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!

The good news is that as an industry leader, Mondelēz is 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.

Forest-linked 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!



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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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