Ferrero is buying palm oil laced with child abuse, deforestation and
land-theft.

We need your help to force this chocolate giant to clean up its act and
protect children, communities and our planet from destructive palm oil.

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Trigger warning: this email contains descriptions of child abuse.

 

John,

Kids as young as ten are forced to work grueling 12-hour shifts to harvest
palm oil in Indonesia and Malaysia. Exhaustion, injuries, heavy loads, and
worst of all: rape and trafficking. These palm oil plantations are a
nightmare for these kids.

To add insult to injury, huge swathes of magnificent rainforest are
destroyed to make way for these hellish palm oil plantations. And Ferrero
is happily buying this palm oil to make chocolate spread, cookies, and
candies.

These plantations are a far cry from the joy of Nutella, Kinder and
Ferrero Rochers, and Ferrero knows it. But here’s the thing: Ferrero cares
deeply about its family-friendly image. It’s even published a fancy policy
in an attempt to fool its customers.

We know this is a lie -- and if we expose it, we could force Ferrero to
ensure the palm oil it buys doesn’t cost children and our planet.

[ [link removed] ]John, will you call out Ferrero for bankrolling child abuse,
land grabbing and deforestation in its palm oil supply chain?

The horrific treatment of children on plantations is just one example of
the many horrors surrounding the production of conflict palm oil.

Palm oil companies bulldoze and burn swathes of rainforest to make way for
plantations, stealing land from the Indigenous communities who have
nurtured it for thousands of years.

Orangutans -- who call these pristine forests their last home -- are shot
dead if they dare explore plantations in search of food. Villagers often
find dead orangutans -- in 2018, one unlucky orangutan was shot 130 times
in Borneo.

This endless misery seems inevitable, but companies like Ferrero have the
power to end it all. If we force an industry laggard like Ferrero to make
good on its promises and clean up its supply chain, it’ll have a domino
effect on peers and competitors like Mondelez.

We know that Ferrero is paying attention and all we need is a massive
public outcry to force the maker of Nutella into action.
So John, can we count on your name?

[ [link removed] ]Yes -- I’ll tell Ferrero to stop buying palm oil laced with child
abuse, deforestation and land-theft.



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


More information:

[ [link removed] ]Child labor in palm oil industry tied to Girl Scout cookies, AP News,
December 30, 2020
[ [link removed] ]Major Brands and Banks Failing to Stop Deforestation and Human Rights
Abuses, New Scorecard Finds, Rainforest Action Network, April 26, 2021

 

 

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