Nestle - a little less evil.

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Jarkari

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There has been huge progress in the palm oil campaign. Neslte was the second largest purchaser of Palm Oil in the world afaik. Palm oil results in the death of up to 2,000 Orangutans anually and is believed to be what will cause the extinction of Sumatran Tigers in as little time as five years.

8 weeks ago Nestle launched it's give the Orangutan a break campiagn which featured a gruesome ad with a man eating orangutan fingers instead of a kitkat finger. Earlier this week nestle comitted to going completely sustainable palm oil within the next 5 years.

Unilever is the largest purchaser of Palm Oil worldwide.

For our aussie members tonight while your watching tv, pay attention to the top right corner. I counted the unilever logo in four ads during one commercial break for completely different products.

Everything from lynx to streets are owned by Unilever. So just be aware of what you are buying.

Australian Zoos have his year, as part of year of the tiger, launched the don't palm us off campaign, which is hoping to get food standards Aust. and NZ to force companies to label products that contain palm oil as doing so. Currently they only have to state that they contain vegetable oil.
 
That's interesting news, while nestle is a well known company, I feel that Unilever goes under the radar more.
 
Unilever definately does. I only noticed the logo everywhere after it was pointed out to me on an ad.

They hide very well behind all of their brands. I am not suggesting people should boycott unilever all together, just be aware of what you are buying.
 
Nestle still has a number of less desirable operations but this is a step in the right direction. The other are more humanitarian issues.
 
Here's the 'give the orangutan a break' advert itself if anyone's interested.

 
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Actually, the campaign was launched by Greenpeace. Still, it's achieved its outcome, although Nestle were talking about moving towards sustainable palm oil before it was shown on the internet in order to keep up with the changes in legislation that Cadburys and Mars are planning on introducing by 2012 to ensure that they too only use sustainable palm oil.

The solution to this is simple though- if you make chocolate properly, there's no need to use palm oil as an emulsifier.
 
procyonlotor said:
Actually, the campaign was launched by Greenpeace. Still, it's achieved its outcome, although Nestle were talking about moving towards sustainable palm oil before it was shown on the internet in order to keep up with the changes in legislation that Cadburys and Mars are planning on introducing by 2012 to ensure that they too only use sustainable palm oil.

The solution to this is simple though- if you make chocolate properly, there's no need to use palm oil as an emulsifier.
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I meant to say greenpeace. Sorry. Aussie zoos are running their own campaign - "Don't Palm us off" The zoos are giving out postcards for the public to sign. These will then be sent to food standards Australia and New Zealand to force companies to label their products that contain Palm Oil. I believe it was started by Melbourne Zoo and all Govt. Zoos in Aust are involved.
 
It's about time that people starting waking up to it, unfortunately there are so many things in the supermarkets that contain it.

I think it's a fantastic idea for the Oz zoos to be campaigning and it will be interesting to see if it has any impact (here's hoping!). How long have they been doing this for?

I know that Lush Cosmetics in the UK are currently running an anti-palm oil campaign but I've not heard of any of our zoos doing anything similar, it's all about the International Year of Biodiversity and CO2 emissions here.
 
procyonlotor said:
It's about time that people starting waking up to it, unfortunately there are so many things in the supermarkets that contain it.

I think it's a fantastic idea for the Oz zoos to be campaigning and it will be interesting to see if it has any impact (here's hoping!). How long have they been doing this for?

I know that Lush Cosmetics in the UK are currently running an anti-palm oil campaign but I've not heard of any of our zoos doing anything similar, it's all about the International Year of Biodiversity and CO2 emissions here.
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The campaign started this year as part of the regions commitment to the survival of Sumatran tigers(it is the year of the tiger) The postcards will be collected and sent delivered to parliament and Foodstandards as a petition.

The zoos are also ru nning the "they're calling on you" campaign, which provides free postage bags to help you recycle your mobile phone as there is a mineral Coltan, hich is found in gorilla habitat.

Aussie Zoos are doing alot for Conservation and raising awareness.
 
Out of curiosity, how much of total habitat will be "saved"?

Oil palm cultivation all together may be important, but I feel it is dodgy that one company is singled out.
 
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