Reply from Clarins on their palm oil useage
The reply from Clarins was dismal – it took nearly 4 months and a lot of pestering to get any reply at all, and when I did it was insufficient. I had already promised to use body shop products and use up the Clarins that I was using, [...]
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My UK campaign to stop Cadbury using Palm oil – lets follow Australia/New Zealand!
Australian and New Zealand people power has overcome Cadbury, who have decided to stop using palm oil in many products, due to the petitioning and campaigning of the Australians. This is wonderful news, but just a start in [...]
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Cadbury Australia/New Zealand take palm oil out of chocolate
How did they do it ? Read about how Australia and New Zealand did it below….
New Zealand information…..
The Cadbury’s NZ move was a collective effort with Auckland Zoo being a main player along with Judith Collins in Dunedin who is the producer for [...]
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Leigh & Westcliff times Orangutan Campaign Sandra Dean July 2009
My local fortnightly newspaper, The Leigh & Westcliff Times, published my story on 30th June 2009.
Following my last publication locally, I was really pleased, as it highlights the palm oil situation that is harming the rainforests of Borneo & Sumatra and killing the Orangutans. [...]
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Morrisons reply re palm oil June 09
This is the reply letter I received from the Customer Service Department of Morrisons regarding the palm oil used in many of their supermarket products…
I am really disappointed that yet another Supermarket is hiding under the fact that they are a member of the RSPO, yet outline [...]
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The guilty secrets of palm oil: Are you unwittingly contributing to the devastation of the rain forests?
Does your shopping basket contain KitKat, Hovis, Persil or Flora? If so, you may be contributing to the devastation of the wildlife-rich forests of Indonesia and Malaysia, where orangutans and other species face extinction as their habitat disappears.
Leading article: An oil shock we cannot ignore
There is no shortage of ways to measure the cost of palm oil. First there is the catastrophic impact on the wildlife of Malaysia and Indonesia, whose rainforests are being cleared to grow the crop. The habitat of endangered species, from orangutans to Sumatran tigers, is being torn [...]
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Palm oil is bad for you and many other people and creatures!
Following on from the evidence of our food Companies using palm oil to a high degree, there is another dimension to this argument. They should be responsible for the palm oil sources, but more than that, they should be responsible for us as consumers [...]
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Household names: Big brands and palm oil
Kellogg’s (US) Uses palm oil in 50 products, mostly cereal bars but also cereals such as Special K and Crunchy Nut, where it binds together clusters. Does not buy sustainable palm oil.
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Seeing palm oil plantations
As we made our way to the Sepilok Jungle Resort, where we stayed that night, the guide showed us some palm kernels – the type which are being grown absolutely everywhere for its oil. Ok, they can make cooking oil, soap and lots of