Oreo cookies and Toblerone bars come with a bad palm oil aftertaste. From
deforestation to land grab, the palm oil industry is as dirty as it gets.
The good thing is, Oreo maker Mondelēz wants to be a sustainability
champion, so let’s push it to become one before it changes its mind.

[ [link removed] ]Panorama of the Leuser Ecosystem rainforest in North Sumatra, Indonesia


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John,

Oreo maker Mondelēz claims it’s “made snacking right” using only
sustainable palm oil. But this is just a marketing smokescreen trying to
cover up a supply chain so complicated and opaque, it’s darker than an
Oreo! Meanwhile, the candy giant dreams of being a sustainability champion
and together, we can make this dream come true.

Mondelēz has already cut ties with many big, bad palm oil producers – but
there are too many small palm oil companies that still burn and bulldoze
rainforests illegally and are tied into the supply chains. Even one drop
of the bad stuff mixed in your cookies means they are not what they’re
trying to be: 100% sustainable (and Mondelēz knows that).

The good news is that as an industry leader, it’s already keen to be a
champion. All it needs is a big public push from a community like ours –
and it gets better: if a leading snack food company like Mondelēz goes
full-disclosure on palm oil and all other commodities, many of its peers
will follow. We’d be SO close to snacks and candies free from rainforest
destruction!

We are consumers, shareholders, workers and investors, what we tell a
company like Mondelēz weighs heavily in the balance.

[ [link removed] ]Tell Mondelēz: Make your snacking truly right

Palm oil deforestation in Indonesia has fallen over the past years. But a
price surge and the increasing number of exporters with lower standards
are still putting forests and those who call them home at risk: stealing
land from indigenous communities, destroying endangered wildlife habitat,
and exploiting plantation workers.

Mondelēz has come a long way when it comes to sustainable palm oil and
other forest-risk commodities such as cocoa and soy: It’s cleaned up its
supply chains from a lot of the bad producers that source from plantations
grown by exploited workers on bulldozed rainforest and stolen land.

But these commodities can have complicated, multi-layered supply chains.
Mondelēz committing to publish a so-called “forest-footprint report” would
truly help untangle that mess: it means full transparency down to the last
piece of the supply chain, and if anything gets sketchy, the company knows
it and is held accountable to making things right.

Our global community has moved industry leaders like PepsiCo before – and
a commitment from Mondelēz would send huge ripple effects through the
snack food industry. Let’s ramp up the pressure on Mondelēz to become the
sustainability hero it’s trying to be and call for no more secrets and
true sustainability.

[ [link removed] ]Tell Mondelēz: No more secrets – go full-disclosure on your palm oil!

Campaigning on palm oil and forest-risk commodities is a marathon – and
we’re so close to our goal of transforming the entire industry. Our
community has shown so many times how people power can be the crucial
puzzle piece that can hold irresponsible, profit-hungry companies
accountable and put people and the planet first. Let’s do this again,
together.



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


More information:

[ [link removed] ]Palm oil producer mired in legal troubles still razing Sumatran forest
Mongabay. 26 July, 2022

[ [link removed] ]Keep Forests Standing Scorecard 2022
Rainforest Action Network. 08 June, 2022

 

 

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