick Wade | Y | Y | ||
Sten Tolgfors | Y | Y | ||
Tarik Yousef | Y | Y | ||
Anita Manning | Y | |||
Benjamin Ou | Y | |||
Claudia Fritsche | Y | |||
Denise Hill | Y | |||
Edit Herczog | Y | |||
Elaine Kolish | Y | |||
Ellen Mignoni | Y | |||
Etienne Reuter | Y | |||
Frank Majoor | Y | |||
Gregory Treverton | Y | |||
Ido Aharoni | Y | |||
James Thurber | Y | |||
Jan Hausrath | Y | |||
Jeff Richardson | Y | |||
Jim Moorhead | Y | |||
Ken Nasshan | Y | |||
Klaus Naumann | Y | |||
Mary Foerster | Y | |||
Mary Jo Jacobi | Y | |||
Nabil Ayad | Y | |||
Patrick Jephson | Y | |||
Paula Dobriansky | Y | |||
Peter Hans | Y | |||
Rami Sharaf | Y | |||
Sam Kass | Y | |||
Susannah Malarkey | Y | |||
T. Mitchell Willey | Y | |||
Tony Housh | Y | |||
Arthur Hartman | Y | Y | Y | |
J. Stapleton Roy | Y | Y | Y | |
Maurice Fraser | Y | Y | Y | |
Michael G. Oxley | Y | Y | Y | |
Peter D. Hannaford | Y | Y | Y | |
Timothy Cost | Y | Y | Y | |
Trevor Neilson | Y | Y | Y | |
Yuli Ismartono | Y | Y | Y | |
Anja Manuel | Y | Y | ||
Linda McMahon | Y | Y | ||
Richard Raymond | Y | Y | ||
Stephen Hadley | Y | Y | ||
James Fowler | Y | |||
Karen Tripp | Y | |||
Lambert van der Walde | Y | |||
Tarik Youse | Y | |||
Shimon Stein | Y | Y | ||
Barbara Thomas Judge | Y | |||
Baron Hill | Y | |||
Bertrand Cousin | Y | |||
Bill Richardson | Y | |||
Helen Ostrowski | Y | |||
Liam Donaldson | Y | |||
Saralyn Mark | Y | |||
A. Elizabeth Jones | Y | |||
Alastair Campbell | Y | |||
Carlos Gutierrez | Y | |||
Igor V. Kostikov | Y | |||
Kenneth Jarrett | Y | |||
Marc Ginsberg | Y | |||
Mark R. Dybul | Y | |||
Patrick Horgan | Y | |||
Roger Bolton | Y | |||
Stephen J. Solarz | Y |
Senior Strategists
Name | 2004 | 2006 |
A. Elizabeth Jones | Y | |
Alasdair Liddell | Y | |
Arthur A. Hartman | Y | Y |
B. Jay Cooper | Y | Y |
Barie Carmichael | Y | |
Barry Campbell | Y | Y |
Charles Krause | Y | Y |
Christine Chauvet | Y | |
Don Bonker | Y | Y |
Don Riegle, Jr | Y | |
Donald Riegle, Jr. | Y | |
Fleur Fisher | Y | |
Jane Garvey | Y | |
Jay Heiler | Y | |
Jill Neff | Y | |
Jill Neff Watson | Y | |
John Peterson | Y | Y |
John Weekes | Y | Y |
Kent Jarrell | Y | Y |
Larry E. Snoddon | Y | |
Larry Snoddon | Y | |
Marc Ginsberg | Y | Y |
Margery Kraus | Y | Y |
Maurice Fraser | Y | Y |
Michael Geczi | Y | |
Mickey Edwards | Y | |
Mitch Willey | Y | |
Myron Marlin | Y | Y |
Neal Cohen | Y | |
Neal M. Cohen | Y | |
Peter D. Hannaford | Y | Y |
Peter Goelz | Y | Y |
Richard Swett | Y | Y |
Richard V. Allen | Y | |
Robert Schooling | Y | Y |
Sergio Marchi | Y | |
Stephen J. Solarz | Y | Y |
Stuart Eizenstat | Y | Y |
Tim Croasdaile | Y | Y |
Wayne Pines | Y | Y |
Actions
2002
According to Charles Montgomery atThe Globe and Mail, Tom Harrisโthen employed at APCO Worldwideโorganized the initial Friends of Science Ottawa press conference in 2002.28โMr. Cool,โ Globe and Mail, August 12, 2006. Republished at Charlesmontgomery.ca. Archived October 14, 2006. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/ekz1n 29โOur People,โ APCO Worldwide. Archived December 19, 2002. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/jY5WP
โIn 2002, for example, Mr. Harris organized the Friends’ first Ottawa press conference in 2002, and helped make their video, according to Mr. [Albert] Jacobs. And as recently as May, he organized a trip to Ottawa for Tim Ball, paying him $2,000 to give a presentation to federal MPs,โ Montgomery wrote. Harris was also the Ottawa director of the High Park Group, and a registered lobbyist for the Canadian Electricity Association and the Canadian Gas Association.30โMr. Cool,โ Globe and Mail, August 12, 2006. Republished at Charlesmontgomery.ca. Archived October 14, 2006. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/ekz1n
July 7, 1994
APCO Associates Inc. and Burson-Marsteller organized a โEuroscience seminarโ in Brussels, Belgium sponsored by The Advancement of Sound Science Coalition (TASSC). According to the program outline, โScience is often being manipulated to achieve political and predetermined policy objectives.โ Examples given include:31โSOUND SCIENCE IN PUBLIC POLICY EUROSCIENCE PROJECT,โ Philip Morris Records, July 7, 1994.. Retrieved from Truth Tobacco Industry Documents.
- โelectromagnetic fields;
- EU Drinking Water Directive
- bans on indoor smoking;
- regulations based on fear of minute amounts of chemicals (e.g. dioxin);
- pesticide restrictions;
- restrictions on uses of chlorine; and
- food labeling laws.โ
Related Organizations
- The Advancement of Sound Science Coalition (TASSC)
- American Tort Reform Association
- Friends of Science
Contact & Address
There are approximately 30 APCO Worldwide offices across the Americas, Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa, and Europe.
As of May 22, 2016 the head office was located at the following address:32โAbout Us, Locations,โ APCO Worldwide. Archived May 22, 2016.
1299 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite 300
Washington, DC, 20004
United States+1.202.778.1000
Social Media
- APCO Worldwide on Facebook.
- @apcoworldwide on Twitter.
- APCO Worldwide on LinkedIn.
Other Resources
- Tamar Lewin. โOUTSIDE VENTURES TRANSFORM LAW FIRMS,โ The New York Times, February 11, 1987. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/u8Bmx
- โAPCO Worldwide,โ Wikipedia. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/fVS37
- โStella Liebeck,โ ScienceCorruption.com. Archived June 12, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/R7MBx
Resources
- 1โPublic Relations Firms Database: APCO Worldwide,โ O’Dwyers. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/hndaw
- 2โAPCO Worldwideโs New Website โ Is It Better Than A Billboard?โ Everything-PR, July 2, 2009. Archived June 11, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/UatDb
- 3โAPCO Worldwide,โ Sourcewatch. Accessed June 11, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/yRjHN
- 4โStatement Of James W. Jones – Center for Professional Responsibility,โ American Bar Association. Archived June 11, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/uoFqc
- 5โCORPORATE AFFAIRS CORPORATE COST REVIEW,โ Philip Morris, July 1993. Retrieved from Truth Tobacco Industry Documents.
- 6James Hoggan. โAstroturf: The Only Grass That Withstands Toxic Friends of Science,โ DeSmog, September 6, 2006.
- 7โKyoto’s Fatal Flaws Revealed,โ Climate Search, November 12, 2002. Archived February 7, 2003. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/YyfPX
- 8โEvan Zelikovitz: Senior Counselor,โ APCO Worldwide. Archived June 12, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/EoWbN
- 9โAPCO Worldwide,โ Sourcewatch. Accessed June 11, 2017. Archive.is URL: https://archive.is/yRjHN
- 10โPolitical Support Services,โ APCO Associates Inc. 1995. Retrieved from Truth Tobacco Industry Documents archive. Bates No. 2048294301-2048294310.
- 11โPolitical Support Services,โ APCO Associates Inc. 1995. Retrieved from Truth Tobacco Industry Documents archive. Bates No. 2048294301-2048294310.
- 12โPolitical Support Services,โ APCO Associates Inc. 1995. Retrieved from Truth Tobacco Industry Documents archive. Bates No. 2048294301-2048294310.
- 13โPolitical Support Services,โ APCO Associates Inc. 1995. Retrieved from Truth Tobacco Industry Documents archive. Bates No. 2048294301-2048294310.
- 14โPolitical Support Services,โ APCO Associates Inc. 1995. Retrieved from Truth Tobacco Industry Documents archive. Bates No. 2048294301-2048294310.
- 15โPolitical Support Services,โ APCO Associates Inc. 1995. Retrieved from Truth Tobacco Industry Documents archive. Bates No. 2048294301-2048294310.
- 16โREVISED PLAN FOR THE PUBLIC LAUNCHING OF TASSC (THROUGH 930000),โ APCO Associates, October 15, 1993. Retrieved from Truth Tobacco Industry Documents. Bates No. 2045930493-2045930504.
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