A distressing number of well-known companies are continuing to cause pollution despite the name and shame policy of the environment agency, Barbara Young, its chief executive, said yesterday...Among the worst repeat offenders are the water companies Thames, Severn Trent, Southern, South West, Anglian, Wessex Water, Yorkshire Water and United Utilities. Other high-street names include Tesco Stores, BP Oil, and TotalFinaElf. [refers also to SH Pratt, one of the UK's largest importers of bananas]