Dear John

This week the government reported 28,000 hectares of overseas forest was felled to produce goods for the UK in 2021. Goods with ingredients like palm oil farmed where tropical rainforest once stood. On land violently taken from Indigenous people in Indonesia.

Along with Indigenous communities we’re calling on consumer goods giant Unilever to stop sourcing conflict palm oil.

In May Unilever execs promised us they’d look into its links with conflict palm oil. Since then the company has published a policy on human rights. But it’s yet to be put into practice and palm oil continues to be sourced recklessly.

So, if you haven’t already, please sign the petition to tell Unilever to stop buying conflict palm oil.

If you’ve already signed the petition, thank you. You can still help by sharing on Facebook or Twitter/X.

We know Unilever gets some of its palm oil from a supplier in Indonesia – Astra Agro Lestari. AAL is linked to land-grabbing, operating without legal permits and polluting rivers that provide water to local communities.

People in these communities are being intimidated, criminalised and even imprisoned. Brothers Gusman and Sudi face at least 2 years in prison for harvesting palm oil fruit on their family’s land. Land that was stolen by AAL for palm oil production.

Unilever claims to be driven by making sustainable living commonplace. Join us in telling Unilever to make this a reality in its supply chains. Starting by cutting ties with AAL and repairing the harm inflicted on local people.

Please sign the petition. Tell Unilever you don’t want goods tainted by human rights abuses and environmental destruction.

We’re handing in this petition to Unilever in a few weeks. So, the more signatures we have, the more it’ll have to take notice and act.

Thanks very much for your help.

Best wishes,

Clare Oxborrow

Senior Sustainability Analyst

Friends of the Earth