You did it John!

We’re one step closer to saving the last orangutans from palm oil
destruction, and that’s thanks to you.

After more than 5 years of campaigning, PepsiCo has changed its palm oil
sourcing policy, and agreed to use its influence with other companies to
end rainforest destruction and human rights abuses.

This is a MASSIVE VICTORY. And John, it’s thanks to SumOfUs
members like you.

PepsiCo is the world’s second-largest food and beverage company. By moving
this snack food giant, you moved an entire sector!

Last year, during the company’s shareholder meeting, we presented more
than a million signatures gathered over 5 years asking PepsiCo to cut ties
with conflict palm oil. In response to your efforts and continued
pressure, this year PepsiCo announced an industry-leading policy and a
series of actions to tackle rainforest destruction, worker abuse, and
exploitation of communities for cheap palm oil.
 

[1]Ad on an iconic London double decker bus targeting PepsiCo and its
Doritos brand in 2015.

Ad on an iconic London double decker bus targeting PepsiCo and its
Doritos brand in 2015.

You’ve done so much over the past 5 years and I am really thankful for
your support. Together, we’ve signed dozens of petitions to the company’s
top bosses, exposed their dirty palm oil secrets on social media, and put
out brand jamming viral videos that raked in more than 20 million views.

We also confronted PepsiCo on its turf -- We protested outside PepsiCo’s
headquarters, and for three years, we crashed the company’s shareholder
meeting in New Bern, North Carolina, bringing your demands to the
birthplace of Pepsi.

YOU, John, forced PepsiCo to change, year after year, closing
one loophole after another in the company’s palm oil policies, until they
got it right.

We forced PepsiCo to take meaningful action, but the last orangutans are
still facing extinction and palm oil villains are still profiting off
rainforest destruction. I’ve worked on this campaign with SumOfUs members
for the past 5 years, and I’ve never doubted that together, we would
succeed to get PepsiCo to change its ways. And together, as we celebrate
this victory, I’m asking you for help again.

John, this massive victory wouldn't have been possible without
the generous donations of SumOfUs members. You make it possible
for us to run long term campaigns -- and what a smashing success! [ [link removed] ]Would
you like to make a one off donation to help save the last orangutans from
palm oil destruction?

P.S. I also want to personally thank our long time partners Rainforest
Action Network and the International Labor Rights Forum as well as OPPUK,
an Indonesian organization working on the ground. They all played a
critical role in securing this victory.



Thanks for all that you do,
Fatah and the team at SumOfUs


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More information :

[ [link removed] ]PepsiCo renews sustainable palm oil policy to close supplier loophole,
Mongabay, 11 March 2020
[ [link removed] ]Fake Doritos ad pressures Pepsi over palm oil policy, Mongabay, 18
January 18, 2015

 

 

 

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